Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-05-14
Appor ti0nment Made in
The Year 1920.
Commission by Gov. POWnaI|
To Capt. Phinney Of GOThanl.
Rare Books and Documents on Elk.
hibiiion at State Library.

! A hook of much historical interest
is the Maine Register for 1920. pub
lshed in the year Maine was admitted
10 the Union. which is to be found
among the collection Of rare books
and documents now on exhibition In
"a glass case at the State House IL
hrary
| This volume contains the first APP
iportionmeht Of representatives and
senators adopted for the new STAKE
| Is apportioned three senator's The
Representative apportionment is as
| Follows: Belgrade and Dearborn, /;
lChesteryille, VienHa and Rome /;
| Wayne and Fayette, Temple and
Wilton, 4: Winslow and China, Il;
+, Fairfax and Freedom, /: Unity, JOY
land 25-Mile Pond Plantation. /:
Harlem and Malta, l; Augusta. l:
| Clinton, /; Pennington. /; Gardiner,
Fl; Greene, n; Hallowell. j Leeds. ~
Monmouth, / Mt. Vernon. l; Pittston
II; Readfieid 1; Sidney. ! vassalboro
H. Waterville. 1: Winthrop, / maxi
ling a total of %.
Several of the names in the list
need an explanation To make them IN
ltelligible TO present day readers.
Dearborn Is now included for the
most part in Smithfield. Somerset
county. Fairfax is the present town
of Albion. JOY is the old name for
Troy, now in Waldo county Twenty
Five Mile Pond Plantation has since
become the town of Durham. Waldo
county. Harlem was annexed in
1922, two years after the apportion-
ment was made to China. Malta
became Windsor in 1922. Kennebec
county then included a portion of
what is now Andrascoggin, Somerset,
Franklin and Waldo counties.
Hallowell. at the time Of this APP
portionment. was the metropolis of
the county. having a population of
206S, WinsIow was close second
with 2063, while Augusta was third
| with 1905. Waterville then had
population of 1914 and Gardiner,
l1029
Copies of the Massachusetts Regis
ter of 1893 and 1909 are also included
among fhe rare books in the case.
Among the valuable documents Is
the original commission given to
Capt Zachariah Gibson of Brown
lville by Coy. Dunlap, Aug. ?. 1884,
commissioning him as captain Of the
1st co. of Artillery in the I'd Brigade.
9Th Division, Maine Militia. The
lsignature Of A. r. Thompson of
brunswick appears as adjntant gem
leral.
! An autograph letter by w. .. VIII
| Hanson. author of a history of Maine,
| written in 1924 is also included among
the valuable documents, while car
toon Of the Northeastern Boundary
dispute, drawn during the Aroostool
War of 1889 is of considerable his
torical interest.
The Oldest document among those
ION exhibition is the commission
granted by Gov. Thomas Pownall Of
Massachusetts to Capt. John Phnpey
of Gorham as captain of the Military
Foot Co. in Gorhan, I'd Regt., in the
county of York. 1858. !.
| An original letter written by Gen.
Henry Dearborn IN 1913 is to be seen.
lying near Gov Lincoln's autograph
lcopy Of the debates in the Conven-
ton of 1919 Sullivan's District OF
| Maine. with a map showing the origi-
inal townships and grants, reposes be.
iside an autograph letter by the au-
ither.
i The document OF the most human
Interest of any in the lot is a letter
lby Hon. William Pitt Fessenden to
ibis son. James d. Fessenden, then in
4 Rowdoin College, written Oct. %.
l1S4s. After telling his son that he
thas heard good reports of his schol-
larship he writes Keep Your hands
lclean and your heart pure
| The James d. ICessenden to whom
1.-THE letter was written was born in
! Portland, Sept. IS. 1898. praeticed
fiaw in Portland. was captain in the
"a United States volunteers in 1861.
brevet major general in 1855. and
died, Nov. Is. 1882.