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circa 1776

Bowman, John, fl. 1776

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Title: [Petition of inhabitants of Kennebeck River in Lincoln County]

Signed by 38 other men. Petition to the members of the Massachusetts Bay Council and the House of Representatives requesting that a port and a naval office be established upon the Kennebeck River (present day Kennebec River, Maine). States that the naval office at Boothbay is very inconvenient for trade since it is a great distance to Boothbay or Falmouth.

GLC01450.064

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