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Identifier: historyofyorkcou00clay (find matches)
Title: History of York County, Maine. With illustrations and biographical sketches of its prominent men and pioneers
Year: 1880 (1880s)
Authors: Clayton, W. W. (W. Woodford)
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Publisher: Philadelphia, Everts & Peck
Contributing Library: Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center
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By reason of ill health spentthat winter South, since whichtime he has had no law office,and done but little business.While in Lebanon, for a numberof years held various municipaloffices, and represented thetowns of Lebanon and Sanfordin the Legislature of 1854. Illhealth compelling him to retirefrom active business, he re-moved to Alfred in May, 1871.Has for five years been one ofthe municipal officers of thetown, and is now county attor-ney. In politics a Democrat;an earnest supporter of the re-form measures of 1878, andamong the foremost in advo-cating a reduction of salariesin York County, and in the ex-penses of State and county.With a view solely of promotingthese objects, and only thenat the earnest solicitation of hisfellow-citizens, Mr. Emery con-sented again to accept an officialposition. by Conaut, Poitland.
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ALFRED, YORK COUNTY, MAINE. A L F K E D. SITUATION AND TITLE TO LAND. The town of Alfred is situated nearly in the centre ofthe county of York, of which it is the principal shire-town.It is an oblong portion of territory, lying iu a southeast andnorthwest direction, about twelve miles in length and aboutfour in breadth in its widest part, tapering nearly to a pointat each end, and bounded north by a portion of Waterbo-rough, east by Waterborough and Lyman, south by Kenne-bunk, southwest by Sanford, and west by Shapleigh. Itwas originally included in Sanford, but in 1791- was incor-porated in a separate district, and in 1808 received an iu-coi-poration as a town. The first civilized men who penetrated the forests of San-ford and Alfred were trappers and hunters. Beaver wereabundant, and left many marks of their labors in the bedsof streams and shores of ponds that are visible to thisday. Truck-houses were early established on the Saco andPiscataqua Rivers and at Salmon Falls, from whic

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  • bookcentury:1800
  • bookauthor:Clayton__W__W___W__Woodford_
  • bookpublisher:Philadelphia__Everts___Peck
  • bookcontributor:Allen_County_Public_Library_Genealogy_Center
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