. Our country's story; an elementary history of the United States . w province, which was after-wards named Maine, or the mamlaml. The colonies werehardly more than fishing stations, and werescattered about over the southwestern~:^. corner of what is now Maine, and theeastern part of what is now New Hamp-shire. It is probable that the first settle-ment in ]\Iaine was made at PemaquidPoint in 1625. This soon became abusy place. Indians who nad furs tosell came to Pemaquid, and ships camefrom England not only to bring toolsTHE OLD soLTTH meeting-house and other things that the colonists needed,

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. Our country's story; an elementary history of the United States . w province, which was after-wards named Maine, or the mamlaml. The colonies werehardly more than fishing stations, and werescattered about over the southwestern~:^. corner of what is now Maine, and theeastern part of what is now New Hamp-shire. It is probable that the first settle-ment in ]\Iaine was made at PemaquidPoint in 1625. This soon became abusy place. Indians who nad furs tosell came to Pemaquid, and ships camefrom England not only to bring toolsTHE OLD soLTTH meeting-house and other things that the colonists needed, but to carry back to England lumber and furs, and thefish that had been caught and cured. The Pilgrims were culti-vating corn, and they used to send boatloads of it to Pemaquid toDover and exchange for furs. The earliest settlements in New HampshirePortsmouth ^^^^^^ ^^^^^^ ^^ Dover, 1623-1627, and at Portsmouth in 1631. 1 This brick structure, still standing, was erected in 1729 on the site of thewooden building mentioned on page 73, of which there is no MAINE AND NEW HAMPSHIRE 73

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