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Revolution Downeast : The War for American Independence in Maine
author
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Leamon, James S.
publisher
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University of Massachusetts Press
isbn10 | asin
:
087023823X
print isbn13
:
9780870238239
ebook isbn13
:
9780585155104
language
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English
subject
Maine--History--Revolution, 1775-1783.
publication date
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1993
lcc
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E263.M4L3 1993eb
ddc
:
973.3/09741
subject
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Maine--History--Revolution, 1775-1783.
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Revolution Downeast
The War for American Independence in Maine
James S. Leamon
THE UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS PRESS Amherst Published in cooperation with the Maine Historical Society
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Copyright 1993 by The Maine Historical Society All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America LC 92-17757 ISBN 0-87023-823-X Designed by Mary Mendell Set in Janson Text Printed and bound by Thomson Shore Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Leamon, James S. Revolution downeast: the war for American independence in Maine / James S. Leamon. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-87023-823-X (alk. paper) 1. Maine History Revolution, 17751783. 1. Title. E263.M4L31992 973.3'09741dc2092-17757 CIP
British Library Cataloguing in Publication data are available.
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For my parents John H. and Clarice P. Leamon
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Contents
Illustrations
xi
Preface
xiii
1 Maine: The Colony of a Province in an Empire
3
2 The Revolution Comes to Maine
40
3 Protective Insignificance
74
4 Crisis on the Penobscot
104
5 A People Divided: The Economic and Social Costs of Revolution
135
6 State Making and State Breaking
166
7 The Legacy of Revolution
188
Abbreviations
224
Notes
225
Bibliography
269
Index
291
Page xi
Illustrations
1 Village of Machias, 1776
10
2 Double Sawmill, Machias, 1776
11
3 Map of Falmouth (Portland), 1775
16
4 The Reverend Samuel Deane
22
5 Lincoln County Courthouse
26
6 Attorney John Adams
28
7 Falmouth Being Burned, October 1775
71
8 H.M.S. Canceaux
72
9 Map of American Defeat on the Penobscot River
115
10 British Pursuit of American Vessels up Penobscot Bay
116
11 Map of Penobscot Bay
124
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Preface
In the late eighteenth century, a disgruntled resident of Maine complained that Maine was nothing but "an insignificant colony to Massachusetts." That remark has a validity for both the history
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