Name/Title
Romantic and Historic MaineEntry/Object ID
CPL 2007.76Description
A compilation of early Maine history. Includes a chronology of important historic events (1000 - 1931), a reference list to historic and romantic sites, and a list of Maine firsts.
Chapter highlights include:
Chapter 1 Details of the Mohawks' trail; Battle of Lovewell's Pond; the first wool carding mill in New England.
Chapter 2 Early Pioneers; first concrete roadway, pulp mill, grist mill, saw mill and white flour; Weary Club; Hannibal Hamlin; Bethel "massacre:" Snow Falls; gem mines of Paris Hill; Maine gold.
Chapter 3 The first trading post; Johua Alden; Miles Standish; French on the Kennebec; Bath, America's greatest shipbuilding port.
Chapter 4 Sir William Phipps.
Chapter 5 Boothbay Harbor, Wiscasset, Edgecomb; house of Marie Antoinette and plans to save a queen and the plot that was not to be; coon cats.
Chapter 6 The Popham Colony; Sir Francis Hawkins and his furs; Monhegan.
Chapter 7 Story of Maine Indians including home life, customs, industries, utensils, weapons, clothing, costumes, education; Penobscots and Passamaquoddies.
Chapter 8 Norumbega, naming the Penobscot and Bangor; Captain Girling; Stockton Springs; Governor Pownall; General Knox; Bucksport.
Chapter 9 Castine including British and French occupancy; Sir John Temple, Vincent (the Baron de St. Castin; Abenaki; Sir John Moore.
Chapter 10 Mt. Desert island, it's famous residents; Captain Samuel Argall, Sieur de Cadillac, Governor Bernard.
Chapter 11 Machias, Captain Bellamy and pirate forts.
Chapter 12 James, Duke of York receives Maine land; Champlain and other explorers; Fort Royal; Dochet's Island and the Bay of Fundy; Eastport and Campobello.
Chapter 13 Maine's desert; the hermit of Pond Island; Harpswell; John Darling; the first banker of Maine.
Chapter 14 Life story of Sir Ferdinando Gorges, the "father of Maine."
Chapter 15 Biddeford Pool and Brunswick setttlements of Casco Bay; jail at York; Christopher Levett; Cape Elizabeth; Portland homes; Plantation of the Plough; George Cleeve; Cammack and the Josselyns; Royal Chief Justice of Maine.
Includes an appendix.
Physical Description: 20 cm., 277 pages, illustrationsCollection
Maine History CollectionCataloged By
Carrie RossiterAcquisition
Accession
CPL 2007.76Source or Donor
Camden Public LibraryAcquisition Method
TransferLexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Primary Object Term
BookNomenclature Sub-Class
Other DocumentsNomenclature Class
Documentary ObjectsNomenclature Category
Category 08: Communication ObjectsLOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials
History, Social lifeSearch Terms
Bangor, Bath, Brunswick, Bucksport, Castine, Harpswell, Machias, Maine, Mount Desert, PortlandOther Names and Numbers
Other Numbers
Number Type
Other NumberOther Number
31896000863914Book Details
Author
Verrill, A. HyattPublisher
Dodd, Mead & CompanyDate Published
1933Publication Language
EnglishCall No.
Maine 974.1 VerSpine Label
Maine
974.1
VerNotes
Copy No.: 1Location
Location
Wall
Maine HistoryBuilding
Walsh History CenterCategory
PermanentDate
October 21, 2025Location
Wall
Local ArchivesBuilding
Walsh History CenterCategory
PermanentMoved By
Heather BilodeauDate
September 25, 2008Location
Shelf
Shelf 5, Shelf 5Wall
Bookshelf WallRoom
Main Room #2Building
Camden Area History CenterCategory
PermanentMoved By
Carrie RossiterDate
April 11, 2007Inventory
Inventoried By
Heather MoranInventoried Date
Nov 22, 2014Condition
Overall Condition
GoodDate Examined
Nov 22, 2014Examined By
Heather MoranRelationships
Related Person or Organization
Person or Organization
Verrill, A. HyattGeneral Notes
Note
Status: OK
Status By: Heather Moran
Status Date: 2014-11-22Created By
admin@catalogit.appCreate Date
April 11, 2007Updated By
admin@catalogit.appUpdate Date
October 27, 2025
