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Title: History of Castine, Penobscot, and Brooksville, Maine; including the ancient settlement of Pentagöet;
Year: 1875 (1870s)
Authors: Wheeler, George Augustus, 1837-
Subjects: Castine (Me.) -- History Penobscot (Me.) -- History Brooksville (Me.) -- History Maine -- History Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 Acadia Maine -- History Revolution, 1775-1783
Publisher: Bangor, Burr & Robinson
Contributing Library: New York Public Library
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he code ofBy-Laws now in operation, and elected twelve men aswatchmen. From this time until the close of 1865, wasthe period of the Civil War. Nothing of importance, how-ever, occurs in the records, in reference to this event,except the votes concerning the passage of appropriationsfor bounties, etc. In July, 1861, the sum of twelve hun-dred dollars was appropriated towards furnishing suppliesto the families of volunteers, and William H. Witherle,Roland H. Bridgham, Charles J. Abbott, Samuel Adams,and George H. Emerson, were chosen to disburse thesame. 1862. In 1862, the sum of fourteen hundred dollarswas appropriated, to pay one hundred dollar bountieswith ; also the twenty dollar bounties. The troops raisedhere were also furnished with two days rations, uj)onleaving town. 1863. In the year 1863, the sum of two thousand dol-lars was appropriated for aid to the families of volunteers.Drafted men were also paid one hundred dollars, and vol-unteers two hundred dollars, as a town bounty.
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BBOOKSVILLE A^B PENOBSCOT. 85 CHAPTER IV. GENERAL AND SOCIAL HISTORY OF CASTINE. Early Condition and Circumstances of the Citi-zens.—Welcome to Hon. Isaac Parker.—BenoniThomas. — Theatre Royal. — Celebration ofQueens Birthday.—Illumination of the Town.Anniversaries.—Mourning for General Wash-ington.—House Warmings.—Associations of Dif-ferent Kinds.—Taverns and Boarding Houses.Newspapers. — Mails. — Shipwrecks, and Cap-tures OF Vessels.—Dkaths by Drowning andother Casualties.—Fires and Fire Companies.—Diseases and Mortality. — Court Times ant)Trials.—Epitaphs.—Traditions and Anecdotes. The social condition and circumstances of the inhabitantsof Castine, in by-gone days, can only be inferied from ourgeneral knowledge of the times, and from the few facts andoccurrences that have been preserved. Separated andalmost isolated as they are by the surrounding water, fromnearly all the neighboring towns, the citizens of this placeare, and have alwa3^s been, in

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