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NINETEENTH LEGISLATURE.
To the Senate and House of Bepresentativea :
I herewith lay before you the Report and account of the
Land Agent, and the Documents referred to therein.
EDWARD KENT.
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STATE OF MAINE.
LAND OFFICE,
• January 1, 1839.
To the Honorable the Governor and Council.
Gentlemen :
I have the honor herewith to lay before you, my Annual
Report, in relation to the business of the Land Office, foe
the past year.
Soon after entering upon the duties of this office, I
caused an examination to be made of all the Public Lands,
liable to trespass, during the winter. No depredations
were discovered on the Kennebec waters, and it is believ-
ed that no trespass was committed in that part of the State.
One hundred pine logs, scaling forty thousand feet,
were discovered on the Mattavvamkeag river, cut on town-
ship number Six, in the Fifth Range, by John Dudley, and
ninety-two pine logs, scaling sixty-six thousand and nine
hundred feet, and thirty-four spruce logs, scaling seven
thousand feet, were found cut or township number Three,
in the Fourth Range, by teams employed by Jacob O.
Rodgers. As these persons had permits to cut on the
adjacent townships, and as there was no evidence that
they intentionally crossed the line, upon the Maine town-
ships, they were settled with, upon the payment of stump-
age and all the cost of the examination on this river.
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LAND AGENT'S REPORT.
[Jan.
Four hundred and thirty-eight spruce logs, scaling
eighty-seven thousand six hundred feet, were found cut on
the public lots, in township number Three, Indian Pur-
chase, by Thomas Fowler, Shurben Dudley and William
Curtis. These logs were seized and sold.
Two hundred and thirteen pine logs, scaling eighty-five
thousand seven hundred and seventy-eight feet, and eighty-
nine clapboard cuts, scaling thirteen thousand and fifty-
one feet, were found on township number Two, in the
Eleventh Range, cut by Frederick Roberts, Oliyor Wood-
sum and William Annis. These logs were seized and
marked, and as they could not be sold where they lay,
Messrs. W. T. and H. Peirce wiere employed to drive
them to the boom, at Oldtown, where they will probably
arrive next spring.
In the month of April, Ebenezer Webster, Esq., of
Orono, was employed to examine the Public Lands, situ-
ate on the St. John and Aroostook rivers, and ascertain
what trespasses had been committed in that quarter, and
report what measures could be adopted to prevent future
depredations. It will be seen from his report, accompa-
nying this, that for many years past, gr'jat depredations
have been committed on those rivers.
The method adopted by the Provincial Authorities to
stop trespassing, by seizing the timber after it had been
cut, has had but little tendency to stop depredations, and
as there has been no road opened, by which our Agents
could have a communication with this country, the tres-
passing has gone on, increasing from year to year, until
nearly all the timber on the banks of these rivers has dis-
appeared.
Upon consultation with the Land Agent of Massachusetts,
it was determined to expend a portion of the money appro-
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priated for the Aroostook Road, on the upper part, which
would not be turnpiked the present season, so as to make
a good winter road, and to appoint an Agent to remain on
the Aroostook river during the winter, and by keeping up
a communication with this quarter, to prevent, if possible}
the timber from further depredation. .
About the middle of October, information reached this
office, that persons were trespassing on township number
Ten, in the Fifth Range. I immediately left Bangor, in
company with George W. Buckmore, who had received a
special deputation, for the purpose of arresting this tres*
pass, and putting into operation the arrangements made
between the two Land Agents. Upon our arrival at town-
ship number Ten, we found that the trespassers had left,
had ascended the Great Machias, and were then at work
on township number Eleven, in the Sixth Range, belonging
to Maine. We found here Benjamin Gardner, a settler
from township letter G. in the Second Range, with a crew
of six men, and Lewis Bradley, a settler from the same
place, with a crew of five men and a team of six oxen.
They had been here about a week, and had made two
, hundred and fifty tons of timber, including that cut upon
township number Ten.
Writs of trespass were served upon these persons, their
cattle and supplies attached, and the whole expedition
broken up.
We here learnt that preparations were making to cut
several thousand tons of timber on Beaver Brook, which
we ascended about five miles, and found two camps re-
cently built on township number Thirteen, in the Fifth
Range, belonging to Massachusetts, but the crews had left
and gone down river, hearing most probably of the trouble
on the Machias. Peter Bull, a settler on township letter
LAND AGENT'S REPORT.
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G. had engaged to supply these persons and to haul their
timber. We called on him on our way down, and informed
him that an Agent would be employed by Maine and Mas-
sachusetts, to remain on the river during the winter, and
that his cattle would be taken off, if found engaged in
any trespass.
He informed us that he should stop at once, that the
crews should not return to number Thirteen, and that he
would not be concerned in any further depredation.
On Township number Twelve, in the Fourth Range
belonging to Maine, we found Mr Mumford, a settler, and
two persons, named Churchill and Earskins, from New
Brunswick, building a camp. Upon representing to these
persons that their teams would be taken off if they per-
sisted, they immediately quit.
About a mile up the Salmon Stream, we found a crew
of six men, located for the winter, on Township number
Thirteen, in the third Range, belonging to Massachusetts.
They had got in their supplies and were just beginning
to cut timber, having made about one hundred and fifty
tons. Their names were Wilder Stratton, James Swetor,
David Swetor, Michael Keeley, James Coffee and John
Smiley, all from New Brunswick. William Pyle, a
settler, had agreed to haul their timber on shares. A
writ of trespass was served upon these persons, their sup-
plies attached, and the depredations stopped.
Near the mouth of the Little Madawaska, we met Capt.
Maclauchlan going up the river, with a crew of six men.
He informed me, that he was sent up by the Governor of
New Brunswick, to drive off the trespassers, and if neces-
sary, to cut up their timber.
I informed him what I had done with the trespassers
above, and also informed him of ihe depredations, which
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I understood were about to be committed on the Mada-
waska and St. John rivers, above the Grand Falls. He
replied that he should visit those places before he return-
ed, and would do all in his power to protect the timber
from trespass.
Be'ow this, we found several crews just commencing
to make timber, all of whom, upon representing to them
the consequences of continuing their trespass, immediately
desisted and left the woods. I did not visit the St. John
River, being of opinion that it would be in vain, to at-
tempt to arrest trespassers, or to secure the timber from
pillage on that river, until a road should be opened, by
which the Land Agent could reach it without being com-
pelled, as he now is, to pass through the province of New
Brunswick. From twelve to fifteen thousand tons of
timber would undoubtedly have been cut by these tres-
passers, the ensuing winter, if they had been unmolested,
and this amount of timber has thus been saved by opening
a communication to the Aroostook river, so as to bring these
depredators within the reach of civil process.
The Land Agent of Massachusetts having granted sev-
eral permits to cut timber near the head waters of the
Aroostook, the most of these trespassers, who were routed,
ascended the liver, and engaged to work for the winter,
with those holding permits, so that no further trouble is
apprehended from them, at present. Mr. Buckmore has
been appointed to remain, during the winter, on the
Aroostook territory, and it is confidently believed, that
with these precautionary measures, the Townships on this
river will be effectually protected from further depredation.
During the season, I caused on examination to be made
by Henry K. Adams, of the Townships and tracts of land,
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situate on the Penobscot river, sold to settlers and to oer-
sons who had engaged to perform settling duties, to ascer-
tam the actual condition of the various lots, sosold .„d
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It appears from his report made to this office, that
omng to the cold seasons and early frosts, succeeding the
year A^D. ,83.. the settlers had in many inlstances, become
much discouraged from the repeated failure of their crops
and there was a general disposition to emigrate. "^ '
Ihese feelings, however, have been checked by the
warmth and fruitfulness of the last two seasons, and the
settlers begm to be satisfied that by prudence and econo!
my. «hey cannot fad in making themselves independent
where they now are. "^ '
He found many of the settlers poor, and unable at
present, vo pay the State; but in most cases, they were
addmg to the value of the lots, by making permanent im-
provements and were generally paying more attention
than formerly to the cultivation of the soil
No improvements have been made on many of the lot,
sold to persons who agreed to perform settling duties, and
who probably purchased, for the sole purpose of selling
at an advanced price, and having failed to do so, the land
necessarily reverts to the State.
The settlement of most of these Townships has been
much retarded, where lots have been sold to speculator,
Ihese persons have not only demanded too high a price
for settlmg land, but they have been unable to give satis!
factory files where the State has not been paidfand thu.
hese lands have been locked up, and the p^ogr^s of the
.ettlement arrested. A few lot, were found occupied by
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persons, who had purchased from individuals, and were
not aware of the paramount title of the State.
In some instances, the timber has all been taken off,
and the land abandoned, and as it was ascertained, that
preparations were making to take timber from other lots
the coming winter, agents have been appointed to see that
no further depredations are committed on lots, which
have not been paid for.
Nothing has been done the past year, on the road, which
was cut out in A. D. 1837, by Abner Coburn, leading from
Mocsehead Lake to the Canada road, near the head waters
of the river Du Loup.
An appropriation of five thousand dollars was made by
the Legislature of Massachusetts, at its last session, for the
purpose of turnpiking this road ; provided, a similar appro-
priation should be made by this State; and assurances
given by the Government of Lower Canada, that that por-
tion of the road, lying within that Province, should be
completed.
As under existing laws, the Land Agent of this State
was authorized to advance a sum equal to the appropriation
of Massachusetts, for the construction of this road, from
the ten per cent, fund, arising from the sales of the Public
lands, nothing but a co-operation from the authorities of
Lower Canada was wanting, to authorize the Land Agents
of Maine and Massachusetts putting this road immediately
under contract.
In the month of July, in company with the Land Agent
of Massachusetts, I visited Quebec, for the purpose of
making arrangements with the Government of Lower
Canada in regard to the completion of this road. Although
every assurance was given us by the Provincial authorities,
of the importance with which they regarded this road.
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and we were satisfied of their earnest desire of co-oper-
ating with us, in the completion of the same, yet, owing
to the present embarrassed political state of affairs in that
Province, no definite arrangements could be made, that
would justify us, in commencing operations upon this road.
Lord Durham was absent during our visit ; but we were
assured by those in charge of affairs during his absence,
that a full representation of our business, should be laid
before his Lordship immediately upon his return, and as
soon as any favorable action was given to this business, due
information should be sent us by letter. Having heard
nothing since our return, and Lord Durham having recently
resigned his office and returned to Great Britain, there is
no reasonable ground for belief, that any answer will be
given at present, on the part of the Canadian Government,
containing any assurances for the construction of that part
of the road, without the limits of this State.
Twenty one applications have been filed in this office,
during the last year, under the provisions of the resolve of
March 20, A. D. 1838, in favor of commissioned officers of
the Revolution; and widows of such persons, of which, two
have been continued for evidence, and nineteen have been
admitted, certificates issued, and deeds given. Within the
same period, thirty applications have been made under the
resolve of March 24, A. D. 1836, making the whole num-
ber three hundred and ten. Of these, twenty-oi.o have
been rejected, seven continued for evidence, and two hun-
dred and eighty-two have been admitted, and certificates
issued.
Under the resolve, approved March 17, A. D. 1835, and
the additional resolve approved March 23, A. D. 1838,
forty-nine applications have been received, at this office,
during the past year, making the whole number of appli-
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cations seven hundred and eighty-nine, of which three
hundred and nineteen have been rejected, twenty-nine
continued for further evidence, and four hundred and forty-
two have been admitted, and certificates granted.
It may be proper to remark, that of the three hundred
and nineteen applications rejected under the resolve of
A. D. 1835, one hundred and eighty-six of the same appli-
cations were received, under the subsequent Resolve of
A. D. 1835, and were admitted.
In the four townships appropriated by the Legislature,
under the abov6 resolves, only five lots remain, after satis-
fying all the certificates outstanding, and as twenty-nine
applications are now under continuance, and new cases
will probably be presented, it is evident, that a further
appropriation of land becomes necessary.
As the remaining lots in the Indian townships are almost
valueless, I would recommend, that the holders of cer-
tificates, who have not received deeds, be permitted to
select lots in such other township as may be appropriated
by the Legislature, for the benefit of those who shall here-
after receive certificates.
Under the Resolve approved March 23, 1 838, authorizing
theXand Agent to procure certain plans from the Land
Office in Massachusetts, Mr. Oliver Frost, the assistant
Land Agent, has procured attested copies of all the plans
and surveys of islands, situate in this State, also the plans
of the original survey of thirteen townships on the coast
of Maine, with the islands embraced in their limits^ making
altogether fifty-nine plans, which have been bound in a
volume and deposited in this office. He has also made a
schedule of all the islands on the coast of Maine, of which,
any survey has been made by Massachusetts, and which
were not embraced within the limits of some grant of main
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land. These islands have been arranged in a table,
according to the requirements of the resolv^ designating
what have been sold by Massachusetts, the date of each
sale, and the name of the respective purchasers. In addi-
tion to which, have been added, the number of acres
contained in each island, and the State, to which each
island was assigned, at the time of the separation, in the
division of lands, between the Commonwealth and State.
This schedule, together with Mr. Frost's report, is herewith
communicated.
Under the resolve in relation to lands reserved to the
several towns in this State, approved March 20, A. D.
1838, Mr. Frost was directed to make an examination of
the Public Records, in the Land offices of the Common-
wealth and this State, and make a report, embracing the
information required by said resolve. His report and
statistical table of Towns and Townships, showing the
amount qf Public lots reserved in each, are herewith com-
municated. The information contained in Mr. Frost's
report, although in some degree, exceeding the require-
ments of the resolve, is nevertheless necessary to a full
understanding of the subject matter, inquired of, by the
Legislature, and will be found to contain much valuable
information, in relation to early grants, which he has with
praiseworthy industry and research, collected from various
but authentic sources.
Townships number Four, Ten and Twelve in the Fifth
Range, were in A. D. 1834, under the provision of a law
passed that year, selected and set apart by the Land
Agent for the benefit of common schools and primary
instruction.
These Townships have been lotted for settlers during
the past year and many lots sold. As three fourths of the
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purchase money under existing laws, from the sale of
land in these townships, is to be expended in making
roads, the amount of cash to be paid into the Treasury
from these sales will be small, and perhaps it would bff
advisable for the Legislature to authorize the Land Agent
to exchange these Townships for others more valuable for
timber, so as to increase the amount of the School Fund.
The sum of two thousand eight hundred and thirteen
dollars and sixty six cents, has been received from the sale
of timber on Township number Four in the Fifth Range,
and paid into the Treasury on account of the School
Fund.
Township letter E. in the County of Washington has been
surveyed into lots of six hundred acres, by Abner Coburn,
agreeable to the provisions of the Resolve approved March
20, 1838, for the benefit of commissioned officers in the
Revolutionary war, and the field notes and plan of the
survey have been returned to this office. This township)
is represented to be, for the most part, excellent settling
land, and the grantees of the lots have thus received from
the State liberal rewards, in remembrance of their Revolu-
tionary services.
A road has been laid out, during the past year, by the
Surveyor General, through Township number Four in the
Fifth Range, and the lots upon the road, have been
divided, so as to measure eighty rods in front.
The lots in Township number Eight in the Fifth Range,
heretofore surveyed into mile sections, have been divided
upon the Aroostook road, so as to measure eighty rods in
front ; but the dividing I'nes have not been run. Town-
ships numbers Ten arr* Twelve in the Fifth Range have
been surveyed and run i .lo lots for settlement, and the
plans of survey and field notes have been returned to this
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office. In the surveys made under the direction of this
Department, in addition to the usual instructions, the
Surveyors have been requested to give, in their field notes,
a more particular description of the land surveyed, as to
the quality of the soil, the growth and face of the country,
and to return to this office specimens of the minerals and
earths in the Townships under survey. Should this plan be
pursued, purchasers might more readily learn at this office,
the value of the public lands in the market, and a rich
collection of minerals and fossils would soon be formed,
illustrative of the Geology of the public lands, and perhaps
leading to important developments in our mineral wealth.
During the survey of Townships number Ten and
Twelve, the Surveyor General received a visit from James
A. Maclauchlan of Fredericton, who protested against the
Survey. I herewith annex a copy of the correspondence
which took place between said Maclauchlan and the Sur-
veyor General.
It will be seen from the written communication of Capt.
Maclauchlan that the British Government claim to exercise
jurisdiction over the whole northern part of the State, by
virtue of " existing arrangements subsisting between the
British Government and that of the United States." I am
not aware of any arrangements between the Government
of the United States and Great Britain, which has surren-
dered to the latter, the jurisdiction of the disputed Territory.
It is believed that nothing further has been done
between the two Governments, than intimations from each
that the other should forbear to exercise any act of juris-
diction, pending the negotiation, beyond the territory then
in actual possession of each Government, as may be seen
from the correspondence between the ministers of the two
Governments in 1832 and 1835.
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Mr. Livingston, in his communication dated July 31,
A. D. 1832, remarks — "Until this matter shall be brought
to a final conclusion, the necessity of refraining on both
sides from any exercise of jurisdiction beyond the bound-
aries, now actually possessed, must be apparent, and will
no doubt be acquiesced in on the part of His Britanic
Majesty's Province, as it will be by the United States."
In reply Sir Charles R. Vaughan says, "he is further to
assure Mr. Livingston that his Majesty's Government
entirely concur with that of the United States in the prin-
ciple of continuing to abstain, during the progress of the
negotiation, from extending the exercise of jurisdiction,
within the disputed territory, beyond the limits, within
which it has been hitherto usually exercised by the author-
ities of either party."
As Massachusetts and Maine, since they became inde-
pendent Governments, have always had the possession of
the territory south of the St. John, it is believed, that no
other opposition, than the formal protest of Mr. Maclauch-
lan will be attempted by the Provincial authorities, against
the further prosecution of surveys which may be made in
this quarter.
In the month of August, I sold at public auction, the
right to cut timber, for one year, on the following town-
ships, at the following prices. On township number Four
in the Fifth Range, at two dollars per thousand feet, board
measure — on number Eight, in the Seventh Range, at two
dollars and twenty-five cents per thousand — number Seven,
in the Sixth Range, at two dollars and fifty cents— number
Three, in the Fourth Range, at four dollars and eighty-
seven cents — and number Four in the Seventh Range, five
dollars and twenty-two cents. The purchasers were requir-
ed to pay one hundred dollars in advance, and to give bonds
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for the payment of stumpage, which terms were complied
with. Between three and four millions will be cut under
these permits ^ and the stumpage will probably amount to
about ten thousand dollars.
Permits have been given on the following townships by
the Land Agents of Maine and Massachusetts. On town-
ships number Six and Seven in the Eighth Range — num-
ber Five, in the Ninth — and numbers Five, Six and Seven,
in the Tenth, at four dollars per thousand. It is estimated
that about five millions will be cut under these permits,
and that the stumpage will amount to about twenty thous-
and dollars.
These are ^he only townships belonging to Maine and
Massachusetts ; and to Maine alone, that remain on the
Penobscot waters, at present, accessible to lumbermen ;
and as all these townships have been heretofore cut upon,
the time will soon arrive, when it will be for the interest
of both States to bring other townships into the market.
From twenty to twenty-five townships of the undivided
lands, first rate for timber, lie upon the Penobscot waters
above Ripogenus Lake. About the same number of excel-
lent timber townships are situate about the Allagash Lakes,
which lakes may be easily connected with the Penobscot
East Branch, by opening a communication between Web-
ster pond and Lake Telos.
A large and increasing revenue may at once, be derived
to the State, by opening good communications to these
townships, from the sale of stumpage. I would therefore
recommend, that measures be taken immediately, on the
part of this State, which would without doubt, be met on
the part of Massachusetts, to clear out the Ripogenus
Falls and Penobscot River, connect the Allagash Lakes
with the Penobscot East Branch, and m^ke such other
if
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LAND AGENT'S REPORT.
19
improvements as would be necessary to float the timber
from these townships to market. The expense of these
works would be inconsiderable, and would more than be
reimbursed, from the first years sale of stumpage. In the
month of May, I advertised the settling land for sale
belonging to this State, under the provisions of the act
approved March 23, 1838. The favorable report of Dr.
Jackson, as to the quality of the soil, and the liberal terms
offered to settlers, by the Legislature, under the act
referred to, have been such as to excite an unusual degree
of interest, the past year, throughout the community, in
regard to the settlement of the public lands. The great
obstacle however, has been the want of a road, by which
the public lands could be approached. To persons who
had families or who wished to carry in supplies, a commu-
nication not much better than a foot path, for upwards of
fifty miles, presented objections that were insurmountable.
Individuals from Rhode Island,, Massachusetts and New
Hampshire, in many instances made application to this
ofHce, for land, but were unwilling even to go and exam-
ine, when they ascertained the condition of the Aroostook
road, and many, who went and examined, and were satis-
fied with the land, declined purchasing until the road
should be completed. Notwithstanding, however, there
has been a steady emigration, through the year, to the
Aroostook townships, mostly, by young men.
I have sold and conveyed to settlers the past year twelve
thousand eight hundred and twenty-seven acres, situated
mostly in townships numbers Four, Ten and Twelve in the
Fifth Range, and in township number One, Indian Pur-
chase. The consideration received from these sales
amounts to $9,428 27, averaging seventy-four cents per
acre. I have sold the choice lots upon the Aroostook Road
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at one dollar per acre, other lots at the minimum price of
fifty cents. Besides this many lots in these townships have
been taken up and improvements commenced by persons,
who have not yet called to obtain deeds ; and upon the
townships not yet surveyed, upon the Aroostook River,
numerous settlements have commenced by persons who
intend to purchase as soon as the surveys are made.
Written applications have been filed in this office, by
different persons, for tho privilege of selecting lots, and
erecting mills, under tho provisions of the New Land
Law, in townships numbers Three, Eleven and Thirteen,
in the Fourth Range, township number Twelve in the Fifth
Range, and township number Nine, in the Sixth Range,
west from the east line of the State, and settlements will
be commenced on most of these townships this season,
if not on all.
Joseph Pollard and others, commenced last spring erect-
ing mills, on township number Six, in the Fourth Range,
on the St. Croix stream, which will be finished in a few
weeks, and they claim the privilege of selecting twenty
lots in that township, as soon as it shall be surveyed.
George W. Buckmore and others, have completed a
dam across the Great Machias river, in township number
Eleven, in the Fifth Range, and are now engaged in
building mills, which will be finished early in the spring.
This township belongs to Massachusetts, and lying
between townships numbers Ten and Twelve, belonging
to Maine, surveyed for settlement the last year, and btjing
in the midst of the improvements that our citizens are
making on the Aroostook river, it is very important that
Maine should become the owner of this township.
As it is usual for Massachusetts to sell only by the town-
ship, and as the Commonwealth has no agent in this State
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31
to sell land to settlers, and as there is no law, by which the
Land Agent of Massachusetts could sell lands for settle-
ment under the same favorable terms, as to price and pay-
ment, as the Land Agent of this State is authorized to do,
I would therefore recommend, that the Land Agent of
Maine be empowered to exchange this township for one
belonging to Maine. As township number Eleven is not
a timber township, and is valuable only for settlement, it
is believed an exchange may be made, that will be advan-
tageous to both States.
If this exchange should be made, the Aroostook road
completed this year, and this township be surveyed for
settlement under the provisions of the new Land Law,
almost every lot would be speedily taken up ; and situated
as this township is, in the centre of the Aroostook country,
and at the mouths of the Great and Little Machias
rivers, it would rise at once to importance, and give a
healthy impetus to the settlement of the adjacent territory.
From this recapitulation, respecting the settlements com-
menced the last year, and the works now in progress
under the liberal terms and encouragement of the Act
approved March 23, 1838, there can be no doubt of the
wisdom of continuing this law, and endeavoring by all
proper means, to give aid and support to these infant
settlements.
As the settlements will probably increase much faster
than the ordinary surveys can be made, a law giving to
those who commence settlements, a prior right to purchase
the lots taken up, it is believed would have a salutary
effect.
The Aroostook Road has been made the last year, about
twenty-three miles ; and including what was built the year
before, it has been finished to township number Five, in
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[Jan.
in
the Sixth Range, a distance of thirty miles, under the
superiiitondanco of Ira Fish, Esq. of Lincoln, whoso re-
port is herewith communicated.
The amount expended upon this road during the last
year, is twenty-five thousand six hundred and twenty dol-
lars, and fifty cents, which, with the sum laid out the year
before, amounts to thirty-one thousand seven hundred and
seventj^-four dollars, and twelve cents. From this, how-
ever, should be deducted eleven hundred seventeen dollaj-s,
and seventy-nine cents, the amount of notes received from
the sale of oxen, the present value of tools and camping
apparatus on hand, estimated at twelve hundred dollars;
also twelve hundred dollars, the amount expended by Mr.
Slinchfield on the upper part of the road ; so that the
actual expenditure upon the road south of the thirty mile
tree, for the last two years, has been, twenty-eight thou-
sand two hundred and fifty-six dollars, and thirty-two
cents.
In the month of June, in company with the Land Agent
of Massachusetts, I visited this road, and particular exam-
ination was made of the different sections, upon which the
crews were at work.
In October, I passed over the whole length of the road,
and am fully satisfied that the Agent has expended the
appropriation in the most judicious manner, and with the
greatest economy, and that he deserves credit for his con-
stant and indefatigable efforts in the disci. : » of his
agency.
This road is most thoroughly built, and reflects great
credit upon the State and Commonwealth. Although not
so wide, in other respects it is even superior to the Mili-
tary ron.d. The culverts are sunk below the level of the
diioh*- », so ihat in future repairs, hard pan may be taken
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LAND AGENT'S REPORT.
23
from the bottom of the ditches, without sinking them
below the level of the watf r courses. Great pains have
also been taken to place upon the road the most durable
materials within reach. Where coarse gravel could be
found, it was transported upon the road, by the horse teams,
and in other places, the siunmits of the hills were removed
aiiH spread over the mad in the valleys, thus diminishing
the elevations, and making the road over the low ground,
more solid.
This road has already become a great thoroughfare.
About every lot for sale, adjoining it, has been taken up;
thriving settlements have commenced in almost every
Township through which it passes, and considering that
the first improvements were made upon this road in A. D.
J 834, the progress of settlement has not been surpassed
in this part of the State. Many of the settlers who began
here, four years ago, pour and destitute, are now in easy
circumstances, and the condition of their buildings and
improvements, show that here the business of farming has
been carried on with great success. One of the settlers
upon this road, who commenced in A. D. 1835, in Town-
ship number Six, has raised, the last year, upwards of
sixteen hundred bu-ht;ls of grain, and another person in
Township number Four, has raised one thousand bushels ;
indeed the whole country is admirably adapted to raising
grain, and at no distant period, will furnish a large amount
for exportation.
The opening of this road has had a decisive influence
in raising the value of timber lands, in the adjacent
Townships, by diminishing the costs of supplies which
can now be furnished by the settlers in lumbering opera-
tions.
Of the amount of stumpage which Maine and Massa-
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[Jan.
chusetts will receive the ensuing year from Townships
in this vicinity, I have no doubt, they will receive, at least
ten thousand dollars more than would have been realized,
if nothing had been done upon this road. The importance
of this road for the preservation of our timber on the
Aroostook and St. John rivers — as an arm of defence,
which may sooner or later be needed in the settlement of
our North Eastern frontier, as a certain and direct means
for advancing the settlement and agricultural interest of
our broad and fertile interior — it seems to me, that no one
can doubt, that the best interests of the State demand its
immediate completion, and I would therefore urge upon
the Legislature the necessity of making an earl} appropri-
ation, so that supplies may be purchased of the settlers,
and that heavy articles may be transported upon the line of
the road, by sledding, as recommended in Mr. Fish's report.
Perhaps it might be thought advisable by some, to
complete the remaining portion of this road by contract.
An objection to this would be, the unavoidable delay
from the time necessary to be given to receive proposals
and to examine the ground, so that if this plan were
adopted, it would hardly be possible to carry the road
through, the ensuing season.
It is very probable that contractors might be found,
who would engage to build this road at a less price, per
mile, than it would cost the State under the present mode;
but it would by no means follow that the road would be
as well made, as the object of the contractors would be to
perform their job at the least possible labor and expense.
The State should be satisfied, if the appropriation is fairly
expended upon the road, and the full worth of the money
realized, which would always be the case under thesuper-
intendance of a faithful agent.
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wnshipa
at least
ealized)
•ortance
on the
lefence,
ment of
t means
terest of
; no one
land its
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ppropri-
settlers,
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s report,
ome, to
ontract.
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roposaJs
m were
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rice, per
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ould be
lid be to
jxpense.
I is fairly
B money
le super-
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LAND AGENT'S REPORT.
25
I would suggest the propriety of making an alteration in
this road, between the Aroostook and St. John rivers, as lo-
cated by the Surveyor General in A. D. 1837, by carrying it
several miles to the westward, so as to cross the Aroostook,
above the mouth of the St. Croix, and to intersect the St.
John, near the mouth of Fish river. The present location is
a bad one, passing over low land, and not fit for settlement.
The proposed route would pass over good settling land,
and through the valley of Fish river, capable of supporting
a large population.
This road should be cut out the present year, and
bridged and made passable for winter travel. It is of the
utmost importance that we should have a winter commu-
nication, at least, with the St. John through our own
territory, so as to protect the timber on ihat river from
further depredation.
I have bestowed, the past year, much attention upon
the subject of our Public Lands. J have made several
journeys through difterent sections of them, and from an
examination of the various reports, plans and field notes
of surveys, in this office, and from other sources, have
endeavored to inform myself, as well as I could, of their
value, extent and location, and what measures it would be
for the best interest of the State to adopt, to bring into
operation the great physical resources of our public
domain, and thus augment our population and wealth,
Wc have within the limits of this State, according to
the treaty of A. D. 1783, of the unlocated lands belong-
ing to Maine and iMassachusetts, by estimation, 6,022,060
acres: — Lands located into Townships, 2,650,000 acres: —
Total, 8,672,060 acres. In this amount are included
about 2,240,000 acres lying north and east of the St.
Francois and St, John rivers, fy ,
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In addition to this there are about two hundred and
twenty-five Townships of wild land, lying mostly south of
the Monument line, belonging to proprietors, so that
about one half of the territory of this State remains at
present, in an almost unbroken forest. This whole
unsettled territory is penetrated in almost every direction
by numerous laucs and rivers, furnishing to about every
Township an abundant supply of water power, and the
means of floating its lumber to market.
Compared with Massachusetts, this territory is nearly
twice as large, and, with little more than half the present
density of population of Masaschusetts, would contain a
million of inhabitants. Considering the extent of this
territory, the fertility of a large portion of its soil, the
beds of iron ore and limestone, and almost certain indica-
tions of coal, that it is known to contain, in addition to
the vast forests of valuable timber, we may safely look
here for the future growth and permanent wealth of the
State. As land is the great capital of our State, it is
evident that it is population alone that can stamp a value
upon it, and lay the foundation for agricultural improve-
ment. It is population, also, that will devclope our dor-
mant resources, and give us rank and power in the Federal
Union.
Hence our aim should be to promote the settlement of
our unoccupied lands. To do this, we must open commu-
nications with the interior, and we must sell the soil, at
low prices, to those only who will settle upon it. So long
as the Government prices for the fertile lands in the West-
ern States are established at one dollar and twenty-five
cents per acre, our own lands must be held at a corres-
ponding price, if we wish to retain any of our surplus
population, or to invite hither emigrants from other States.
4,
[Jan.
Ired and
south of
so that
mains at
3 whole
direction
»ut every
and the
s nearly
3 present
contain a
t of this
soil, the
n indica-
dition to
fely look
th of the
ate, it is
p a value
improve-
our dor-
e Federal
lement of
1 cominu-
le soil, at
So long
the West-
venty-five
a corres-
ir surplus
er States.
1839.]
LAND AGENT'S REPORT.
27
It is equally necessary for the State to open good com-
munications with the interior, if it desires to promote a
thrifty settlement, as otherwise the interior would be
slowly populated, even if the lands were given away. A
miserable vagabond race only would occupy the ground,
fleeing thither from the pursuits of justice, rather than
seeking voluntarily, happy homes.
The policy of alienating large tracts of land to individuals
and corporations, has been sufficiently tested to satisfy all
that it has been a mistaken one, whether done to replenish
the Treasury, or for the purpose of promoting a more
speedy settlement of the soil.
There are several ranges of townships extending acrosg
the whole breadth of the State adjoining the Public Lands,
owned by proprietors who will neither make roads or sell
their lands at fair prices ; thus, besides locking up their
own lands, block up the way of the pioneer in his progress
to the land owned by the State.
Experience would, therefore, seem to point out the
proper course to be pursued— of selling the soil to settlers
only, and of disposing the timber separate from the land,
and in quantities sufficient to meet the yearly demands of
the lumbering interest.
Owing to the recent embarrassments in commercial and
manufacturing business, and the high price of agricultural
products, there has been witnessed, of late, a growing dis-
position to resort more to the cultivation of the soil, than
formerly, and as affording on the whole, the most certain,
safe and contented means of support.
The Geological Survey now in progress under Dr. Jack-
son, which was first recommended from this department,
and the Agricultural reconnoisance of Dr. Holmes, the past
season, has doubtless had a favorable effect in awakening
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LAND AGENT'S REPORT,
[Jan.
the public mind to a juster perception of the vahie of the
public lands, and the legislation of the last year indicates
a degree of public spirit, which, if carried out, will lead
to the most prosperous results.
The advantages of the Western lands, compared with
those of our own, it is believed, have been much over-
rated. The low price of produce, the insalubrity of the
climate, and the absence of many social enjoyments, more
than weigh down the advantages of a fertile soil and a
heavy crop. It should be enough for us, that we have
social comforts, a healthy climate, a ready market, and a
soil that rarely ever fails to yield in proportion to the labor
bestowed upon it.
That it requires unceasing labor and attention in our
climate, to cultivate the soil with success, is not denied ;
but that this is necessarily an evil, is not admitted. Unre-
mitting labor seems to be as necessary for the well being
of the body politic, as is exercise for the welfare of the
individual, and all experience has shown, that where the
necessity for labor has been removed, the exemption has
oftener proved a curse, than a blessing.
Upon a glance at the public lands, it will be seen that
the fertile valley of the St. John river, extends through
the whole breadth of the northern part of the State, and
with the Aroostook valley, includes about one third part
of our whole territory. The natural outlet of tliis country
for trade and intercourse, is through the Province of New
Brunswick.
To connect this region with the Atlantic seaboard,
within the limits of our own State, it will be seen, that the
topograghy of the country distinctly marks out two great
avenues of communication through the valleys of the Ken-
nebec and Penobscot. That our seaboard will be con-
[Jan.
1839.]
LAND AGENT'S REPORT.
39
nected with the St. John waters, sooner or later, by these
two routes, either by canal or rail road, or both in part,
there can be no doubt in the mind of any one, who has
watched the progress of internal improvements in other
States, who considers the feasibility of opening these com-
munications, and of their great practical importance in
diverting the trade of this region from a foreign market,
and increasing the wealth and population, not only of the
St. John's valley, but of the whole State. The develop-
ment of the agricultural resources of this valley, would
give a sustaining power to our commercial capital on
the seaboard, a healthy impulse to manufactories, and
would not fail in advancing the State, at once, to the posi-
tion in the federal Union, to which her natural advantages
so justly entitle her.
It is evident that the citizens of this State, have not
heretofore, been fully impressed of the great value of our
public domain. The golden opportunity, which occurred
at the time of the separation, for Maine to acquire of Mas-
sachusetts her interests in the Public Lands, was suffered
to pass, unsecured by us, and the appropriations hereto-
fore made for the construction of roads towards the inte-
rior, and for public improvements, seem to have been re-
luctantly yielded, instead of being the spontaneous acts of
the whole Legislature, and as indicating a spirit and feel-
ing worthy of our great resources. So long as the public
mind is possessed of doubts and fears and misgivings,
and until there is manifest an honest feeling of State pride
and a just confidence in our own means and resources, it
will be in vain to undertake any public work of magnitude
with any rational hope of success.
I am aware that serious objections are entertained by
many, against ail works of internal imp rovement, when
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undertaken by the State, and where it becomes necessary
t^rrow money. It cannot, however, be forgotten that
such objections have been raised in other States, particu-
larly in New York and Pennsylvania. When the former
State commenced upon the great work of the Erie Canal,
it was denounced as the "big ditch," that would engulph
the fortunes of the State, and men high in public estima-
tion, pronounced the scheme as "visionary and chimerical,
and at least, one hundred years in advance of the age."
The result has shown, how much this portion of the com-
munity has been mistaken, and I can entertain no doubt,
that a judicious system of public works, on the part of the
State, having reference to the settlement and cultivation
of the Public Lands, would, in the end, be as signally suc-
cessful, as have been the public works in other States.
Perhaps all that is necessary to be done, at present, be-
yond making explorations upon the Public Lands, would
be to open roads. I have already expressed my views in
regard to the Aroostook road. In addition to this, I would
recommend, that the road located from Houlton by Mars
Hill to the Aroostook, be continued to the St. John, and
be completed as soon as practicable.
I would also recommend the location of a public road
from Moose Head Lake, or from the Piscataquis river, near
Williamsburg, to intersect the upper part of the valley of
the St. John, near the confluence of the South and West
branches of the Walloostook.
The completion of these roads, with the proper lateral
branches, would open for settlement the whole valley of
the St. John, and under the influence of salutary and en-
couraging laws, I have no doubt, the settlement of this
region would progress with a rapidity unexampled in New
England.
[Jan.
scessary
:ten that
particu-
e former
e Canal,
cngulph
; estima-
imerical,
he age."
(he com-
o doubt,
irt of the
iltivation
lally suc-
States.
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views in
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by Mars
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The experience we have had in regard to roads, should
not fail to admonish us of the great importance in select-
ing good locations, and of avoiding the errors committed
in the Military and Canada roads, one of which passes
unnecessarily over highlands, and the other across large
tracts of waste land. It would therefore be indispensable
to make thorough reconnoisances, before the location
of any new road, so as to secure the best possible route,
both as to the elevation of the country and the character
of the soil.
I would suggest the expediency of abolishing the office
of Surveyor General, and transferring his duties to the
Land Office, or of requiring of him, his services during the
winter, in looking after trespassers and in scaling timber.
Under the present law, the Surveyor General is employed
only a part ot the season, and in some years, only a few
weeks service have been required of him — at any rate, his
compensation, now one thousand dollars per annum, should
be graduated according to his services.
The amount of securities in this office is $328,940 74
about one third of which is due from persons who have be-
come insolvent ; but as in these cases, no timber has been
cut, and a lien held upon the land, nothing will be lost
but the difference between the value of the land, and the
amount agreed to be paid.
In the excitement of A. D. 1835, several tracts of land
belonging to this State and the State and Commonwealth,
were sold at prices beyond their actual value.
In most of these cases, after making large payments, the
purchasers have come to a stand, and it now becomes a
grave question with the Legislature, whether these pur-
chasers are to be held to the strict terms of their contract.
If so, the land in many instances, must revert to the States,
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[Jan.
where the purchasers have paid its full value, and in other
cases, if payment is enforced, real estate only can be found
to discharge the debt.
I would therefore suggest the propriety of appointing a
Board of Commissioners to examine tl.cse cases, with
authority to settle with the debtors, upon equitable terms.
There can be no good reason for the State to enforce
ruinous contracts against her citizens, and sound policy
would seem to dictate a generous and liberal course toward
those, whose future usefulness must be destroyed, if the
State exacts the full measure of her legal rights.
It may be proper here to remark, that I have not thought
it my duty to commence suits against delinquent debtors,
the past year ; so well satisfied as I have been, of their
general inability to pay, from the late extraordinary de-
rangement of the currency, and consequent prostration of
business. I have, however, not failed in calling upon them,
by circulars and by personal application, — and from
arrangements that have been made, a much larger sum
will be received the ensuing year, than has been collected
the past.
The receipts of the last year have been $27,509 93
And the receipts for the ensuing, are esti-
mated at . . . . $50,000 00
The annexed account exhibits the expenditures of this
department, the amount paid into the Treasury, and the
total amonnt of receipts. The accompanying Schedule
contains the sales of Land for A. D. 1838 — also, the bal-
ance sheet of the Land Office leger, and a list of all
securities in this office, duplicates of which have been
returned to the office of the State Treasurer.
ELIJAH L. HAMLIN, Land Agent
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1839.]
LAND AGENT'S REPORT.
SS
Dr. State of Maine, in account with Elijah L. Hamlin,
Land Agent, for the year ending December 31, 1838.
For amount paid for Postage of letters and
Public Documents, .
Per sheet No. 1.
For amount paid for Office rent at Bangor, from
Dec. 10, 1837, to Dec. 10, 1838,
Per sheet No. 2.
For amount paid for scaling Timber cut on tlie
Public Lands,
Per sheet No. 3.
For half the amount paid flsr scaling Timber
cut on the undivided landb,
Per sheet No. 4.'
For amount paid for explorations and securing
Timber cut by trespassers, on tlie Public
Lands, ....
Per sheet No. 5.
For half the amount paid for explorations and
securing Timber cut by trespassers on the
undivided lands,
Per sheet No. 6.
For amount paid for bills of cost on demands
sued in 1837,
Per sheet No. 7.
For amount paid Assistant Agent,
Per sheet No. 8.
For amount paid for incidental charges, includ
ing fuel, lights, books, stationery, stage fare,
advertising, copies of plans and schedules
from Massachusetts, and examinations under
the Resolve of March 20, 1838, in relation to
reserved lands, &c., .
Per sheet No. 9.
For half the amount of sundry charges on
account of the undivided lands.
Per sheet No. 10.
For amount paid towards surveys of the Public
Lands, ....
Per sheet No. 11.
Making the whole amount paid for expenses of
the Land Office for the year 1838, including
$266 23 for bills incurred in former years,
and $143 75 incurred under Resolves of the
Legislature, passed the 20th and 23d of
March last, $3,376 75.
38 58
100 00
70 00
143 70
99 05
273 30
366 52
1,000 00
1,200 11
35 49
50 00
3,376 75
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For amount allowed on old contracta for land,
and credited in tlie account of sales for
* ' * Per sheet, No. 12.
For amount of abatements on notes, under the
provisions of Resolves in favor of Isaac Curtis
and als. passed Feb. 14, ISM and March 7,
1837 ; and Resolve in favor of Bradley Black-
man and another, passed March 12, 1838,
Per sheet No. 13.
For amount paid for rolls and other evidence of
revolutionary service, under Resolves, approv-
ed Miirch 17, 1H35, March 24, 1836, March
20, 1838, and March 23, 1838,
Per sheet No. 14.
For amount paid from the Madaceunk Road
Fund, for expenditures on the Road authcriz
ed by tlie Resolve of March 24, 1835,
Per sheet No. 15.
For half the amount paid for expenditures on
tiie Aroostook, in company with the Land
Awent of Massachusetts,
° Per sheet No. 16.
For the amount paid into the Treasury of the
State for the Permanent School Fund, under
the provisions of the Act of Feb. 23, 1828,
For the amount of other monies paid into the
Treasury, ....
Per sheet No. 17.
For the amount of a sale of land to the Mada
ceunk Mill Company, credited to the State,
Nov. 14, 183(), before the notes of said Com-
pany were executed and delivered to the
Land Agent— the said Company now refusing
to complete said contract, or to receive a
deed, . . • •
Per sheet No. 18.
For amount of old notes and executions trans
ferred to the account of unavailable debts,
being principally old executions recovered
against trespassers prior to the year 1828,
and of no value,
Per schedule A.
Making the whole amount of expences, dis-
bursements and abatements at the Land Office
during the year 1838, $30,649 29.
Leaving a balance of securities and funds in
the hands of the Land Agent, on the 31st day
^ of December, A.D. 1838, of $331,036 09, as
100 00
56 33
30 00
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186 33
277 50
12,479 87
12,757 37
2,813 66
4,262 06
660 75
7,075 72
6,592 37
7,253 12
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exhibited in the Schedule annexed, marked
A, to wit —
Notes — including the sum of $0,939 47 in the
hands of Attorniea for collection,
Executions, . . • .
Bonds, ....
Cash — in the hands of Geo. M. Chase, Esq.,
Do. — in tlie hands of Shcpard Gary, Esq.,
Do. — in the hands of Geo. W. Coffin, Esq.,
Madaceiink Road Fund,
Road Fund No. 4 R. '^,
Do. do. No. 10 R. 5,
Do. do. No. 12 R. 5,
Do. do.
School Fund, .
282,910 90
20,()98 'M
9,751 71
17 2.5
92 82
' 2,402 l]8
1,891 .5()
2,020 a.5
3,248 40
352 50
5,7()4 64
1,880 02
a31,036 09
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Cr. State of Maine, in account wi»h Emjah L. Hammn,
Land Agent, for the year ending December 31, )838.
By the amount of Securities, Cash and Fundn,
remaining in the haruia of the Land Atrent,
Dec. Ml, I8:)7, as exhibited in the Schedule
marked A, returned to Uie Governor and
Council on tliat day, to wit: —
NOTF.3, .....
Bonds, . . • • •
exkcutions, ....
Cash in the hands of S. Cary, Esq.,
Road Fund, unexpended balance,
Mudaceunk Road fund, unexpended balance,
By amount received in Cash and securities for
sales of land, . . • •
Per schedule B.
By half the amount received for sales of the
undivided lands.
Per schedule C.
By amount received for Timber cut on the Pub
lie Lands, ....
Per schedule D.
By half the amount received for Tunber cut on
the undivided land.
Per Schedule E.
By amount received for Timber cut by trespas-
sers on the Public Lands,
Per schedule F.
By amount received for tlie right to cut Grass
on tlie Public Lands,
Per schedule G.
By half the amount received for the right to cut
Grass on the undivided lands,
Per schedule H.
By amount received for bills of cost collected.
By amount of bills of cost included in execu
tions embraced in tlie account of bills recei
vable, ....
Per schedule L
By amount received for interest collected,
By amount of interest included in executions
embraced in tlie account of bills receivable,
Per schedule J.
m4,'ii)s of>
18,447 12
4,005 01
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G,:W!) Oy
(>55 yy
9,428 a?
76 50
3,213 6(5
6,153 98
388 27
a33,848 18
9,504 77
9,755 91
21 00
48 00
554 18
$361,685 38
ELIJAH L. HAMLIN, Land Agent
Land Office, December 31, 1838.
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t Trial Balance, December SI, 1898.
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ACCOUNTS.
State of Maine,
Sales of Land,
Sales of Land in Co.,
Timber, Cr.,
Timber in Co. Cr.,
Treapasses, «
Grass, .
Grass in Co.,
Bills of cost, Cr.,
Interest,
Postage,
Office rent, .
Timber, Dr.,
Timber in Co., Dr,
Trespasses, Dr.,
Trespasses in Co.,
Bills of cost. Dr.,
Assistant Agent,
Charges,
Charges in Co.,
Surveys of Land,
Old Bills, .
Abatements,
Pension Lands,
Madaceunk Road,
Aroostook Road in Co.,
Lands reverted, ,
State Treasury,
Unavailable debts,
Bills receivable, .
Madaceunk Road Fund,
Road Fund No. 4 R. 5,
Road Fund No. 10, R. 5,
Road Fund No. 12 R. 5,
Road Fund,
School Fund,
George M. Chase,
Shepard Cary,
George W. Coffin,
Debit
Footings.
76
6,153
50
98
Credit
Footings.
27 00
38
100
70
287
99
546
366
1,000
1,212
70
50
100
56
30
277
24,959
Gm
7,075
6,592
363,926
2,333
2,020
3,248
352
18,244
4,693
17
92
19,013
58
00
00
40
05
60
52
00
61
98
00
00
33
00
50
74
75
72
37
61
38
35
40
50
51
68
25
82
34
333,848
9,428
153
3,213
12,307
388
21
.54
554
7,974
143
273
18
27
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27
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18
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Debit
Balances.
12
35
70
30
50
49
12,479 87
50,560
441
12,479
2,813
44
82
87
66
463,794 47
16,610 96
463,794 47
38
100
70
14i3
99
273
366
1,000
1,200
35
50
100
56
30
277
12,479
660
7,075
6,592
313,366
1,891
2,020
3,248
a52
5,764
1,880
17
92
2,402
58
00
00
70
05
30
52
00
11
49
00
00
33
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50
87
75
72
37
17
56
35
40
50
64
02
25
82
38
Credit
Balances.
di»,848 18
9,428 27
76 50
34213 66
6,15!) 98
388 27
21 00
27 00
554 18
7,974 34
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Receipts of Cash from aU sources during the year 1838.
Bills receivable — ^principal,
Same, mtereat,
Sales of Land,
Sales of Undivided Land,
Timber,
Timber in Co.,
Bills of cost,
George W. CoflSn— on account,
11,296 74
4,166 97
77 98
76 50
3,213 66
6,153 96
13 74
2,510 36
$27,509 98
Disbursements of Cash during the year 1838.
Postage,
Timber— -(scalinff,) .
Timber in Co.— (do.)
Trespasses, .
Do. in Co., .
Bills of cost,
Assistant Land Agent,
Charges,
Charges in Co.,
Surveys of Land,
Abatements,
Pension Lands, • • ' - 'j
Madaceunk Road Fund,— mterest transferred,
Road Fund— amount transferred to.
Office rent, .
State Treasury, . •
Do. —for School Fund,
John Hodgdon— for overpayment, .
George W. Coffin—on account of Massachusetts,
38 58
70 00
143 70
99 05
273 30
366 52
1,000 00
1,200 11
35 49
50 00
21 13
30 00
32 91
11,895 49
100 00
4,202 06
2,813 66
165 19
4,912 74
$27,509 93
[Jan.
iar 1838.
"11^9674
4,166 97
77 98
76 50
3,313 66
6,153 96
13 74
3,510 36
$27,509 93
838.
38 58
70 00
143 70
99 05
273 30
366 53
1,000 00
1,200 11
35 49
50 00
31 13
30 00
32 91
11,895 49
100 00
4,363 06
3,813 66
165 19
4,913 74
$37,509 93
EBENEZER WEBSTER'S
REPORT
RESPECTING TRESPASSES
ON THE
AROOSTOOK AND ST. JOHN RIVERS,
SKAT 7, 1838,
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Orono, May 7, 1838.
To Elijah L. Hamlin^ Esquire, Land Jlgent :
Sir, — Agreeable to my instructions from the Land Office,
dated March the 20th, for the purpose of examining the Public
Lands upon the St. John and Aroostook rivers, to ascertain
as near as may be, the amount of timber cut by trespassers,
the past winter, I have attended to that duty, and submit the
following
REPORT.
I lefl Orono, on the ninth day of April, and arrived at the
Grand Falls, on the St. John, on the twelflh.
The next day, I proceeded up the river, to the boundary line,
which is between two and three miles above the falls.
One mile above the boundary line, I found hauled upon the
bank of the river, about three hundred tons of timber, of a very
large size; the owner I could Dot ascertain. This was on the
south side of the river.
On the north side, about one mile above this, I found about
one hundred tons ; and about one mile further up, I found, on
the south side, about two hundred tons. About twelve miles
from the boundary line, at the month of Grand River, I found
about four hundred tons, cut by Debays, a Frenchman, who
was supplied by Messrs. Smith &. Upham of Woodstock, New
Brunswick. I then proceeded to the mouth of the Madawaska,
where I learnt that many teams had been at work during the
winter, on what was called the Seignory, near the head of this
river. I then proceeded un the St- John, as far as Gantnin
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Joseph Machaux's, where the Aroostook road, as laid out by
the Surveyor General,- strikes the St. John's. I here ascer-
tained that five teams had been getting timber during the winter,
on the main St. John, above the mouth of the St. Francois
river.
The names of the men were Christopher Macay, Joseph
Damewick, Captain Machaud, N. M. Wheclock and I. Cating;
the three first are Frenchmen, living at Madawaska, the other
two live in New Brunswick. They have cut, from the best
information I could obtain, about three thousand tons.
I here engaged a guide, and after purchasing provisions,
snow-shoes, &c., started through the woods, for the Aroostook
river. I left the road line to the west, and after travelling about
six miles south, I struck the Fish River Lake. This lake lies
about north and south, and is eight miles long. I travelled
about six miles on this lake, and saw fine timber growing upon
the shores. I discovered from the lake, a very extensive ridge
of hard wood land, very level, lying nearly north and south, and
about a mile from the lake, to the eastward, which I think would
afltord a much better location for a road, than the one selected.
I proceeded westerly to the outlet of the lake, about two
miles. 1 followed down the outlet, about three- fourths of a
mile, to another smaller lake on Fish River, which abounds
with fine timber. I crossed this lake about three miles to the
outlet, thence down the outlet, until I struck the road line,
about one mile from the outlet of the second lake. I followed
down the road to the Fifteen Ptlile Tree, where I encamped.
The snow was two feet deep on a level, between the Aroostook
and St. John rivers. I procePded, the next day, down the
road, to the Twenty-eight r,iile Tree, where we encamped.
Th'f A\9*^,T.co was mostly over black land. The next day I
travelled to the Thirty-nine Mile Tree, where I struck Beaver
Brook, and finding that teams had been passing up and down,
I concluded to follow the stream down to the Aroostook, distant
about five miles.
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MR. WEBSTER'S REPORT.
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I found on thia stream about four hundred tons of timber,
which, I think, must have been taken from Township number
Thirteen, in the fourth range. Considerable more than this
must have been cut above the road line, from the appearance
of teams passing, Stc, making in the whole, at least a thousand
tons cut on this stream. From the best information I could get,
this timber was cut by Peter Bull, and two men by the name
of Gardner, and a Mr. Brown. Peter Bull is a settler upon
the Aroostook, the other men are from the Provinces.
On Township Number Twelve, in the fifth range, I found
about five hundred tons, cut on the south side of the Aroostook,
by Peter Bull and two men by the names of Becket and Hale,
the two latter being from the Province
I then proceeded to Township Number Ten in the fifth
range, belonging to Maine, where I found about five hundred
tons, cut by Samuel Leavett, a settler, and Mr. Hooper, from
the Province.
William Johnson and several others have been getting timber
on the Little Madawaska, and from the best information I could
obtain, they would cut about one thousand tons. They were
all from th? Province.
Four men, Joseph Trumball and Daniel Dow, Americans,
and William Brown and John Auxley from the Province, have
been trespassing on Township Number Nine, in the sixth range,
and have made about four hundred tons.
I have no doubt the timber cut on the disputed territory, on
the St. John and Aroostook rivers, the last winter, amounts to
ten thousand tons. As the largest trees only are selected, such
as will square from twenty to thirty inches, and nothing but
clear stuff cut out, there is a great waste of the timber.
I have it from good authority, that within the last fifteen years
there has befen taken from the disputed territory, several hun-
dred thousand dollars' worth of stumpage. The merchants on
the St. John river fit out teams and supply men, who go on
and plunder the timber. The timber is driven below the line,
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and marked and rafled with timber cut under permits. This
timber is frequently seized, but the trespassers generaUy man-
age to escape without much loss. The Warden of the disputed
territory frequently passes up the St. John and warns off the
trespassers, and notifies them that the timber will be seized ;
but the plunderers pay no attention to him. They go on and
cut timber, and when the ice goes out it is turned in and run
down, and marked as Province timber, cut below.
It is distressing to see our lands in that section of the coun-
try, stripped by plunderers, of valuable pine timber.
The trespassers follow up the St. John's and Aroostook riv-
ers, and their tributary streams large enough to float timber, and
where they are unable to get on teams, they get in the timber
by hand; and in fifteen years, at the rate they go on, but little
timber will be led.
I was upon the St. John and Aroostook seven years ago,
when I saw beautiful groves of pine timber standing on the
banks of these rivers, now all plundered and carried off, and
for thirty miles in extent upon the Aroostook River, every pine
tree fit for ton timber has been carried off, and every half mile
presents some old timber landing, where the trespassers made
a winter's work.
There are a number of Americans settled on the Aroostook,
who have nothing to do with getting off timber, and feel very
anxious that something should be done to prevent the British
subjects from coming into their settlement, and plundering the
timber, which would be of great advantage to them, when the
boundary line is settled.
As I have been requested to give my opinion upon the best
mode to be adopted by the State, to protect this country from
trespass, I would say, that in my opinion, there is but one
effectual mode, to preserve the timber on these rivers, and that
is, to open to them, a good road. I would recommend that the
Aroostook road be immediately made passable for a horse and
wagon and ox teams. . This can be done by grubbing out the
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centre of the road, and laying causeys over the swampy places
of sufficient width to be turnpiked, so that ultimately nothing
will be lost to the State, when the road is finished. It is very
important that a good communication should be opened with the
Aroostook, immediately, for when this is done, an officer can be
sent in and remove the teams that are concerned in any tres-
pass. When the tresspassers find that the State is in earnest,
and determined to arrest them, there will be no further
trouble; but, so long as the State takes no prompt measures,
to stop them, or bring them to justice, they will double their
diligence and numbers, and increase their depredations. I
understood that the lumbermen were making great calculations
to cut timber on the disputed territory the ensuing season, as
it was likely to bear a high price in the Province. If this road
should be made as suggested, and an officer appointed to look
after trespassers on the Aroostook, in my opinion, there would
be an end to depredations, and thousands of dollars would be
saved yearly, to the State. There are at present, on the Aroos-
took, American settlers sufficient to give all needful assistance
to an officer, in serving any legal process.
Another reason why the road should be completed or made
passable, is, that the settlers on the Aroostook, require it, in
order to have a communication with Bangor. Mr. Joseph
Pollard, with seven men, has commenced; buiMing mills on the
St. Croix, and many settlers intend moving to the Aroostook,
in June.
If it is therefore any object to the State to have the public
lands settled, the State should be willing to open communi-
catiors by which the settler can reach his abiding place. If all
the money appropriated upon the Aroostook road, is laid out
upon the lower part of the road, and nothing done upon the
upper part, and as it will not be completed beyond township
number Four, here the settlers must come to a dead stop.
They must either back in their provisions or carry them up
the Sebois; and so across a number of exceedingly bad carry-
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[Jan.
ing places, in order to reach the Aroostook. I would there-
fore recommend that a portion of the Aroostook appropriation
be laid out on the road above township number Four, so as to
make it passable for teams the whole distance.
I would also beg leave to suggest the propriety of opening
a road fourteen feet wide from the Aroostook to the St. John
River, so as to be passable for teams in the winter. I think
this rodd can be cut out, bridged, and causeys laid, the whole
distance, forty-five miles, for about one hundred dollars per
mile. This road will enable the State to have a communication
with the St. John River, and I have no doubt, ten thousand
dollars worth of stumpage may be saved, the next winter.
The French inhabitants near the termination of this road, on
the St. John, are very desirous to have it opened.
I would recommend on alteration in the location of this road.
The land over which the road now passes, is covered with a
black growth, good land for reading, but not for settling.
A few miles to the Eastward of this, there appears to be an
extensive hard wood ridge, reaching from the St. John to the
Aroostook, excellent settling land, and over which, the road
should be located to accommodate settlements. The distance
would not be increased, and the road would strike the St. John,
near the place where it now does.
By opening these roads, the State will be able to protect the
timber on the Aroostook and St. John rivers, and a rapid settle-
ment of the country will immediately ensue, as large portions
of the land in this part of the State are of a superior quality for
cultivation.
I am sir, with due regard,
Your obedient servant,
EBENEZER WEBSTER.
COPY
OF A
CORRESPONDENCE
BETWEEN
Capt. JAMES MACLAU^HLAN
ov
FREDERICTON, (N. B.,)
AND
S. S. WHIPPLE, Esq., Surveyor General,
OF THE
STATE OF MAINE,
TRANSMITTED TO THE LAND AGENT,
BY THE
SURVEYOR GENERAL,
IN THE MONTH OF JULY, 1838.
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[Wo. 1.]
Mr. Maclauchlan to Mr. Whipple.
Province of New Brunswick.
To S. S. Whipple, Esq.,
Surveyor of Lands of the State of Maine:
Whereas, the operations in which you and your party are
engaged, in surveying land and locating settlers on this river,
under the authority of the State of Maine, appears to me to bo
a violation of the existing arrangements subsisting between the
British Government and that of the United States ; and where-
as, by my instructions, it is made my duty to protest against
any act implying sovereignty or jurisdiction or the part of any
Government on State, or of the citizens on subjects of any
Government or State, exercised within the territory in dispute
between the two governments of Great Britain and the U. States,
and known by the name of the " Disputed Territory," until the
right to that territory shall have been decided by negotiation
between the two governments »
I do, hereby, accordingly, in my capacity of Warden of said
territory, duly approved by the British Government, in pursu-
ance of my duty on behalf of Her Majesty, protest and warn
you forthwith to desist from proceeding further with your pro-
ceedings. „
(Signed,) JAMES MACLAUCHLAN,
Warden of the Disptded Territory.
Restock River, June 27, 1838.
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Mr. Whipple to Mr. Madauchlan.
STATE OF MAINE.
Restook River, June 28, 1838.
To Joi. Madauchlan, Esq. :
Sir : — I have received your communication, dated 27th
of the present month, wherein you claim to act as Warden of
the "Disputed Territory," protesting, in behalf of Great Brit-
ain, against my proceeding any further in surveying land and
locating settlers on this river ; in answer to which I would beg
leave to state, that I act under the authority, and by the com-
mand of the government of the State of Maine, so far as the
surveying of the land is concerned. As to the location of
settlers, I have no further agency than to note the claims of
different individuals to certain tracts, and to return the same to
the Land Office at Bangor. Thus far, I consider my oath of
office and instructions from government, require me to act; and
in accordance with that belief, I shall act to the best of my
judgment and ability, acknowledging no government or power,
but that of the State under which I have the honor of acting,
sufficient to control my duty or countermand the orders which
govern my present movements.
Yours,
(Signed,) S. S. WHIPPLE,
Surveyor GenH of the State of Maine*
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REPORT
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IRAFISH, Agent
FOR CONSTRUCTING THE
AROOSTOOK ROAD,
DECEMBER, 15, 1838.
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To Oeorge W. Coffin, Land Agent of MaatachuietU, and
Elijah L. Hamlin, Land Agent of Maine :
The Bubacriber, appointed by you to superintend the con-
struction of a part of the Aroostook road, having completed
the work assigned him. would respectfully submit the following
REPORT.
About the tenth day of May last, we commenced work with a
part of the men on the unfinished sections, and about the twen-
tieth, the whole number of men for turnpiking and grubbing,
were on the ground. Owing to the impossibility of procuring
hay on the southern part of the road for the whole force, I
commenced there with three crews only. The other four crews
were located along the road in townships numbers three and
four, where hay was plenty. One of the crews worked north,
the other three south. I divided the road into sections, vary-
ing from one mile to one mile and three fourths each, making
them as nearly equal as possibls?, in the amount of labor required
for their construction.
One of the northerly crews finished their second section
about the tenth of September. They were then removed to
the northern part of the road, where they completed two short
sections, to the thirty mile tree, about the thirteenth of Octo-
ber, having finished their work in a very acceptable manner.
I employed a man, with two horses and carts, with a crew
varying from five to seven men, in carting gravel to cover the
causeys and bridges, and in completing places where more
6*
MR. FISH'S REPORT.
[Jan.
'
54
gravel was wanted than could be found on the spot. For this
purpose I am satisfied these teams are superior to ox teams.
They performed their work well until the fall rains commenced,
which was about ten days before they quit. Several long
causeys in exposed situations then remained to be covered; but
as the recent heavy rains rendered the earth which was carted,
soft, the wheels cutting through to the log work, that I found it ,
would be very expensive finishing these places this season,
and after covering them, so as to secure them from danger by
frost, the ensuing winter, I discharged the teams about the
twenty fourth of October. Should the road be continued, next
year, and the same system pursued, the horse team and crew
will have ample time to finish this work, before they would be
wanted north of the thirty mile tree. The principal part of the
labor which will be required on these causeys, will be in the
vicinity of the Moluncas, on township number three, where
the land is very low, and frequently overflowed by the freshets.
Excepting these causeys, thirty miles of the Aroostook road
is now completed, to township number Five in the Sixth Range.
The foremen of the several crews have fully answered my
expectation, and each crew appeared not only anxious to
complete their sections as soon as any other crew, but to finish
them in a thorough and workmanlike manner. As we pro-
gressed northward, I found the ground more unfavorable than
I had anticipated; hence the expenditures have somewhat
exceeded my estimate. There are other reasons, however,
why the expenses were greater than my estimate, some of
which I will mention. When I made my Report last year,
there was an abundance of bread-stuffs and provender for sale
on the road ; but it was so late in the season before an appro-
priation was made for continuing the construction of this road,
that the holders of these supplies had sold them to the lumber-
men. Hence, with the exception of what I was authorized to
purchase during the winter, I was compelled to procure the
bread-stuffs and provender from the towns of Lincoln, Lee
\ !!' ! i
1839.]
MR. FISH'S REPORT.
65
and Springfield, and transport them a distance of from twenty-
five to seventy miles, and a part of the distance, over a road
almost impassable.
It will be seen from my accounts, that the transportation of
these supplies was a heavy item.
The unprecedented heavy rains which fell upon the road
from the middle of May until the last of June, rendered
it difficult to work at all, and impossible to prosecute the
work with advantage. Although the road may have cost
more than I had anticipated, I am satisfied, under all circum-
stances, no more has been expended this season, than a proper
regard to economy in making the whole road, would warrant.
From the middle of September to the middle of October, the
weather was fine; no flies to trouble us; the men experienced ;
the teams in good condition ; the work was prosecuted under
peculiar favorable circumstance, and I am satisfied more work
was done during the last month, for the same expense, than in
any other part of the season.
I have constructed six new bridges during the season, vary-
ing from one hundred to two hundred feet in length, and repaired
several others in a permanent manner.
The men being scattered over so large a portion of the road,
my duties of superintending and directing the work have been
extremely arduous; but I have endeavored to perform them
to the best of my ability.
That part of the road from the thirty mile tree to the Aroos-
took river, has been repaired according to your directions.
Jacob W. Stinchfield was employed to superintend this part of
the work, and he commenced with a crew about the middle of
August. He has levelled it; and made causeys and bridges,
except across the Mattawamkeag, in such a manner as to make
an excellent winter road. He finished his work about the
twelfth of October, having completed it in a very economical
and satisfactory manner.
I found the road made last season, where it had become settled,
Ill
! •
56 MR. FISH'S REPORT. [Jan.
while m pia ^^^^.^^ comparatively soft,
fV iiin. trees two rods in width, on each side of the road.
"" d t be ln,ed ad,isah,o to complete the wWe or any
j!,.Me D.rt of the road next season, it will be of the
'Z^^P'^c.^i.^r^ person shou.d be employed as
elTy a practicable, to purchase a portion »f *!»»??''«'• ""f
htve them deposited in proper situations. The hay .n particu-
L° siouU beLnsported before the snow becomes deep, oth.
I'ces where the several crews will encamp. It should be
£n.r short distance from the "»<'. f« 7°"'" ° J"'""'
Itte from passing teams, and then well stacked and thatched
"i'trildihe experiment last year; it costs but little, and *e
hay is perfectly secure. The little that I stacked, notw.th-
stMdioK the heavy rains and hot weather, was as good as hay
rendfrectly from the barn. Screwedhay will not keep, unless
Us sccured'from the wet. As soon as the weather become,
warm, after it has been wet, the hay will heat and .pod. It
«ry difficult to transport hay any considerable distance on th.s
3 in the early part of the season, as well ->» account of the
heavy r^ns so frequent in this region, as the difficulty of haul-
ins it over roads, which are being made.
Th; other supplies could be stored with the settlers, upon the
road where they could be taken as they should be wanted. If
no moTe supplies should be purchased, this winter, than won d
be "quired until the first of July, when the road would hav.
btcome dry and hard, the remainder might be transportca .
wheeling, with a trifling additional expense.
1839.]
MR. FISH'S REPORT.
67
Respecting the probable cost of the remaining part of the
road, some portions appear very favorable for reading; but I
am of opinion, however, that taking into consideration the addi-
tional expense of transportation, the cost of making the road
per mile, will be about equal to the cost of that part already
completed. In addition to this, a bridge will be required across
the West branch of the Mattawamkeag, which will cost seven
or eight hundred dollars, provided it is built in a permanent
manner.
I have expended upon this road, the past season, the sum of
twenty-five thousand six hundred twenty dollars and fifty cents,
which with the amount expended last year, six thousand one
hundred fifty-three dollars and sixty-two cents, makes the total
expenditures for both years, thirty-one thousand seven hun-
dred seventy-four dollars and twelve cents.
Deducting from^ this, twelve hundred dollars, the amount
expended by Mr. Stinchfield, beyond the thirty mile tree, also,
eleven hundred seventeen dollars and seventy-nine cents, being
the amount of notes taken for the sale of oxen, and deposited
in the Land Office of Maine, also the present value of tools
and camping apparatus on hand, e^itimated at twelve hundred
dollars, leaves the whole cost of turnpiking thirty miles of the
road, twenty-eight thousand two hundred fifty-six dollars and
thirty-two cents, being something over nine hundred dollars,
per mile.
I herewith transmit my acccount and vouchers according to
instructions.
I have the honor to be,
Most respectfully.
Your ob't serv't,
IRA FISH.
December 15, 1838*
« ii
s
REPORT
or
OLIVER FROST,
UNDER THE
RESOLVE OF MARCH 23, 1838,
WITH A
SCHEDULE AND PLANS OF ISLANDS,
ON THE
COAST OF MAINE,
SEPTEMBER 21, 1838.
F-^Kf"" '^^liW^''-'-'*
©T^Tl ©[F y^^DIHl
LAND OFFICE, )
September 21, 1838. )
To Elijah L. Hamlin, Esq., Land Agent :
Sir : Agreeably to your instructions under the "Resolve
authorizing the Land Agent to procure certain plans,
from the Land Office in Massachusetts, approved March
23, 1838, 1 have, by permission of the Land Agent of the
Commonwealth, George W. Coffin, Esquire, made a care-
ful examination of the records, plans and documents on
file in that office, relating to the surveys and conveyances
of the public lands, under the authority of said Common-
wealth since the establishment of the Land Office in 1784;
and, from this examination,! have prepared the accompa-
nying Schedule, embracing all the islands on the coast of
Maine, which have been surveyed under the authority
aforesaid, and which were not embraced in any grant of
main land. I have arranged them in the Table, according
to the requirements of said Resolve, " designating all the
islands sold by Massachusetts, the date of each sale, and
the names of the respective purchasers,^'' — to which I have
added the number of acres contained in each island — the
page referring to the book of plans in the Land Office,
where their relative situation may be seen — and those
assigned to the State of Maine, in the division of lands
between the Commonwealth, and since the separation.
I have also made correct copies of the plans of all the
islands contained in the abovenamed Schedule, which
6
>g)aBM
MB. FROST'S REPORT. [Jan.
!'
1 1
1^:
62
monwedth, and "« """ ^^^^^j.^ ^turned.
'"^o^h^tm aSLdic,„fthe,>la^^
.„™f thirteen townships on the coast of M.me, and
on he river St. Croix, made by R«f«s P"<»-' S-»;'
TUcornb and Jonathan Stone, Esquires, m n94-95
ISer with the islands embraced within the.r respective
i,n Us The'e surveys include the present towns of Jones-
borough, Jonesport, Whiting, Cutler, Tre-ott Lubec,
Eastport Pembroke, Perry, Dennysville Edmunds, Rob-
binston, Charlotte. Calais, Baring and Baileyv.lle.
It w U be seen, by reference to the plans herew.th
returned, that there are many small islands and ledges,
represented near the shores and contiguous to larger
Xrand frequently connected with them by bars, of
which 1 account was taken by surveyors. It .s supposed
Tharthese were reckoned as a part of the mam and or
slands with which they were connected-and m all apph-
ctions for the purchase of such small .s'.and, no con-
tated in the sldule, nor in the assignments to the
respective States, care should be taken m all new con-
tracts to preserve the equitable rights of the purchaser,
of our larger Islands.
It is beUeved that this Schedule, with the accompanying
plans, will furnish to the Department ^IJ^^he mfor.^^^^^^^^^^
required by the Resolve before named, and they are
herewith submitted by,
Very respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
OLIVER FROST.
[Jan.
ice of
rtified
Corn-
forty-
rned.
riginal
le, and
Samuel
4—95,
pective
' Jones-
Lubec,
1, Rob-
erewith
ledges,
I larger
bars, of
apposed
land or
ill appli-
tiot con-
s to the
lew con-
irchasers
tipanying
formation
they are
mt,
ROST.
1839.]
MR. FROST'S REPORT
6d
SCHEDULE OF ISLANDS
On the coast of Maine, surveyed for the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts, in the years 1781 and 1785, by Rufus Put-
nam, Jonathan Stone, Samuel Titcomb and John Matthews,
—and in the year 1819, by James Malcolm,— being all
the islands which have been surveyed within the State of
Maine, under the authority of the Commonwealth ; giving
the number of acres contained in each island — the names
of the purchasers, and dates of the sales of such as have
been alienated by the Commonwealth— the pago re*^rring
to the general plan, showing their respective relative situ-
ations,— and a designation of those assigned to the State
of Maine, in the division of lands between the State and
Commonwealth, since the separation.
Islands.
Nortli Fox Island
South Fox Island
Sheep do.
Waterman's do.
B. do.
C. do.
D. do.
Sheep do.
Long do.
Arey's do.
Jewell's do.
Otter do.
Brimstone do.
Dog Fish do.
Crockett's do.
Brown's do.
P. do.
R. do.
Burgess' do.
Green's do.
Hamilton's do.
Great Isle of Holt
Little Isle of Holt
Acres.
52814
9500
20
140
62
25
93
15
200
46
40
30
50
10
150
200
15
180
60
350
60
4968
343
Purchasers.
John Calderwood^
et als. after qui- >
eting settlers )
same
same
same
same
same
same
same
same
same
same
same
same
same
same
same
same
same
same
same
Assigned to Maine
Solomon Kimball
Date.
March 13, 1786
Pg.
104
March 13, 1786
March 13, 1786
March 13, 1786
March 13, 1786
March 13, 1786
March 13, 1786
March 13, 1786
March 13, 1786
March 13, 1786
March 13, 1786
March 13, 1786
March 13, 1786
March 13, 1786
March 13, 1786
March 13, 1786
March 13, 1786
March 13, 1786
March 13, 1786
March 13, 1786
prior to 1820
((
I
106
64
MR. FROST'S REPORT.
[Jan.
Islands.
White or Merchants 1.
Burnt do.
Sheep do.
Flake do.
Birch do.
Webb's do.
York do.
Little Spoon do.
Great Si)oon do.
McLathery's do.
Purchasers.
Date.
Bear
Round
A.
R.
P.
Black
G.
Crotch
Poor
V.
w
®
2
M
I
Camp
H
Indian
do.
do.
do.
do.
do.
do.
do.
do.
do.
do.
do.
do.
do.
do.
do.
do.
do.
do.
do.
Ash, or Saddleback I
D do.
B ^°'
K ^o-
L do.
Mack do.
p do.
N do.
B do.
Head do.
Little Deer do.
State do.
Eaton do.
Tent do.
Partridge do.
Head do.
Western do.
18(i Asaigned to Maine
(JLiHenry Barter
1(54 Pelatiah Barter
3 George Kimball
9 Assigned to Maine
34i Asa Turner -
62 I Benjamin York
12 Jno. Carlton 2d et aJ.
15 Assicfned to Maine
91)1 David Coffin
4()3 Assigned to Maine
2i»i ' same
20 same
20'; same
24 \ same
^OJ Ilezekiah Rowell
4 same
ion David Coffin
30 Hezekiah Rowell
3 David Thurlo
3 same
3 same
9 same
9 same
28 Hezekiah Rowell
43 same
4()| same
3 same
29^ same
54 same
4 same
4 same
9 same
6 same
10 Assigned to Maine
10 same
20 same
7 same
7 same
1624 John Reed
23 Elizabeth Temple
12 Assigned to Maine
64 same
7 I same
8 John R. Redman
16 Cotton Tufls
Feb. 12, 1810
March 6, 1820
Aug. 5, 1815
Feb. 5, 1813
prior to 1820
Feb. 19, 1814
prior to 1820
Pe-
rn
u
a
u
«t
u
((
{«
M
((
((
u
u
a
Sept. 2, 1825
Sept, 2, 1825
I prior to 1820
Sept. 2, 1825
Sept 17, 1823
Sept 17, 1823
Sept 17, 1823
Sept 17, 1823
Sept 17, 1823
Sept 2, 1825
Sept 2, 1825
Sept 2, 1825
Sept 2, 1825
Sept 2, 1825
Sept 2, 1825
[Sept 2, 1825
Sept 2, 1825
Sept 2, 1825
Sept 2, 1825
Dec. 4, 1786
prior to 1820
Sept 17, 1823
Feb. 7, 1787
((
«(
(«
u
u
u
u
u
u
u
u
u
((
t( •
((
u
M
u
u
u
u
u
u
M
112
((
u
u
It
M
I"
1839.]
MR FROST'S REPORT.
65
Pond Island
Hog
PicKcring's
Bradbury'a
Diana's
Eagle
Butter
Oak
Boar
do.
do.
do.
do.
do.
do.
do.
do.
Great Spruce Head I
Little Spruce Head do.
Little Hog do.
Beach do.
Great Deer do.
Moose do.
Sheep do.
Carnne do
Torrey'a do.
C do.
E do.
D do.
F do,
Harbour do,
Black do.
Campbell's do.
B do.
White do.
Sheep do.
Long , do,
Bartlett'd or Hog do,
Beach do.
Moose do.
Robertson's do,
D. do,
Ship do,
Robertson's Bar do.
Bear do.
32
47
20(5
142
7
2(i:3i
2()0
m
240
40
27i
(i4
1G828
15
48i
31
21
14i
l!>i
12il
G2i
421
1)2^
84i
28
70!i
40
4265
2066
205
50
442i
8i
71
32i
10
B do.
A do.
Holt's do.
Small 1. op. Herd's Bay
7h
m
12
4
Cotton TuOa
same
John Reed
sauie
Aasii,'iicd to Maine
John Lee
same
same
John Reed
Cotton Tufts
same
same
Granted to settlers
Sanuiel Allen
Gt'dtoinhab.Deerl
Nathaniel Scott
Jonathan Torrey
same
Benjamin York
Assigned to Maine
same
same
same
John Campbell
Assigned to Maine
Solomon York
A. & S. Thurston
John Reed
H.Jackson (claim- J
ed by De Gre-S
gorie) J
Robert Haskell
James Reed
Joseph Vose
Jonathan Tinker
same
Joseph Vose
H.Jackson (claim- J
ed by De Gre- >
gorie) :
Date.
Peb77ri787 ~
Feb. 7, 1787
Dec. 4, 1786
Dec. 4, 1786
Feb. 14, 1787
Feb. 14, 1787
Feb. 14, 1787
Dec. 4, 1786
Feb. 7, 1787
Feb. 7, 1787
Feb. 7, 1787
prior to 1820
Oct. 18, 1819
prior to 1820
June 6, 1811
Dec. 19, 1789
Dec. 19, 1789
prior to 1820
Il2
it
u
«
u
a
u
u
((
Nealand Osgood
same
prior to 1820
Aug. 28, 1824
Aug. 14, 1815
Dec. 4, 1786
Aug. 4, 1792
July 6, 1786
March 16, 1824
March 20, 1786
Sept 17, 1823
Sept 17, 1823
March 20, 1786
Aug. 4, 1792
Sept 24, 1832
Sept 24, 1832
113
114
116
115
u
113
115
u
128
130
129
132
130
126
6*
!l
1
fl
66
lyiR. FROST'S REPORT.
Islands.
Little PlacenUa island
Bar "^
North Duck d(
South Duck d(
Somes' d(
WestCranbeny d(
W. Cranberry Bar
E. Cranberry Bar
East Cranberry
Sutton's
Baker's
Hopkins'
Thomas'
Acres. Purchasers.
2221 H.Jackson (claim-
ed by De Gre-
gorie)
same
same
same
same
same
same
same
same
same
same
H.Jackson (claim
ed by De Ore
gorie)
Date.
[Jan.
Pg.
Aug. 4, 1792
Aug. 4, 1792
Aug. 4, 1792
Aug. 4, 1792
Aug. 4, 1792
Aug. 4, 1792
Aug. 4, 1792
Aug. 4, 1792
Aug. 4, 1792
Aug. 4, 1792
Aug. 4, 1792
A o'
B- d
Stave d
Jordan's d
Black d
Burnt ^
Bragdon's c
Prebble's c
Beal's t
A do.
Soward's do.
Nichols or Ironbound I.
Great Porcupine do,
Middle Porcupine do
Bar Porcupine do.
Home or Scammel's do.
Turtle do
Lane or Schoodic Pt I.
Seven Hundred Acre I.
Bowbear
Petit Menan
Four Acre
Pond
Trafton's
Jordan's
B
Knox or Nichols'
Dyer's
Z
'\
134
135
u
13G
137
Aug. 4, 1792
Nathaniel Jones
William W. Farrott
March 21, 1788 139
June 10, 1820 ' "
Joseph Bragdon
J. & S. Prebble
John Bean
William Ingalls
John Bean
Rh'dMeaghanetals
William W. Parrott
same
same
same
same
Benj. H. Hinds
June 15, 1780
June 20, 1815
Juno 15, 1780
June 10, 1780
Oct. 27, 1825
Oct 28, 1814
June iO, 1820
June 10, 1820
June 10, 1820
June 1(5, 1820
June Ki, 1820
iJan.20,1819
March 0,1820
April 19,1821
Aug. 17,1837
March 0,1820
same March 0,1820
J & O Foster prior to 1820
Edw. H. Robbins Jr. March 0, 1820
same jMarch 0,1820
4 Edw. H. Robbins Jr
160 same
100 David Alexander Jr.
9ilEdw.H. Robbins Jr.
70
238i
[Jan.
Pg.
12 134
1839.]
MR. FROST'S REPORT.
67
)2
u
n
135
)2
u
M
13G
[)2
u
i>2
((
t)2
((
92
u
1)2
137
1)2
u
^92
,1788
1820
178G
1815
178G
1780
1825
1814
1820
,1820
,1820
, 1820
, 1820
1819
w
w
((
139
u
I u
I <(
(C
u
^^
u
u
140
((
t(
((
((
144
153
154
5,1820
),1821
7,1837
P), 1820
G, 1820
)1820 1155
6,1820 I "
6,1820
Islands.
Acres. Purchasers.
C Island
Gourd do.
Wass' do.
Eagle do.
Bheep do.
Knowles' Night Cap I.
Birch B Island
Birch A do.
Birch B Bar do.
C or Nash's do.
D do.
B do.
OorTabbut'sdo.
L do.
K do.
A do.
F do.
H do.
I do.
E do.
O do.
H do.
N do.
P or Driscoe's Island
Q, do.
E do.
S do.
T do.
U do.
Township No. 22
Seal's Island
B do.
A do.
H do.
I do.
G do.
P do.
C do.
E do.
F do.
Head Harbor No. 1 1.
Head Harbor No. 2 I.
Head Harbor No. 3 I.
Mark Island
Motion's do.
A do.
Date.
Edw. H. Robbins Jr.
David Alexander Jr.
Wilmot Wass
same
same
Joseph Nash
Aaron Lock
Joseph Nash
Aaron Lock
Joseph Nash
J. & Wilmot Wass
Wilmot Wass
James H. Sargent
William M, rritt
Aaron Wass
D. & G. Look
same
James H. Sargent
same
same
same
same
Aaron Wass
Wm. P. Cummings
James H. Sargent
same
same
same
[ same
|john C. Jones & als
John C. Jones
same
same
same
same
same
same
same
same
same
same
same
same
same
same
same
Pg.
March 6, 1820 155
Aug. 17, 1837
March 3, 1820
March 3, 1820
March 3, 1820
March 4, 1820
Nov. 20, 1835
March 4, 1820
Nov. 10, 1825
March 4, 1820
March 3, 1820
March 3, 1820
Sept 17, 1823
March 4, 1820
March 4, 1820
March 4, 1820
March 4, 1820
Sept. 17, 1823
Sept 17, 1823
Sept 17, 1823
Sept 17, 1823
Sept 17, 1823
March 4, 1820
July 14, 1836
Sept 17, 1823
Sept 17, 1823
Sept 17, 1823
Sept 17, 1823
Sept 17, 1823
March 2, 17 8
Jan. 1, 1789
Jan. 1, 1789
Jan. 1, 1789
Jan. 1, 1789
Jan. 1, 1789
Jan. 1, 1789
Jan. 1, 1789
Jan. 1, 1789
Jan. 1, 1789
Jan. 1, 1789
Jan. 1, 1789
Jan. 1, 1789
Jan. 1, 1789
Jan. 1, 1789
Jan. 1, 1789
Jan. 1, 1789
162
162
163
164
u
<(
165
t(
((
u
((
((
u
(C
172
174
ii,
((
(C
175
u
E^ jiimiMil i
I ' I '"
68
MR. FROST'S REPORT.
[Jan.
Islands.
Great Moose Peckick I
B Island
C do.
D do.
F do.
G do.
H do.
English Island
Kennebec do.
Buck Harbor NiBck
Camp Island.
Ram do.
Foster's Island
Bar do.
Stones do.
Two Larraby Islands
Hog Island
Knight's Island
Round do.
Bear do.
Bar do.
Chancy's do.
Sebohegonnet
or Cross Island
Narrows Island
B do.
C do.
A do.
1359
82
282i
42i
m
m
24
10
10
G080
10
10
25
65
37
110
28
58
74
(59
17i
36
1344
John C. Jones
same
same
same
same
same
same
same
same
John C. Jones & als,
John C. Jones
same
same
same
John O'Brien
John C. Jones
James Lyon
John O'Brien
same
John C. Jones
same
James Lyon
Phineas Bruce
7 John Dickinson
6 same
4 same
4 same
TOWNSHIPS.
No. 1
20726
2
29971
3
20734
4
17860
5
19392
6
17375
7
21183
8
214(50
9
20722
10
1769(5
Part of 11
23040
Part of 11
6720
12
;J3136
Sprague's Neck
310
Jan. 1, 1789
Jan. 1, 1789
Jan. 1, 1789
Jan. 1, 1789
Jan. 1, 1789
Jan. 1, 1789
Jan. 1, 1789
Jan. 1, 1789
Jan. 1, 1789
March 2, 1788
Feb. 23, 1787
Feb. 23, 1787
Feb. 23, 1787
Feb. 23, 1787
Feb. 27, 1787
Feb. 23, 1787
June 22, 1787
Feb. 27, 1787
Feb. 27, 1787
Feb. 23, 1787
Feb. 23, 1787
June 22, 1787
March 6, 1795
Jan. 17, 1820
Jan. 17, 1820
Jan. 17, 1820
Jan. 17, 1820
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Benj. Lincoln & als
same
James Lock & als.
Edward H. Bobbins
Thomas Waterman
William Bingham
same
Settlers
William Bingham
Aaron Hobart
Washington Acad'y
Jones & Peck
John Allen & als.
James Lyon
March 6, 1786
March 6, 1786
1785
Oct 21, 1786
June 27, 1789
Jan. 28, 1793
Jan. 28, 1793
1785 to 1820
Jan. 28, 1793
Aug. 3, 1786
March 7, 1793
Dec. 9, 1794
July 2, 1792
June 22, 1787
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204
209
206
207
209
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201
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199
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1839.] MR. FROST'S REPORT. 69
Lots on the Isle of Holt, snrveyed by L, Lewis, 1803«
1
2
4
5
6
7 •
8
9&10
11
12&15
16
17&18
19&20
21&22
23&24
25&26
27&28
29&.30
31 ►
32&33
35 & 36
Common Lot
90
195
85
113i
169i
100
100
2114
123i
225
130
9U
1481
345
2504
285i
210
215i
172i
a32
2251
13211
Robert Douglass
Assigned to Maine
Daniel Gilbert
Henry Barter
Pelatiah Barter
Solomon Kimball
Ebenezer Sawyer
Assigned to Maine
Charles Kempton
Assigned to Maine
Ebenezer Iceland
Assigned to Maine
same
same
same
same
same
same
William Barter
Assigned to Maine
same
same
Prior to 1820
do.
do.
do.
do.
do.
do.
Feb. 12, 1836
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70 MR. FROST'S REPORT. [Jan.
Islands surveyed by James Ma'colm, A. P. 1839.
Islands.
SeaFlsland
Wooden Ball Island
Ragged A. do.
Norman's Land do.
Ten Pound do.
Wheaton's do.
Brimstone do.
Great Green do.
Little Green do.
Matiuic do.
Hog do.
Green do.
Burnt do.
Allen's do.
Seavey's do.
McCobb's do.
Martiiiicus do.
Monhegan do.
Manannas do.
Acres.
Purchasers.
Date.
C5 i Assigned to Maine ,
1171 Sam'l Rankins & al. Nov. 14, 1831
277 'Brockmau & Hall Nov. 14, 1831
20 Assigned to Maine
20 j aame
10 I same
30 iJohn Avery Jr. Nov. 14, 1831
95 'Ephraim Snow July 14, 1823
25 Joshua ThorndikeJr July 28, 1823
30 T..,.. flU IQOQ
10
10
220
300
40
30
744
1000
40
July 28, 1823
iJuly 28, 1823
, same
Robert Thomdike
Assigned to Maine
same
Gideon Allen & als. July 17, 1823
Ijohn Seavey jSept 17, 1823
'james McCobb Sept 17, 1823
Ussigned to Maine |
iJosiah Sterling & als July 23, 1823
' same jJuly 23, 1823
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Extract from the Minutes of James Malcolm.
« There are the Fox Islands and several small Islands
about them, together with a number of Islands of con-
siderable value in Penobscot Bay,— such as Job's Island,
Lassell's Island, Lime Island, and Mark Island— but as
they were not mentioned in my instructions I did not
attend to them— although they are without the Waldo
Patent."
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I Islands
of con-
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—but as
did not
! Waldo