. The New England magazine . The Longfi Statue, Portland. 560 THE STATE OF un Mount KatahdinFKOM A IHUTO BY MISS ROSE HOLLINGSWOKTH. native and for many years a resident ofBoston, who removed to Thomaston,Maine, where his wife had inherited alarge landed interest under the Waldopatent, on his retirement from the posi-tion of Secretary of War in 1794, andbuilt a fine mansion which he called■ Montpelier, where he dispensedprincely hospitality until he died, Oc-tober 25, 1S06, at the age of eighty-six. The era of prosperity upon whichMaine entered at the close of the Revo-lution was inter

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. The New England magazine . The Longfi Statue, Portland. 560 THE STATE OF un Mount KatahdinFKOM A IHUTO BY MISS ROSE HOLLINGSWOKTH. native and for many years a resident ofBoston, who removed to Thomaston,Maine, where his wife had inherited alarge landed interest under the Waldopatent, on his retirement from the posi-tion of Secretary of War in 1794, andbuilt a fine mansion which he called■ Montpelier, where he dispensedprincely hospitality until he died, Oc-tober 25, 1S06, at the age of eighty-six. The era of prosperity upon whichMaine entered at the close of the Revo-lution was interrupted by the embaigo of1807 and the war with Great Britain in1812-15. In 1814, a British force cap-tured the American forts at Eastport andCastine, and held the latter place tillApril 26, 1815. A British force alsovisited Belfast, Hampden, Bangor andMachias, and threatened Wiscasset.

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