The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1909-02-25
copying of Old Records.
y Statement from H. P. Far
b lnfei'' row, Esq.

HE COpy'''s
..,;os Statement from H. P. Far
ht'f'''''S row, Esq.
rp1ToR OF THE JOURNAL: l
% ln n YOUR last issue a statement
stced u 4bs copying of deeds of Waldo
plcaIng 'l recorded in the Registry of
sanF 's'l Hancock county prior to 1927;
pssdS O. ~ some seeming inadvertence
|o5 tDs N question conveys an errone-
b 'f' l.ossion in relation to the expense
d lnp ,,ls}srtaking. Instead Of the sum
De ~. date representing two of the
ri ''' ,oumes. the fact is that the
sgff. r. is las nearly as can be esti-
rb''s 's ,n..baIf done. Perhaps a few
pfsa =, information might not come
eHs v .ore Of your readers who are
b. ~ 70 be Interested.
Stl H. l760. the whole of the State of
N" .,s included in the county of
w. .t all leeds or grants of land
PR ,, the state are to be found in
Spo- -s,-, If Deeds at Alfred. These
Nv love for some years past, under
s''' .',,isjon of the Maine Historical
'''f heal printed by the State and
Ns .s,rsi 10 the several Registries of
u, t,,,rgbout the State. This work
- lone and in short time every
~. rir hNelr its archives a record
u ' tsr. transactions in the earlier
fl. uar 76o the Great and Gen
go,r, of Assembly of His Majesty's
L -..- Of Massachusetts, Bay in New
/ ,,,a erected and established two
,oirtfes % the easterly part of said
4 of York. viz: Cumberland and
[.,7 tn. EASTERN boundary of the
',,,g Of Cumberland was ''to Merry
,nr ssv and Androscoggin river;
,ssrc, IT shall run up said Andres
M, river thirty miles; and from thence
VI rye lggrees west on a true course
5e utmost northern limits of the
,r;ace This was of course the west
l. boundary Of the county of Lincoln,
[aa was otherwise bounded con the
/, nv -aa province of Nova Scotia; on
I @rtf AMI southeast by the sea or
|.sr ocean and on the north by the
rje rtl IN limits of this province.
HI arrangement continued until 1889.
[gtg be seen that for practically
wear, tta county Of Lincoln embraced
erirre ra-t of the Androscoggin and
E,1des more than ten Of the present
|mrnes Of tae State. 1t will be remem-
,att3t ABOUT two years ago the old
|rtouss at Mlscasset, containing the
N estate records Of this vast domain
|nroWi escaped destruction by fire,
Ea1 would nave been a loss to the pub
h only ntlgated by the fact that our
Eg counties Of Kennebec and Knox
sgs already had their deeds copied from
b Ln1o0 Registry in the same manner
EEsGo IS aw joing in regard to the
Eaoc ..c,rIs
h7@ the commonwealth of Massa-
nsstrs erected and established" two
EFwl0u.s u the eastern part of the
Dy Of Lincoln, viz: Hancock and
IghingoH the former of which in
ziea the present county of Hancock,
sgg. part Of Waldo, Penobscot and |
laaqls rs well as part of Knox,
Sasrsa' and Aroostook. In 1916 all
Hb Of II. Waldo Patent on the west
theYsa'bseot river, and all north of |
! peseo' romty of Hancock on the
y ea Astituted a county by the
nt t f.Fbscot. which was the last |
atgc rHe in our county lines under
a@Imt Of Massachusetts.
.p re art Of this nature passed |
f. iame N,.ame an independent State
! .'a, u 1877 establishing our own
zgo Waldo BY this act all that por-
7 d trr county of Hancock lying west |
Eae i-eobsoot river, with Islesboro
't@ Downs of Camden, Hope, Mont
AMI Palermo, and the plantations of |
EPeiod anil Montville Liberty, in the
|n'y d Lincoln, and the towns of Free
4 mN Montgomery (Troy) anc
I1lnan n he county of Kennebed, |
Incorporated county by the name
Waldo.
lF snire town Of Hancock was Penob-
Y apottlon If which was later incor-
4gl as lastine in 1896, which remain
/ vi county seat until the removal to /
ES'OHf II 1888, at which time the
/ Naads We're transferred to Wald
|a@
VIII 0e seen from the foregoing that
I'sS to 1927, period of thirty
!" years, the greater part of the pres
county Of Waldo was a portion of
S,'' since which time the public
'l' nave suffered two removals, once
SaS'lhe to Ellsworth and once across
Wy from the old courthouse to the
Oesdes being kept for nearly one
"" years IN veritable firetraps. They
INV NED IN a fire-proof (?) vault en-
"1 shelving without shutters of any
.Po'n 10 the windows, and with
\ wooden buildings opposite. That
n''e come down to the present
uea is little short of a wonder