The Republican journal., 1897-04-01
swans Island.
nesting Facts Suggested by Proposed
M Of Incorporation.

.. David Smith, Joshua Grin
staples, John Rich, William
IHckmore and Issue Sawyer.
were mostly good, honest
, d., went there to better their
rle state owned the island
-rs were squatters.
...r knowledge or consent the
lmt Coat Island July I, 1856,
It's swan of Dorchester, Mass.
,ntains ), S75 acres.
,o1s history says that Swan
/, gant house and lived there
#, Carrying on farming on a
uGt was not successful and
ut winter parties came to the
flr an act OF incorporation of
swan Island into a town.
aI. permanent residents, and
b uan resident owners. 1t is a
aa1 one hundred years old.
4a. James Swan, late of Bos-
attorneys, not of record,
.-u and Benjamin Hichborn
-uli Burnt Coat Island to
resident on Burnt Coat
500. Prince was to convey
-mith. Joshua Grindle and
IS 100 acres each; to John
u Davis, David Bickmore,
ea and--knowlton, the
-.n. 30 acres each on Great
Burnt Coat, or any other
-' any other fishermen 10
Joseph Prince and wife,
the same purchase to
~ of Boston, for $500.
Henry jackson sold the
hack again to James Swan.
James Swan Of Boston,
-.UnL in Paris, mortgaged
rty to Michael Nalley,
ueliv of Baltimore, as Sc
rWment Of certain debts
.4o Mally. This mort
ned at Paris in the CRETE
.t st. Palagie, where Swan
ned. and acknowledged
smiley Warden, L. :. Con-
t. 3, ISL. 1t is record
euuuty Registry of Deeds.
Aa learned this property
49,. u3 one, neither mortgagor
until 1917. the islands
- the mean time occupied
H. Rufus B. Allyn. attor-
.taSt, as attorney tor o.
and took possession of
med for the purpose of
N mortgage. No power of
MtIly to Allyn vas ever
awer of attorney from o.
An Sullivan (son-in-law of
FcI Of substitution, dated
and one from William
.ttlS b. ALLYN of Belfast,
l> ou the Hancock county
o the mortgage from Swan
m Inclined to the opinion
Hen to a friend to protect the
n ether debtors or claimants.
siderable property in Boston
which was conveyed some
same manner. 1t is passing
d % Mally claimed anything
'gage he should have waited
Is before asserting his claim.
Edward Kent of Bangor
.el by o. Mally or his assigns,
1ts against the settlers to re-
-ssion of the islands, and he
these suits for several years.
the settlers paid something
o contend, while others abso-
'ei to pay. In the end Gov
could not find his clients and
ID money to the islanders. 1t
li probable that the heirs of
TINS method to get something
Stands. but finding the matter
Veg be holly contested gave up
u is quite idle to suppose
sp Kent did not know his
rs swan was a character. He
.feNuire. Scotland, and came
NfN between 1860 and 1910.
"I!-ut patriot, and one of the
.ev The tea overheard in
december, 1773. He was
Lille camp to General War
.eo f Bunker Hill. He was
u.ery in the expedition
British fleet from Boston
"3~ atterward Adjutant Gen
.usetts. He was a mer-
$50, soldier and author at
Nen.y two. He was on init
Nf= Washington, Lafayette
eminent generals in the
,r war In 1856 he bought
estate in Dorchester. which
and erected there an ele-
-"r, where he entertained
HplX, jackson and other dis
uen when tdey visited Boston.
OF his voyages to France is
ntly by different persons. He
.uee in 1877 on mercantile bus
as said to have acquired much
reputation there. He was
n e during one of the revolu-
TT was said at the time that
ant furniture, gold and silver
ilne paintings was deposited
lbs vessel for safe keeping by
a others who persisted during
NJ terror. This property, the
Was derelict, and fabull Us
10 d of its value. In the
descendants in Boston, | am
~ he seen much of this valu-
He was in Boston in 1900
v cause, respecting which the
outlet, one of which was that
e was not in his home, an
me tor more wealth, etc, he
gain. He was arrested in
rs and committed to st. Pela :
n some claim, the nature of
NOT know; he refused to pay
L.l The case was in the French
"rntY-two years when, as one
s. Judgment was recovered in
IJly, 1880, when he was dis
d." tine prison, and in a short
.'Vd. 1t is probable that his
10" out Of the property which
Is derelict and brought to this
W. 10 $500. Mrs Swan con