Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-10-18

books of reference i'm your library de-
Ponds very largely upon your OWL
| general knowledge and interest in
their contents. it seems fitting to call
your attention to some of the special
| documents of Maine. In 1916 APP
peared the first public document
| which related to Maine and became of
! the utmost importance to the citizens
of the district. This document was
entitled "A Statistical View of the Dis
| trict of Maine,'' by Moses Greenleaf.
This work gave a history of Maine, It's
natural resources. the growth of it's in
dustres population and institutions.
1t contained unanswerable arguments
in favor of the separation of the dis
trict from Massachusetts. There are
many copies in existence in all the
older towns of the State. 1t is valu-
able to your libraries for the purpose
of studying the early history of the
State. The township map, which ac-
companied this report, is still worth
preserving. as documentary evidence
of the location upon the face of the
earth of township lines at that date.
In 1890 the debates on the constitu-
ton Of Maine. by jeremiah Perley
were published. They are necessary to
the lawyer and citizen and of great
value to the historian. Without the
aid of these debates. the lawyer cannot
rightly interpret our constitution ana
laws involving personal rights of the
| citizen. They also disclose the spirit
of liberty and humanity and the broad
minded religious liberation that am
mated the minds and thoughts of the
81, ont Sl
ina, framed our constitution. "A see
ord edit .on of this work was issued by
Can't. Charles T.. Nash of Augusta. .
few years ago. He now has a lie"
COPIES for sale which ought to be Sc
cured and nlaced in the libraries of
every county in the State. In ls2s
The Survey of Maine" by Moses
Greenleaf, appeared. This work was
more elaborate than the former publ
cation by him. II is of rare value and
very hard to obtain. In its pages a
history of our institutions appear
Most of our present knowledge of the
early history and condition of our
schools is found i'm this book. 1t con-
tains A history of land titles in Maine,
and A statement of the northeastern
boundary question, which is extremely
| Interesting and valuable. With this
volume, Mr. Greenleaf issued severai
small maps. One shows the ancient
land grants i'm the State. Another
represents in one color the localities
settled prior to the revolution. III
another color the parts settled from the
close of that war to 1890, and in a
third color the settlements made dur
! ing the first Iine years Of our State
hood. There is also a vertical map
showing the comparative altitude OF
| the different ranges of hills and noun
tains in the state. and the elevation
and length of our principal rivers. In
| lSs.-s-9 Dr. Chas. +. Jackson of Bos-
ton. undertook a geological survey OF
Maine. His reports in three parts are
| frequently found in old collections OF
documents At the present time they
constitute the best and most authorita-
tive geological text book of the State.
In 1Ssl-6s another survey was under
taken by Profs. Hitchcock. Packard,
Goodale and Holmes.
Their reports appear in the Agricul-
tural reports of 1861 and 1852. Their
work Is valuable. but not 80 complete
as {" be satisfactory TO the geologist
farmer or minaralosist. In 1865 the