Excerpt from Centennial of the First Baptist Church: Sedgwick, Maine June 11-18, 1905 The next year Gorges, a man whose explorations to America were to the Maine coast, equipped two ships for these shores. He took with him sixteen colonists with directions to establish a settlement on some favorable point which he might select. Other colonial companies were sent out. By 1620 ships were visiting the Maine waters from Monhegan to Machias. It is probable that during the year 1623, when the Pilgrims at Plymouth were subduing ...
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Excerpt from Centennial of the First Baptist Church: Sedgwick, Maine June 11-18, 1905 The next year Gorges, a man whose explorations to America were to the Maine coast, equipped two ships for these shores. He took with him sixteen colonists with directions to establish a settlement on some favorable point which he might select. Other colonial companies were sent out. By 1620 ships were visiting the Maine waters from Monhegan to Machias. It is probable that during the year 1623, when the Pilgrims at Plymouth were subduing the forest primeval, individuals commenced a permanent residence upon Arrowsic Island, near the mouth of the Sagadahoc: and upon the mainland, at the entrance of the river at Sheepscot, at Damariscotta, at Pemaquid and at St. George's River. Seven years after this, it was reported that eighty-four families, besides fishermen, were residing along the coast in this region. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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