William Scott Southgate collection, 1633-1852.

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William Scott Southgate collection, 1633-1852.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/71208672

Miscellaneous deeds, depositions, petitions, and letters relating to the early history of Scarborough, Me., and to lands once belonging to Thomas Cammock and Henry Jocelyn at Black Point; includes many papers of Richard King and Dr. Robert Southgate, including a deposition, 1676, of Peter Bass relating to an Indian attack on Wells, Me.; an account of Scarborough people who settled at Machias; and items pertaining to Arthur and Andrew Alger, Stephen Longfellow, Timothy Prout, Joshua Scottow, William Shirley, James Sullivan, Samuel Waldo, Peleg Wadsworth, Benning Wentworth, and others.

.5 linear ft. (.5 box, 103 items)

Maine Historical Society Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 8079059

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Alger, Arthur, -1675

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Cammock, Thomas

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Southgate, Robert, 1741-1833

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Physician, lawyer, and businessman, of Scarborough, Me. From the description of Robert Southgate papers, 1744-1800. (Maine Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 71130341 ...

Jocelyn, Henry, 1606-1683

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Southgate, William Scott, 1831-1899

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Alger, Andrew, 1610-

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Sulliven, James, 1744-1808.

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Bass, Peter, active 1676

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Wadsworth, Peleg, 1748-1829

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Brig. general of Maine Militia; U.S. representative from Massachusetts; country estate in Hiram, Me. From the description of Maine Militia records, 1822-1838 (Maine Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 70974611 Brigadier general with Massachusetts Militia during the American Revolution; U.S. representative from Massachusetts (District of Maine); and grandfather of American poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow; b. Duxbury, Mass.; d. Hiram, Me. From the desc...

Wentworth, Benning, 1696-1770

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Governor of New Hampshire, 1741-1767. From the description of Instructions, 1741 Sept. 10. (Portsmouth Athenaeum Library & Museum). WorldCat record id: 70926277 Governor of New Hampshire. From the description of Letter, 1749 April 15, Portsmouth, to the New Hampshire General Assembly. (Boston Athenaeum). WorldCat record id: 174141871 Colonial governor and legislator of New Hampshire. From the description of Instructions of Benning Wentwor...

Shirley, William, 1694-1771

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Shirley was governor of Massachusetts from 1741 to 1757. From the description of Letter, 1745 June 1, Boston [Mass.], to Jacob Wendell, Boston [Mass.]. (New England Historic Genealogical Society). WorldCat record id: 50844670 Colonial Governor of Massachusetts. Shirley was active in colonial politics, served in the French and Indian War, and succeeded Braddock as commander of all British Forces in North America upon Braddock's death. Shirley attended a council of war in New ...

Longfellow, Stephen, 1776-1849

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Lawyer and jurist, of Portland, Me. From the description of Stephen Longfellow diary, 1833 Jan. 1-Mar. 26. (Maine Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 70978471 From the description of Stephen Longfellow correspondence, 1801-1816. (Maine Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 70977305 U.S. representative from Maine; lawyer; member of Massachusetts General Court; elected to 18th Congress (1823-1825); overseer of Bowdoin College; president of Main...

King, Richard, 1718-1775

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Prout, Timothy, -1768

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Waldo, Samuel, 1695-1759

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Army officer, Boston merchant, capitalist, politician, and landowner in Maine. From the description of Papers, 1631-1824. (Maine Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 70972152 Boston merchant and capitalist who was chief proprietor and developer of a controversial patent located between the Muscongus and Penobscot Rivers in Maine. When opponents to Waldo's settlement projects questioned the validity of his title, he traveled to England in ...

Scottow, Joshua, 1618-1698

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