A Statistical View of the District of Maine: More Especially with Reference to the Value and Importance of Its Interior. Addressed to the Consideration of the Legislators of Massachusetts |
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Page ii - BBOWN, of the said district, hath deposited in this office the title of a book, the right whereof he claims as author, in the words following, to wit : " Sertorius : or, the Roman Patriot.
Page 20 - The summers, in most parts, are favorable to the growth of all the vegetable productions of the Northern States. In some parts, however, Indian corn, and some other plants of a more tender kind, are frequently injured, and sometimes destroyed, by frosts late in the spring and early in the autumn.
Page ii - A Statistical View of the District of Maine ; more especially with reference to the value and importance of its Interior. Addressed to the consideration of the Legislators of Massachusetts. By Moses Greenleaf, Esq.
Page 12 - ... but generally poor. Of this section Indian corn, rye, barley, grass, &c. are the principal productions. In the tract lying north of this, and extending 50 miles from the sea in the western, 80 in the central, and 90 in the eastern part, the same kinds of...
Page vii - It is believed however that few, if any important errors will be found ; and that in general it is as correct as can be expected, until a new survey of the whole, corrected by celestial observations, under the immediate inspection of persons properly qualified for the purpose, shall furnish better materials than are now existing. And, until this is done, & perfect Map of Maine canno
Page 14 - Femmidumpkok, and to the east branch of the Penobscot near the mouth of the Wassattaquoik ; thence north so far as to include the heads of the Aroostook, thence southwesterly to the head of Moosehead Lake, and thence westerly to the boundary of the District, near the sources of the De Loup.
Page 12 - ... in the eastern part, the same kinds of soil are found, but they are less frequently diversified, and generally more fertile. The surface rises into large swells of generally good soil, between which, on the margin of the streams, are frequently rich intervals, and in other places sandy or gravelly pine plains, or spruce and cedar swamps. Of this section the principal productions are grass, Indian corn, wheat, barley, rye, flax, &c. The country beyond the limits above specified, is but little...
Page 126 - John and ita numerous branches, forms the largest section of the interior of Maine. In the eastern part of this, the surface is comparatively very level, lying generally in broad, gentle swells, of an excellent soil, with a large growth of maple, beech, bass, oiluut, &c.
Page 92 - ... to lay up a part of their surplus property for the benefit of their posterity : others, again, only to speculate on the avidity of those who were seeking to purchase while the demand was raging; and some became unwilling purchasers, because they had no other Way to secure large debts due to them from unfortunate or unprincipled speculators.
Page iii - While some part of the community seemed to consider it as a barren, frozen region, unfit for the support of man, and unworthy the attention of the Legislature...