History of York County, Maine

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Excerpt from History of York County, Maine: With Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of Its Prominent Men and PioneersTo the citizens of York County who have aided us in the work, we take this opportunity to return our thanks. Our acknowledgments are especially due to Hon. Edward P. Burnham, of Saeo, a member of the Maine Historical Society, for a ready fund of valuable statistics which has been cordially placed at our command, and for information on several topics, rendering our labors less difficult than they otherwise would have been. Hon. Nathaniel G. Maishall, of York, has kindly reviewed considerable por tions of our general history, and aided us materially in the preparation of the history of his native town. Like acknowledgments are due to Edward E. Bourne, Esq., and Daniel Remich, Esq, of Kennebunk, to Hon. John M. Goodwin and Thomas Quinby, Esq., of Biddeford, to Rev. John G. T. Nichols, D.D., Rev. William J. Alger, George F. Calef, Esq., and Horace H. Burbank, R7 of Saco. The York Institute, through its president and members, has furnished some valuable materials and given hearty encouragement to our enterprise. \ve also tender our acknowledgments to the members of the county press, and to the county and town officials generally.The following-named gentlemen have been consulted and have rendered more or less assistance in matters pertaining to their respective town histories: Charles M. Came, Esq., and Asa L. Ricker, Alfred M. C. Hurd, Esq., Hon. Zebulon G. Horne, Horace Bodwell, Acton, John H. Stillings, Frederick A. Lord, Richard L. Goodwin, Berwick, Hon. Samuel A. Hill, Robert A. Bradbury, Hon. Charles E. Weld, Bux ton, Howard Brackett, Dr. W. B. Swasey, Hon. Caleb R. Ayer, Cornish, John W. Clark, James K. Huntress, William R. Buzzell, Dayton, George E. Ireland, John L. Jenks, Joseph Hammond, Jr., Eliot.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.