History of the Town of Gorham, Maine : Prepared at the Request of the Town (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from History of the Town of Gorham, Maine: Prepared at the Request of the Town

A praiseworthy desire has of late been manifested in many towns in New England, to gather up the trustworthy documents relating to the early settlement and progress of our plantations, and to rescue from the oblivion to which they are rapidly hastening, the records of the enterprise, courage, and sufferings, of our early ancestors.

Such local statistics must be interesting to the citizens of those places to which they relate, and valuable to historians of our country, as furnishing reliable data to aid them in the composition of their works.

I have devoted some time in investigating the early settle ment of the town of Gorham, and tracing its growth, till it became, what it now is, one of the most populous, wealthy, and important inland towns in Maine.

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