The History of Augusta: First Settlements and Early Days as a Town, Including the Diary of Mrs. Martha Moore Ballard (1785 to 1812) |
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... o ' Clock where the Indians Were Assembled : We here that on the 7 day a Lad was taken Captive att Gorham by a White headed Indian : 8 Jvly Sailed from Richmonds fort When the Raft of timber for the first fort Came vp the river With ...
... o ' Clock where the Indians Were Assembled : We here that on the 7 day a Lad was taken Captive att Gorham by a White headed Indian : 8 Jvly Sailed from Richmonds fort When the Raft of timber for the first fort Came vp the river With ...
Page 90
... o'clock in the afternoon , having been sixteen days on the march . As to the course of the river into the country , it must be referred until a plan of the same , which has been taken by a skilful surveyor , shall appear . The soil ...
... o'clock in the afternoon , having been sixteen days on the march . As to the course of the river into the country , it must be referred until a plan of the same , which has been taken by a skilful surveyor , shall appear . The soil ...
Page 93
... o'clock in the evening , by a swiftly sailing sloop , having left some of his party to follow in a slower vessel behind . Be- fore the end of the month of August the military forces under General Winslow had returned to Falmouth for ...
... o'clock in the evening , by a swiftly sailing sloop , having left some of his party to follow in a slower vessel behind . Be- fore the end of the month of August the military forces under General Winslow had returned to Falmouth for ...
Page 115
... o'clock on the following day . First voted to reconsider the votes for choosing John Jones and Isaac Clark constables , and proceeded to a new vote , and voted that Benjamin White be constable this year . Voted to have fifteen pounds ...
... o'clock on the following day . First voted to reconsider the votes for choosing John Jones and Isaac Clark constables , and proceeded to a new vote , and voted that Benjamin White be constable this year . Voted to have fifteen pounds ...
Page 206
... o'clock in the afternoon , to the strains of solemn martial music and amid the booming of minute guns fired by a detachment of artillery , the several bodies - feminine , military and civic , - moved afoot in imposing procession to the ...
... o'clock in the afternoon , to the strains of solemn martial music and amid the booming of minute guns fired by a detachment of artillery , the several bodies - feminine , military and civic , - moved afoot in imposing procession to the ...
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