. Portland [Me.] its representative business men and its points of interest. ames L of six thousand acres east of Piscataqua, and he chose this locality as themost eligible one at which to lay the foundations of what he fondly believed was destined to become a PORTLAND AND ITS POINTS OF INTEREST. 5 noble city, to be named York. The house mentioned was strongly fortified, and was occupied by Levittand ten other men for about a year, he going to England in 1624 to escort his wife to the new world, andleaving his ten companions to hold the fort during his absence. Apparently he never returned,— a
. Portland [Me.] its representative business men and its points of interest. ames L of six thousand acres east of Piscataqua, and he chose this locality as themost eligible one at which to lay the foundations of what he fondly believed was destined to become a PORTLAND AND ITS POINTS OF INTEREST. 5 noble city, to be named York. The house mentioned was strongly fortified, and was occupied by Levittand ten other men for about a year, he going to England in 1624 to escort his wife to the new world, andleaving his ten companions to hold the fort during his absence. Apparently he never returned,— at leastthere is no record of his ha\ing done so,— and there is good reason for believing that his men scatteredthroughout this region, one of them settling on Hog Island. If Levitt was the first European to appreciate Casco Bay, he was not the first one to visit it. for theredoubtable Captain John Smith himself navigated its waters as early as 1614, during the celebratedSummer trip which he, the picineer Maine Summer tourist, made, for the purpose (as one old annalist.
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