Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1894-09-13


TO zaG 10 the trials OF iAe proPrietoFs
e Trenton and increase = ne ah&le'les OF
,e ssttl.r~, tneH ASera ~a'-=sH upon at 'hlS
10 meet "Ha 't't an Unexpected
ancient ana uhlus! cam mace pS
ereHehmaA ana Ms We no not only
z32 sEfH' te The territory covered ~ th'
original township No. e3f: "hat WAS al
a. ,=t.e portion '' -.T'E and Els
q. at a4se t. II. N=+' 81 the lsiatlo
w Desert WITH the -=-#.l SANDS con-
sloas,.
~ hANe already =had asea-i9a 20 peak
17 De 6regoiFe S"7a5 II connection
.a.1 survey 81 ',as.=.- letters ana
a-s-=- u establishing tss cst}s3"n l}he
.t-@ef!i Ellsworth ana trenton.
j. sse.H- that n 4Prii ~. Louis Mn,
=asa k#nE q France. Gr,tE=zsa 10 Monsieur
9e IA Motto Cadillac subject 81 France
ny letters patent; tract 9ilEnd, the exact
location OF limits NJ which was for
5a-.gzzs reasons suf1rr; = much doaht
5Hd uncertainty, but hon the general
salr; Il Nassac husett- = 1857 receg-
Hiz=d 10 include the Whole Of Mt. Desert
viii ether islands and that part OF the
main land covered by the survey made by
John Peters before mentioned, end which
included township No. ! Trenton At
he time Of Louis XIV this island and
territory Vas included il hat was then
known a. Acadia, being a that tract Of
land lying east ~ Penoh-ao; river. The
grant to NJ. Cadillac was n Arcadia. By
he treaty of Utrecht this territory Was
ceded to England. and although it j. said
NJ. Cadillac tried to reclaim the land
covered by his patent. the British Govern
ment refused to recognize hi- claim.
In Ia the great and general court OF
Massachusetts granted the island Of Mt.
Desert to Gov. Francis Bernard which
grant was confirmed by the king. Owing
10 the stand taken by Bernard against
the colonies and in the interests of Great
Britain. he had made himself obnoxious
to the people of the Province In con-
sequence the House OF Representatives
petitioned the king IN 1859 to have him
removed. which was done. and after the
Declaration of Independence Mt Desert,
with all Bernard's other estate in this
country, was confiscated.
June %, 1885, the general court in
in view of the good conduct and services
of Gov. Demands son, John Bernard,
during the war OF the Revolution, granted
to him one-hall OF Mt. Desert Island,
which his father had formerly owned and
snd which no tho son held in common
ana unolVloeo.
This is, briefly, how the title stood to
Mt Desert and the land on the main
= :: ,-oe ,,a NJ: rbou,,, n
"heh IN 100 Madam MARIA lheresa De
Gregoire, the granddaughter and only
direct lineal descendant and heir OF
uonsi.rr DeIo Motto Cadillac with he,
' 1-.'', -
husoahd, barthoioihe" lie Hregolre' ihaoe
their appearance in this country and
came before the general court OF Massa.
oLrao..a 81, titIo j., ha, o,, IT, y,
'nuee'te' eiaiii1i's my III Ae' y" =. tls Il
as helr-at-laW OF her grandfather
Cadillac to Mt. Desert and all the lanG
oo,ered hv tho no+er, of Io,is WV
~ 900,
sranleo W hin III ApfA' io'i' ihey eali'
fortified with pressing letters from Gen
LAFAYETTE and Monsieur Otto, the French
,,i,,;S+ar 70 tho upitad States and he,
An4A4e'i W 'no ''eN S."'e'' "AN Ae'
petition received immediate ATTENTION
from Gov. Bowdoin, who transmitted il
to the Legislature with a special message
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