The History of Portland From 1632 to 1864: With a Notice of Previous Settlements Colonial Grants and Changes of Government in Maine (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from The History of Portland From 1632 to 1864: With a Notice of Previous Settlements Colonial Grants and Changes of Government in Maine<br><br>During the third of a century which has intervened since the first pub lication the population of the town has considerably more than doubled its commerce and its various industrial religious social and literary institutions have multiplied in far larger proportion and almost an entirely new community has taken the place of the living generation which I then addressed. -this accumulation of facts while it has necessarily extendeli the work has given additional value to its pages.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This 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.