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Letter re Death of Rep Jonathan Cilley, 1838
- An undated letter discussing the death of United States Representative Jonathan Cilley from Thomaston. The author is unknown, but they may have been J.A. Chandler, the clerk of the Maine Supreme Judicial Court. Before his election to Congress, Cilley served as the Speaker of the Maine House of Representatives. He was the son-in-law of Hezekiah Prince, a merchant from Thomaston.Jonathan Cilley, an abolitionist, was challenged to a duel by James Watson Webb, a newspaper editor from New York, after Cilley accused him of corruption. William Graves, a legislator from Kentucky, served as Webb's stand-in and killed Cilley on February 24, 1838.
1838
T1 R5 and T3 R7 WBKP, and T4 R1, T4 R2, T5 R2 State Lands, and T5 R3 Sandy Bay land
- Census of T1 R5 and T3 R7 WBKP, and T4 R1, T4 R2, T5 R2 State Lands, and T5 R3 Sandy Bay land
1837
[Scarborough]. A Drafft of Two Parrsells of Fresh Marsh Lyinge Att Mill Crick Dunston
- Survey of marshland near Scarborough surveyed for Rob Eliot, Esq. From "Archives Vol 3 Page 370, 1687." Copied from Massachusetts Archives Maps and Plans #133.
1687
[Standish]. This Is A Plan or Description of a Tract of Land of the Contents of Six Miles Square Surveyed and Laid Out by Me the Subscriber by Virtue of a Grant Made by the Great and General Court at Their Sessions in April ye 13th 1750...
- Survey of six miles of land in Standish. Copied from Massachusetts Archives Maps and Plans #640.
1750