. Portland [Me.] its representative business men and its points of interest. was appointed Rigbys .-\merican agent, PORTLAND AND ITS POINTS OF INTEREST. ii and returning to America, he proceeded to claim governing powers, and called a court at Casco. Hisauthority was, of course, denied by Vines, who was at that time Gorges deputy, and who held court atSaco, and one result of the controversy was to split the colonists up into two parties, each of which num-bered about thirty,— practically the entire population of the Neck and vicinity siding with Cleaves, whilethe more southern colonists sided
. Portland [Me.] its representative business men and its points of interest. was appointed Rigbys .-\merican agent, PORTLAND AND ITS POINTS OF INTEREST. ii and returning to America, he proceeded to claim governing powers, and called a court at Casco. Hisauthority was, of course, denied by Vines, who was at that time Gorges deputy, and who held court atSaco, and one result of the controversy was to split the colonists up into two parties, each of which num-bered about thirty,— practically the entire population of the Neck and vicinity siding with Cleaves, whilethe more southern colonists sided with Vines. Governor John Winthrop, of Boston, was requested by bothparties to decide who was the actual owner and administrator of the country ; but as the answer to thisquestion depended upon the outcome of the war then raging in England, Winthrop wisely refused todecide until he had positive information as to whetiier King or Parliament had won. The success of thelatter resulted in the sustaining of Rigbys title, and in 1647 Cleeves assumed control, as Rigbys agent,. Birds_Eye View of Portl.^nd in 1891. (No. 3.) (From Citif /luildhu/ lookuuj towards Cape Eli~ahi:th.) over the Province of Ligonia, his jurisdiction including Saco, Spurwink, Richmond Island, Scarboro andCasco, and all the territory from Cape Elizabeth to Cape Porpoise, inclusive of those points. The first regular government of the Province of Ligonia was established in 1648, the officers beingColonel Alexander Rigby, President and Prop?-ietor; George Cleeves, Deputy President; and William Royall,Henry Watts, John Corson, Peter Hill and Robert Booth, Members of Assembly. Colonel Rigby gained no profit from his possessions in the New World, for he died in 1650, and hisdeath was followed by long and complicated litigation over the title. Cleeves once more visited England,where he remained about two years, engaged in active legal warfare to maintain his rights. 12 rORTLAXD AAD JTS JOJXTS OJ JNTEJiEST. Natuiiilly,
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