Portland gazette and Maine advertiser. (Portland, Me.) 1805-1818, 1817-08-05
coNnoNwsh1rB o. MA,shcEUgST1s
PUBLIC NOTICE., Is berfb, eivln,

ina The government Of this state hagibg by
an Aes psas4 he s b February. SO eoalll-
tured board u CoumissoEsfs for be lae and
fssfiement Of The pubic laads 10 The L'sasaf II
Aasus and the uads siensd hsirg aqpoinled and
qualified he ls~ ssqoires srxen.e the duilss
Il hat Commusiun which by shs Aforesaid act
ard fublreuent resolves q The Legislature null
tifafous snd call for the eEerens Ct al their
gles 40 cary tbe fame nl0 effect 10 taeet the
Iaa expectations Of he Lsgaisure and OF their
fslo~ cItszens.
The deasxn, OF be CoFerEment a. IL relpecfs
the great % jecl Of pecphng Maine AID aecommo
aasiDg that population ~ g,ying lands fettsrs
zHd opening roads 10 their doors, ate encourage.
msnts without par ilsI within cur knowledge
which arrangements We pftlame very many Of
4 cir zens of this Common weafh have not been
made acquainted ~ih The mon agreeable part
Of our duty j. to G. mmunicate TO thole the q, ad
sidngs Of good elsblIihmsnI for themselves aud
poaerity near hand. within IN nis Of our
cammouweaI sns flch is ia their power TO
heis being 70 e2fy of sceefs thst any one OF uf
cient abb ivy 10 remove our OF the state nhen hey
malt pay full price for lands, ne better &C.
eommodztsd within The fate wi,hout paying.
By The alto tfaid aG which may be found by
application foAny Of tae Tcwa C'eTk. 10 this
Commonwealth. the governmen are Pledged aud
we az hofifsd conf aet with and CONVEY 10
the hrl fifty festle's 10 every ownlhp TO be laid
out puriaaor TO thst act, Oss Hs,I,s5 ae,n Of land
OF an average usify nd sae upon the con-
ditlon OF the payment Of FIVE Dollars, and of
building oule and Barn thereon within ore
year aud wi,hin Eve year clear up and make fit
for The pnrpoles Of agriculture at tss ten acres of
land
Ia ezea Of thee Townfhi appropriations OF
lands for the fra fetted Mininer for he u.e Of
The Mniitry for schools an town Roads are
made and reisrved = and TO fecure the further
fettiement aud PROPERTY Of lsid TOwcs and pre-
vent the Inhabitants from beirg embarrahed with
extenbve proprittof(hips not more han 500 acres
OF the Lsnds ia fsid towuihips are 10 be fold TO
any 0ne perfon ahoclauon
Al he FELTON, of he General Court il has
been Determined TO fet on he above terms two
Towrihips u 'ht caunty of Someriet on the
great borough fare road from Kennebeck TO Que
bee aud lT fowathips in the county Of Penob
foot. tie Lew road that is 10 be made in direc
ton from The waters of he Penobfco, to the grants
OF land located on he eattern line of the Common
wealth.
Thele roads TO be opened this feaCon- and
ore Of the undersigned will be on each of them
through the months Of September and Ot'o5er, 10
iho~ he Land and point 20 the individual accom-
moda"on and give certificates.
Our fellow cit,zens are iuvted to 90 and Zee and
jutge for 'hemseives Of he (oi and Gtuati and
view the cSrle and gram of the inhab ants of The
COUNTIES OF soneriet and PeOobfcot, and compare
their means and opp ttunires wi h thofe of 0, her
peope 10 Other places Remember IL you remove
there you will remain an intesral part of Mat.
ehaietss, and that the numerous al citations aud
we'll directed Intttu'iUns wi hin The State 10 arneli
crate the condition OF mao will diffufe the hef
ed iIding' 81 the q 1iDei within your walls, and
tend pubic qualified Teachers 10 expound it's con
iohng doctrines 20 ycuf very threihoid, and AID in
initrueung your ohpring tilI you are of fuficient
sothty % provide for you ie YES, and all vIthou
noaey and without price; and he prolpect of
Fe e. snd comfort 20 al the u0fornsate so. s or
dau3aters OF Msh'ehuetts, that may be fuhiec
10 1enisi deraugemeut ia the public Hospi. a.
bout 70 be erected, are advantages which ought to
be hugely etmsted and which no corf1erxe per
Ions all relir9u III for uncertain decentralization.
eIiev here.
Tie espense. Of removing a fairly to Maine is
eonhaerabie-the advantages there are many
and thcie who have moi ued it have de-
clared it 10 as healthy aoy oil her part of The
United Staes and IL 70 believed thar a lefs pro
portion Of a farmer earnings are parted Wi b in
thas secion TO ply Gctans haI in auy other part of
our Couty he will be iiRht, and the
means Of iubflienee ea6ly Obtained
fhe unqe' fgnsd are nor directed. or in any way
intet cited 10 making theie SgeitiOns bur heins
acquA ed there hey na,uIa,y forced upon
them whenever they reflect on the futitct and
they % know aud he public recoras for The
Tau 4" years ih'w and they believe centuries 10
come wills prove that the people of Maine are con
GeeTed bY the government, Of IsG4chufsts a.
bCne ~ heir bcDe aud Sch O. ,heir felh and the
P wilton now making 20 accommodate The enter
pr'z ng Ia IL parts of the STA by opening this
door Is mean to unite together by hrmer bonds,
the branches OF The fame family and fecuring
their common iAfeiy and tranquility by the lron-
get ties and The lleaian eft means
Thi, opportunity will laR TUT two years from
this date theT efore this il the time for REFLECTION
examination and deci6on
II number of perlon, IN a town or neiehbor-
hood ihond n,enpiSte avaiIng themse wee of
this opportunity, may be leected 20 20 and
view and report at tr,nIng eIpenie to each indi
vtcuai and The month Of October 10 generally ine
weather 10 that countfy
by reio've Of The LegIal,ure, paged the 18th
day OF June Taft the undersigned are su hori6ed TO
teli and dip lie of che Commonwealth Lands
within the nine ownihips on the Penobitot River
commonly Gated the Indian Townfhiss Thefe
LaEds Ave been reierved for the accommodation
of acua iesslers. n. Ugh mary oppor uDi les have
hecsrofofs fsced to fell them 10 townfli,s: and
from the quaiy IF the ioii and proImi to navi
gatiop an niherles OF various kIads, aud e1tenfvs
patu'si meadows have long teen confdered a.
the mo valuable Lands owned by The state aud
ps hsffang advantages exceeding thole attached TO
any amer uniett'ed foot 10 New Eng and; and will
be told ~ tots containing from one TO FIVE hun red
acres eaeh. Theie LANDS are COW offered 90 apy
pc fons dfpoieo 20 "a ehsle the fame bur in no
ipilsnee can Be fold for lefs th.n ooe dollar per
acre. and sbe price wit inereae according their