Ancient dominions of Maine : embracing the earliest facts, the recent discoveries, of the remains of aboriginal towns, the voyages, settlements, battle scenes, and incidents of Indian warfare, and other incidents of history, together with the religious developments of society within the ancient Sagadahoc, Sheepscot, and Pemaquid precincts and dependencies . od often went to pay his poor parishionerpatieiits bills. Profane, intemperate, and extortionate, he can be viewedin no other light by the historian than a wolf in sheepsclothing, who, recognizing his own monstrous double char-acter, was wo


Ancient dominions of Maine : embracing the earliest facts, the recent discoveries, of the remains of aboriginal towns, the voyages, settlements, battle scenes, and incidents of Indian warfare, and other incidents of history, together with the religious developments of society within the ancient Sagadahoc, Sheepscot, and Pemaquid precincts and dependencies . od often went to pay his poor parishionerpatieiits bills. Profane, intemperate, and extortionate, he can be viewedin no other light by the historian than a wolf in sheepsclothing, who, recognizing his own monstrous double char-acter, was wont to excuse and explain, or apologize, by say-ing,— When I have my plack coat on, den I ain a minis-ter, and you must do as I say : but when I have my greencoat on, den I am a toctorT A Moravian from Germany, by the name of Cilley,1768. visited the Broad Bay plantations. Spiritual and devoted in his services, many were converted to hisviews. His flock with himself, two years after, emigratedto and settled in North Carolina. Three hundred familiesthus departing, left a void in the heart of tlie Ancient Dominions. The vacant fields and clearings were1770. not left to solitude and decay, but soon were rcoocu- picd liy colonists from Massachusetts ; and were againfilled with busy life and labor. 1 Eatons Annals, p. 117. APP > ^ 193C \iYM)\ Library. B ancfoft (o in 1893. .


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