Hartford, Maine History

Authors

Wilbur A. Libby

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Description

Hartford, Maine History

by Wilbur A. Libby (1985)

Photocopy of author's original typed manuscript placed into a binder and presented to the USM Gorham Library in 1985. A collection of the author's recollections and writings on local history and genealogy, along with copies of maps, photographs, census pages and news items.

Contents: 1607 Settlement failed-conquest - England, France & Indians / The Pilgrims and what happened to them / Passengers on "Anne" "Little James" & "Fortune" / Earliest Settlers, 21 in both Towns / Petitions to Mass. for land grant (15) / Samuel Butterfield's first trip to this area / John Thompson's life after coming here in 1621 - William Thompson, Isaac Thompson, Oakes Thompson, Cyrus Thompson, Asa Thompson not of same family / Original distribution of lands / Schools / Cemeteries / Church / First Town Meeting / Veterans Aroostock war to WW 2, Korea and Vietnam / Town Hall and Herse / Early Cabins / Sheep and Cattle / Early Mills / Early Mail / Robinson Libraries / Early Roads / Ferry Boats / Ox Yokes / Brick Yard / Brick House and remodled Tyler Corner Schoolhouse / Laommi Baldwin Apples / Carloads of apples shipped from Hartford / Old Merrill House, Lovey Bryant family / Agricultural products, census 1800-1970, Corn Shop / Newton, Thurlow and McIntire Houses / Old and new Town Halls - Sign over door / Tannery, Shops, Cold Spring Co. Salt box factory / Ancient and Indian names of Towns / Gun, snowshoes & Bear Trap / 25 cent Hunting license, 1897 Hunting Laws / Cutting Ice / Reaper or Cradle - old tools -Ice saw etc. / Rail Road / Stores / Bear Mt. Lookout / Capt. James Libby / Vital Statistics from Town Reports, Births & Marriages / Hartford 1880 census by Moses Alley / Marriages performed by Moses Alley, Justice of Peace

Publication Date

1985

Publisher

Privately Published

Keywords

Registers of Births, Harford Maine History, Town Histories, Census, Town Records, Births, Marriages, Butterfield, Hartford, Sumner, Vital Records

Disciplines

Genealogy | History | Other American Studies | Other History | United States History

Comments

USM Library Stacks: F 29 .L4 L4 v.1

Recommended Citation

Libby, Wilbur A., "Hartford, Maine History" (1985). Maine Collection. 119.
https://digitalcommons.usm.maine.edu/me_collection/119

Creative Commons License

This work has been identified with a Creative Commons Public Domain Mark 1.0.