A Discourse Delivered Before the Maine Historical Society volume 2
A Discourse Delivered Before the Maine Historical Society volume 2
George Folsom
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Such is the jjrevailing impression as to tlie origin of the name finally given by Gorges to his province, but unfortunately for its accuracy, the pro- vince of Maine in France did not appertain to Queen Henrietta Maria, but to the crown ; nor is it discoverjible that she possessed any interest in that province. Tlie biography of this queen recently published by Miss Strickland, is a work of intense interest, and apparently drawn from original and authentic sources. DISCOURSE. 59 Commissioners, ...at the head of whom he first placed Sir Thomas Josselyn, but that gentleman not coming over, he substituted in his place his truly and well be- loved cousin, Thomas Gorges, Esq. , who arrived at Boston in the summer of 1640. Governor Winthrop speaks of him as " a young gentleman of the Inns of Court ; * * * sober and well disposed ; he staid a few days at Boston, and was very careful to take advice of our magistrates how to manage his affairs. " He took up his residence at Agamenticus, which was now incorporated into a city, by the name of Gorge- ana, with a mayor and recorder, and seven aldermen.
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