COLLECTIONS

OF THE

MAINE HISTORICAL SOCIETY.

VOLUME I./31

Portland: Printed by Day, Fraser & Company, Exchange Street, 1831.

REPRINTED FOR THE SOCIETY WITH CORRECTIONS AND ADDITIONS:

WILLIAM WILLIS, EDITOR.

PORTLAND:

BAILEY & NO YES.
1865.

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16

•M33 Ser.

V. I

1861

PRESS OF BROWN THURSTON,

82 Exchange Street.

1. HISTORY OF PORTLAND, PART I., WITH AN APPENDIX CONTAINING ANCIENT DOCUMENTS,

BY WILLIAM WILLIS.

II. AN ACCOUNT OF LIMERICK. BY CHARLES FREEMAN.

19

325

III. AN ACCOUNT OF WELLS. BY JEREMIAH HUBBARD AND JONATHAN GREENLEAF.

IV. EXTRACTS FROM THE EARLY RECORDS OF THE PROVINCE OF MAINE.

336

363

V. DEPOSITIONS OF GEORGE CLEEVES, GEORGE LEWIS, HENRY WATTS, GEORGE DEERING,

JOHN SMITH, AND MICHAEL MITTON, IN 1645, CONCERNING THE MISCARRIAGES OF

ROBERT NASH ON THE COAST OF MAINE.

382

VI. THE SUBMISSION OF THE INHABITANTS OF BLACK POINT, BLUE POINT, AND FALMOUTH,

TO THE JURISDICTION OF MASSACHUSETTS, JULY, 1658.

385

VII. PETITION OF EDWARD GODFREY TO THE GOVERNMENT OF MASSACHUSETTS IN 1654.

VIII. A PETITION FROM THE INHABITANTS OF YORK, KITTERY, SACO, WELLS, AND CAPE

PORPUS, TO OLIVER CROMWELL, AUGUST 12, 1656.

390

392

IX. A LETTER TO JOHN ENDICOTT, GOVERNOR OF MASSACHUSETTS, FROM EDWARD RISH

WORTH, AUGUST 14, 1656.

396

X. A LETTER FROM J. CURWINE, IN 1663, FROM LONDON, ABOUT THE AFFAIRS OF NEW

ENGLAND.

398

XI. A PETITION FROM THE INHABITANTS OF THE PROVINCE OF MAINE TO KING CHARLES II.

ABOUT 1680.

400

XII. THE LATE GOVERNOR LINCOLN'S MSS. PAPERS. PREFATORY AND BIOGRAPHICAL

NOTICES,

REMARKS ON THE INDIAN LANGUAGES.

ACCOUNT OF THE CATHOLIC MISSIONS IN MAINE.