. Portland [Me.] its representative business men and its points of interest. \NU UUSERVAruKY. rORJLAND AND ITS POINTS OF Cleves Monument. From Ihe bombardment ami burning of Casco, in October. 1775, to the signing of the treaty of peacewhich terminated the RevoUitionary War, in 1783, is practically a jierfect blank in the history of Portland,for no organized or determined efforts were made to repair tiie damage caused by Mowatts cowardly attackuntil ]3eace was firmly established, in 1783. When once the work of building up Casco was inaugurated, it was vigorously pushed, and
. Portland [Me.] its representative business men and its points of interest. \NU UUSERVAruKY. rORJLAND AND ITS POINTS OF Cleves Monument. From Ihe bombardment ami burning of Casco, in October. 1775, to the signing of the treaty of peacewhich terminated the RevoUitionary War, in 1783, is practically a jierfect blank in the history of Portland,for no organized or determined efforts were made to repair tiie damage caused by Mowatts cowardly attackuntil ]3eace was firmly established, in 1783. When once the work of building up Casco was inaugurated, it was vigorously pushed, and during theyear following the signing of the treaty of peace there were erected forty-one dwelling houses, ten stores,and seven shops. About one hundred dwelling houses had escaped destruction at the time of the bom-bardment, so that there were some 140dwelling houses on the Neck at the closeof 1784, and in 17S5 the building of thefirst brick house was begun, and the firstnewspaper was started,— the FalmouthGazette and Weekly Adyertiser. The following year an especially im-portant event occurred, for it was in 1786that Casco on the
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