Bowman, John, fl. 1776 [Petition of inhabitants of Kennebeck River in Lincoln County]
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01450.064 Author/Creator: Bowman, John, fl. 1776 Place Written: Maine Type: Document Date: circa 1776 Pagination: 2 p. : Height: 30.5 cm, Width: 18 cm Order a Copy
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.
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