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Introduction

This article is linked to Source:Maine Historical Magazine (Porter, Joseph W) and contains further information and links to individual volumes of this publication. Contents of volumes 4-6 and 7-9 can be found in the articles Contents of the Maine Historical Magazine (1885-1894) Part 2 and Contents of the Maine Historical Magazine (1885-1894) Part 3 respectively.

Joseph W Porter published this magazine from 1885 to 1894. Vol 1 - 6 were titled the Bangor Historical Magazine; volumes 7-9 were titled the Maine Historical Magazine. Each volume in the table of contents is linked to an available online edition of the volume (at Google Books). Note that there is a gap in publication from July-Dec of 1892, when the publication shifted to a January-December annual cycle.

Contents

Vol 1 (July 1885-June 1886)

Vol 1, No 1 (July 1885)

• East Maine Conference Seminary: 1
• Early Settlement of Bangor: 2
• The Municipal History of Bangor: 4
• Post Office, Bangor, Maine: 8
• The Carr Family: 9
• Early Post Offices in Eastern Maine: 12
• The Billings Family: 13
• Copy of a Petition of the Inhabitants of New Worcester: 14
• Sketch Relating to the Bangor House: 16
• Miscellany: 16

Vol 1, No 2 (August 1885)

• Early History of Orrington and Brewer: 17
• The Wholesale Boot and Shoe Trade: 21
• A Register of the Names of the Members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, in Orrington Circuit, AD 1819: 22
• Holyoke Family: 27
• Ancient Land Grants East of Penobscot River: 29
• Publishments (Orrington, Me): 32

Vol 1, No 3 (Sep 1885)

• Ancient Land Grants East of Penobscot River: 33
• Marriages on Bangor Records: 39
• Oliver Leonard: 41
• General David Cobb: 43
• An Open Letter to the Proprietors of the Boston Journal: 45
• Deposition of Paul Revere: 46
• Deaths from Grave-Stones in Castine Cemetery: 47
• Bangor: 48
• Book Notices: 48

Vol 1, No 4 (Oct 1885)

• A Sketch of No. 10, Now Edmunds, Washington County, Maine: 49
• Alexander Campbell: 52
• James Campbell: 53
• Settlement of Orland: 54
• Marriages by Col. Jona. Eddy of Eddington: 56
• Castine and Penobscot Names, Etc.: 57
• A Porter Family: 59
• William Surname:Elwell: 61
• Relating to Bangor: 62
• Deposition of John Phillips (1688) 1748 [regarding John Parker of Arrowsic]: 63
• Col Shead, first postmaster at Eastport: 63
• The British in the War of 1812: 64
• Ancient Deeds of Land at Damariscotta and Sheepscot: 64

Vol 1, No 5 (Nov 1885)

• A History of Bucksport up to 1857: 65
• Talbot Family - Stoughton, Mass., East Machias, Me (includes Peter Talbot ancestors and descendants): 73
• Alexander Campbell: 79
• John Crosby of Hampden: 81
• Marriages in Bangor, 1811 to 1818, by Rev. Harvey Loomis: 83
• Ancient Deeds at Sheepscot, Muscongus and Bath: 84
• Queries (Weston family): 84

Vol 1, No. 6 (Dec 1885)

• A History of Bucksport up to 1857 [cont. from p.72]: 85
• Notes of Lincoln, Maine: 89
• Pendleton Family - Stonington Conn., Searsport and Islesboro, Me (descendants of Peleg Pendleton): 92
• A List of Families in Bluehill, Me, 1807: 93
• The Loyalists at Penobscot: 97
• Hon. Job Nelson of Castine: 101
• Marriages by Colonel Gabriel Johonnot of Castine: 102
• The First Register of Probate for Hancock County (Col. Jonathan Eddy): 102

Vol 1, No. 7 (Jan 1886)

• A History of Bucksport up to 1857 [cont. from p.89]: 103
• Orrington, Maine Marriages: 108
• Deacon William Boyd of Bangor: 113
• Early Settlers of Eastport: 115
• Inscriptions on a Monument in Eastport Cemetery - Nickels, Shaw: 118
• Capt. John Shackford of Eastport: 118

Vol 1, No. 8 (Feb 1886)

• The First Settlers in Bangor and Their Lots: 119
• Hon. William D Williamson of Bangor, Me.: 124
• John Parker of Parker's Island, Kennebec: 126
• Col. John Brewer of Brewer and Family: 131
• Col Jonathan Buck of Bucksport: 133
• Colonel John Brewer of Brewer: 134
• Marriages in Orrington, Maine which included Brewer, 1790-1810 [cont. from p. 112]: 135
• The Town of Columbia Falls: 136
• Copeland Family, Holden, Me: 137
• Incorporation of Orrington, March 21, 1788: 138

Vol 1, No. 9 (Mar 1886)

• The First Congregational Church and Ministers on the Penobscot River: 139
• Dr. William Crawford of Fort Pownal now Fort Point, Penobscot Bay: 144
• Sullivan, Maine: 146
• Sketches of Bluehill from the Journal of Rev. Jonathan Fisher, Minister of the Church in Bluehill from 1796 to 1837: 148
• Brooks Family, Orrington: 154
• Marriages on Bangor Records by Rev. Harvey Loomis: 158
• Obituary, Quincy Reed: 158

Vol 1, No. 10 (Apr 1886)

• Bean Family (See John Bean: 159
• Representatives to the General Court of Massachusetts from Penobscot County: 164
• Benjamin Foster of Machias: 166
• Long Island - Islesboro: 167
• Town of Islesborough Incorporated January 28, 1789: 172
• Pleasant River Addison, Me.: 173
• Land Grants in Eastport and Lubec to Original Settlers: 173
• Patriotism of the Inhabitants of Bagaduce (Castine) 1775: 175
• Publishments in Orrington which then Included Brewer, 1787 to 1812: 176
• Lewis F Delesdernier: 177
• Jethro Delano Att'y for Plff (possibly this Jethro Delano?): 178
• Grand Manan: 178

Vol 1, No. 11 (May 1886)

• Mount Desert Island: 179
• The Maine Central Railroad Company and its System: 192
• Deer Island Papers - Petition of Inhabitants, 1762: 195
• Publishments on Bangor Records: 198
• Surveyor of Eastern Lands: 198

Vol 1, No. 12 (June 1886)

• An Account of the Peters Family (descendants of Andrew Peters: 199
• Early Settlements on Penobscot River, Now Orono, Milford, Argyle, Bradley: 206
• Hammond Family of Newton Mass and Bangor, Maine: 211
• Islands in Eastern Penobscot Bay: 213
• Hon. Stephen Peabody of Bucksport: 214
• A Letter from Mrs. Abigail Adams: 215
• A Letter from General David Cobb to John Peters: 216
• Town of Goldsborough Incorporated February 16, 1789: 216
• Town of Sullivan Incorporated February 16, 1789: 217
• Islands in Frenchman's Bay: 217
• Islands in Blue Hill Bay: 217
• Additions and Corrections to Vol 1: 218

Vol 2 (July 1886 - June 1887)

Vol 2, No. 1 (July 1886)

• Memoir of Major General John Blake of Brewer and His Descendants: 1
  • Note: John Blake is said to be a descendant of William Blake. He served in the Revolutionary War.
• George Blake of Holden: 11
  • Note: George, James, Charles, and Elias are John Blake's sons, thus also descendants of William Blake.
• Samuel W Hayes: 11
• James Blake of Corinth: 12
• Charles Blake of Holden: 13
• Elias Blake of Holden: 15
• Christopher C Blake of Charles Blake: 15
• Genealogical Notes on the Blake Family: 16
• Letter from Job. Pendleton of Isleboro to the General Court of Massachusetts: 19
• Settlers who had Lots in Addison, 1794: 20
• A Severe Snow Storm, 1793: 20
• Buck Family of Bucksport: 21

Vol 2, No. 2 (Aug 1886)

• Town of Hampden - No 1, First Range North of Waldo Patent: 25
• General John Cooper, the First Sheriff of Washington County, Me.: 33
  • Note: Gen. John Cooper is a descendant of William Cooper and Judith Sewall.
• Genealogy of General John Cooper: 40
  • Note: Includes genealogy notes regarding Gen. Cooper's wife, a descendant of Thomas Savage & Faith Hutchinson.
• Deposition of Jeremiah Colburn Relating to Marsh's Island, Orono: 41
• Col. Josiah Brewer, Jr.: 42
• History of Mount Desert: 42
• Dr. John Herbert: 43
• Deacon George W Brown of Bangor: 43
• Machias Inscriptions Copied from Gravestones in Old Burying Ground Back of Town House: 44

Vol 2, No. 3 (Sep 1886)

• Castine, October 1, 1815: 45
• Town of Cambden Incorporated February 17, 1791: 51
• Town of Passadumkeag - Census of the Town when Incorporated, 1835, with the Date of Birth of the Inhabitants: 52
• Col. Gabriel Johonnot (a son of Zachariah Johonnot & Elizabeth Quincy): 55
• Francis Le Baron Goodwin: 56
• List of Persons Taken Captive in Maine During the French and Indian War from 1754 to 1758, by the Indians: 58
• Saint George's Islands: 60
• Publishments in Bangor: 61
• Marriages on Bangor Records: 63
• The First Steamboat on Penobscot Bay and River [1824]: 64

Vol 2, No. 4 (Oct 1886)

• Land Grants in Orrington, which includes Brewer and Holden: 65
• Captain Ebenezer Buck of Bucksport: 69
• Rev. Samuel Veazie and Family of Duxbury and Hull, Mass and Harpswell: 70
• Captain Daniel Sullivan of Sullivan: 75
• Jonathan Darling Jr.'s Journal: 76
• Marriages in Bangor: 79
• Inscriptions from the Old Buck Burying Ground, Bucksport: 80
• The De Gregoire Grant of Mount Desert Island and What is now Ellsworth, Hancock, Trenton and Lamoine: 81
• Intentions of Marriage on Thomaston Records: 83
• Deposition in the Time of the Revolutionary War - Deer Isle: 84

Vol 2, No. 5 (Nov 1886)

• Major Robert Treat of Bangor: 85
• Thomas Goldthwait: 87
• Machias Inscriptions - New Cemetery: 89
• Treaty with the Passamaquoddy Indians, 1794: 91
• Treaty Made by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts with the Penobscot Tribe of Indians, June 29, 1818: 93
• Treaty Made with the Penobscot Tribe of Indians, August 17, 1820: 95
• Treaty Made with the Penobscot Tribe of Indians, August 17, 1820: 96
• Report of Commissioners Appointed to Purchase the Lands Belonging to the Penobscot Tribe of Indians, 1833: 98
• Bond Given by the Commissioners to the Penobscot Tribe of Indians, June 1833: 99
• Reminiscences of Penobscot River: 100
• Marriages Solemnized in Belfast, 1799 to 1809 by James Nesmith, Jux Pacis: 102
• Petition of Inhabitants of Deer Isle and Sedgwick, for Aid in 1775: 103
• Major Robert Treat [cont. from p. 86]: 104

Vol 2, No. 6 (Dec 1886)

• Simon Crosby and Family: 105
• The Congregational Church, Bluehill: 113
• General George Ulmer: 117
• Town of Penobscot, Incorporated February 23, 1787: 118
• Benjamin Bowers of Lowell: 119
• Town of Frankfort, Incorporated June 25, 1789: 119
• Petition of the Inhabitants of Sebascodogin, in the District of Harpswell: 120
• Hewes Family of Islesboro: 120
• The Place:Aroostook, Maine, United States Aroostoook War and the Volunteer Troops Therein: 121

Vol 2, No. 7 (Jan 1887)

• Colonel Paul Dudley Sargent of Sullivan Maine and Family: 125
• Town of Machias, Incorporated June 23, 1784: 132
• Levi Carter's Receipt from John Blake: 132
• Hon. John Godfrey of Bangor: 133
• Ancient Norumbega: 134
• Brastow Family [of] Wrentham, Mass., Orrington and Brewer: 135
• The First Marriage on Penobscot River: 137
• Deaths in Bangor: 138
• Letter from Edward Winslow of New Brunswick, 1797: 140
  • Note:Edward Winslow is a descendant of the Governor of the same name, and a Loyalist who moved to New Brunswick at the time of the Revolutionary War.
• Roger Buck: 142
  • Note: Roger Buck is a son of William Buck, and immigrated to New England in 1635
• Crosby Note: 143
• Rev. Benjamin Huntoon: 144
• Letter from Gen. W H Sumner (to Gen. John Blake): 144
• Frees Family of Orono: 144

Vol 2, No. 8 (Feb 1887)

• The State House, Augusta: 145
• Inscriptions from Monuments and Gravestones in Eastport Cemetery: 150
• Doctor and Deacon Elisha Skinner of Orrington, Now Brewer: 156
• Letter from Charles Hammond Concerning a Privateer - 1813 (to General Blake: 157
• Petition from Inhabitants of Muscongus and Medumcook 1767 to the General Court: 158
• Samuel Thomas of North Fox Islands, now North Haven: 158
• Licensed Inn Holders in Ellsworth, 1812: 158
• List of Settlers in Certain Plantations in Waldo County in 1804 as reported by Robert Houston of Belfast to General Henry Knox: 159
• Col and Dr. Phineas Nevers, the Second Physician in Bangor: 161
• Cabel C Billings of Bangor: 164

Vol 2, No. 9 (Mar 1887)

• Address of Chief Justice John A Peters at the Dedication of the Hancock County Court House, Apr 13 1886: 165
• Hancock County Lawyers: 173
• Joseph Junin of Bangor, 1790: 176
• Temperance Hatch of Bowdoinham: 179
• Ebenezer Bragdon of Sullivan, Me: 179
• Deaths in Bangor from Town and Other Records: 180
• British Raid on Naskeag (Brooklin) In 1778: 183
• Town of Prospect Incorporated February 24, 1794: 184

Vol 2, No. 10 (Apr 1887)

• Journal of a Voyage to the Island of Mount Desart [sic, read Mount Desert], 1762, by Sir Francis Bernard, Governor of the Province of Massachusetts Bay: 185
• Benedict Arnold on the Eastern Frontier: 188
• Town of Vinalhaven Incorporated June 25, 1789: 190
• Doctor Hosea Rich of Bangor: 191
• Hamlin Family (the family of Vice-President Hannibal Hamlin of Maine: 192
• Patriotism: 194
• Marriages in Belfast from 1774 to 1814 Inclusive: 195
• Novel Marriage Procedure in 1772 [from Friendship Town Records]: 202
• Letter from the Committee of Safety in Penobscot, 1814: 203
• Col John Allan of Passamaquoddy: 204
• Taxation for Faculty (in Saco): 204
• Genealogy [quote by William Stoughton, 1668]: 204

Vol 2, No. 11 (May 1887)

• The Voyage of Captain George Waymouth [sic, read Weymouth] to the Coast of Maine in 1605: 205
• Petitions to the General Court of Mass. 1789 from what was incorporated into the Town of Prospect, Feb 24, 1794: 209
• Petitions relating to the Incorporation of Brewer, 1811-12: 211
• Incorporation of Brewer, Feb 22, 1812: 213
• Diary of Hon. Francis Carr of Bangor, Member of Congress 1812-13: 214
• Petition from Inhabitants of Long Island: 216
• Deaths in Bangor: 217
• Petition of the Inhabitants of [[Mount Desart [sic, read Mount Desert], 1768: 218
• The Town of Buckstown, Bucksport, incorporated June 27, 1792: 219
• Fourth of July in Bangor, 1805: 219
• Hon. Samuel Thatcher and Family of Warren and Bangor: 220
• French Settlements in Maine 1688: 221
• Corrections and Additions: 222
• Bangor Historical Society: 223
• Book Notices: 224
• Brown Family, Concord, Mass - Bangor, Me.: 224
  • Note: discusses descendants of Molly Howe, who married Reuben Brown.

Vol 2, No. 12 (Jun 1887)

• The First European Settlement in New England (St. Croix Island): 225
• The Voyage of Samuel De Champlain on the Coast of Maine, from the Saint Croix to the Penobscot in the Month of September, 1604: 229
• Honorable Isaac Parker of Castine, Penobscot: 234
• Inscriptions from Grave Stones in Old Burying Ground in Wiscasset, Me: 235
• Letter from Silas Lee of Wiscasset, M.C. from Maine, 1797-1800: 237
• Rev. William Mason of Castine: 238
• The Incorporation of Towns in Penobscot County: 239
• Penobscot County: 241
• Petition of John Brewer of Orrington, 1792: 242
• Deaths in Bangor [cont. from p. 218]: 243

Vol 3 (July 1887 - Jun 1888)

Vol 3, No. 1 (July 1887)

• Isle Haute Papers: 1
• Buck's Harbor Settlement, now in Machias Port: 5
• Samuel Hadlock, Senior, of Mount Desert: 7
• Rev. John Strickland and Family of Turner and Andover, Maine: 8
• Was Talleyrand Born in Mount Desert?: 11
• Lieut. Governor Robbins, the Founder of Robbinston, Maine: 13
• An Account of Houlton, Me: 14
• Inscriptions from the Old Pemaquid Fort Burying Ground: 15
• Hon. Ignatius Sargent, of Machias: 16
• Deaths in Bangor [cont. from Vol 2 p. 243]: 17
• The Town of Blue Hill Incorporated Jan. 30, 1789: 18
• Inscriptions from Head-Stones in Cemetery at Bar Harbor: 19
• The County of Washington: 20
• The County of Hancock: 20
• Historical Items [Thomas Gookins; Thomas Salter; William Nickels]: 20

Vol 3, No. 2 (Aug 1887)

• Burnt Coat or Swan's Island and other Islands Contiguous Thereto: 21
• Inscriptions from Grave Stones in Lowell Burying Ground, Wiscasset: 26
• British Officers on the Penobscot in 1814: 27
• Joshua Hathaway of Passadumkeag: 28
  • Note: An apparent descendant of John Hathaway
• Samuel Webb and Family of Weymouth, Mass, Windham and Deer Isle: 29
• The Name of Castine from Gov. Sullivan's History of the Penobscot Indians, 1804: 35
• Capt. Daniel Sullivan of Sullivan: 36
• Inscriptions from Grave-Stones in the Old Burying Ground at Ellsworth: 38
• Captain Daniel Sullivan of Sullivan - His Company, 1777: 39
• Description of No. 2 First Range North of Waldo Patent now Newburg: 40
• Inscriptions from Grave-Stones in Belfast Cemetery: 40

Vol 3, No. 3 (Sep 1887)

• Arrowsic Island: 41
• Petition from Frankfort, 1790: 44
• Revolutionary Soldiers in Penobscot County who probably died here, with date of death: 45
• Mount Hope Cemetery, Bangor: 49
• Early Settlement at East Machias: 49
• Deaths in Bucksport from Gravestones in the Cemetery: 50
• Arrest and Trial of Joseph Inman of Orono for Murder in 1801: 54
  • Note: Possibly Jospeh Steven Inman.
• Jones Family of Holden, Me: 57
• Evidences of the Stone Age at Deer Isle: 58
• Deaths and Burials in Cherryfield copied from gravestones: 59
• Rate Bill for the Plantation called Eddington on Penobscot River for the Year 1791: 60

Vol 3, No 4 (Oct 1887)

• The Trial of Ebenezer Ball at Castine, 1811: 61
• Historical Items [Jona. Byard; Nath. Allen; Matthew Patten]: 65
• Oliver Doane of Orrington, Me: 65
• Rev. Seth Noble, the First Minister of Bangor: 66
• Fine for Swearing [1805]: 69
• Early Deeds on Union River, now Ellsworth, unrecorded: 70
• Nathan Dow of Deer Isle: 71
• A Surveying Trip to Schoodic and the Passamaquoddy Country in 1784 by General Rufus Putnam and Capt. Park Holland: 72
• Ancient Pentagoet - Pentacost and Weymouth's River of 1604: 74
• Lieut. Governor Edward H Robbins: 75
• Winchester Family of Holden, Maine: 76
• Petition from Inhabitants of Baggaduce to the General Court, June 3 (Jan) 1785 Penobscot and Castine from Mass. Archives: 77
• The Town of Bradley, Maine: 79
• Marriages in Eastport, being the First on the Town Records: 80

Vol 3, No. 5 (Nov 1887)

• Letter from William Bollan, Agent of the Province of Massachusetts Bay in England, 1762 (regarding Mount Desert Island): 81
• Jacob Savage and Family: 83
• Park Holland and Family: 84
• Gen. John Blake's Affidavit Relating to Park Holland and Dr. Elisha Skinner: 86
• Capt. Charles Burr of Brewer: 87
• Capt. James Budge of Bangor: 88
• The First Light House in New England and Perhaps in the United States: 89
• Letter from Islesboro [regarding George W Dodge]: 89
• Early Deeds on Union River, now Ellsworth: 90
• Phineas Bruce, the First Lawyer in Washington County 1790: 91
• Early Deeds on Washington County Records: 91
• Inscriptions from Grave Stones at Passadumkeag, Maine, with Additions: 92
• Intentions of Marriage on Bangor Records: 93
• Names and Items from the Books of Col. Meletiah Jordan at Union River, now Ellsworth, 1776-1793: 94
• Early Families who Settled in Eastport (Tuttle, Shackford, Maybee, Eaton, Leighton, Todd, Bernard): 95
• Monson, Maine: 97
• Deed, Benjamin Milliken to Isaac Lord, 1708, Union River: 98
• Marriages in Eastport, Me [cont. from No. 4, p. 80]: 99
• Eastern Registry of Deeds for Lincoln County at Machias, Me.: 99
• Bangor Arsenal: 100
• Population of Towns in Hancock County according to the First U S Census, 1790: 100

Vol 3, No. 6 (Dec 1887)

• The First Congregational Church and Society in Bangor, Me.: 101
• Petition from Inhabitants of Magabagwaduce, now Penobscot and Castine, to Governor Francis Bernard, 1763: 104
• Smuggling in Maine in 1813: 105
• Soldiers at Wiscasset and Vicinity, 1757: 109
• The Penobscot Bank at Buckstown: 110
• Marriages in Belfast, 1814-1830, Inclusive [cont. from Vol 2, p. 202]: 111
• Hathorn Family of Bangor: 116
  • Note that this family (of Marlborough, Mass.) is said to be related to the Salem Hawthornes
• Petition from What is now Jonesport, 1807: 118
• Letter from General Knox to General David Cobb of Gouldsborough, 1796: 119
• Silas Lee of Wiscasset, Maine: 119
• Buildings at Majorbigwaduce, now Castine, in 1784: 120
• Fine and Punishment for Profane Swearing [1842]: 120

Vol 3, No. 7 (Jan 1888)

• Pownalborough and Lincoln County: 121
• An Account of the First Settlement of What is now Ellsworth- Union River: 125
• Petition from Plantation No. 7 on Union River now Ellsworth, for Incorporation, 1798: 127
• Hon. Allen Gilman, First Mayor of Bangor: 128
• First Methodist Society in Bangor: 129
• Marriages in Belfast, 1814-1830, Inclusive [cont. from Vol 3, p. 116]: 130
• Jacob Bussell, the First White Settler in Bangor, 1769: 136
• A List of the Incorporated Colleges and Academies in Maine prior to 1836: 137
• Representatives to General Court from what is now Hancock County, Prior to 1820: 138
• William Boyd of Bangor vs. Dr. Oliver Mann and Hudson Bishop of Castine, 1792: 139
• Daniel P Upton of Eastport, 1800: 139
• Warren Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of East Machias, 1778: 140
• Protest against a new Shire Town in Hancock County, 1800: 140

Vol 3, No. 8 (Feb 1888)

• The Island of Monhegan: 141
• An Account of the First Congregational Church and Parish in the Town of Penobscot, Maine: 145
• Expenditures by the State of Maine: 1820-1834, for Postage, Stationery, State Prison, Militia and Printing: 149
• Petition from Frankfort, Me., 1807, for Military Company: 150
• Col. Samuel Dutton and Family and Samuel E Dutton and Family: 151
• Deaths in Harrington, Maine copied from Grave Stones: 152
• Admissions to Congregational Church in Brewer: 153
• Representatives to General Court prior to 1820 from what is now Waldo County: 155
• Early Settlers in Eastern Maine and N. B. [New Brunswick]: 155
• Warrant for Town Meeting at Machias to Choose a Register of Deeds in 1785: 156
• Deaths in Columbia Falls, Me. copied from Grave Stones: 156
• Estates Administered Upon in Hancock County Prior to 1800: 157
• Petition from Blue Hill to his Excellency Caleb Strong, Esquire: 158
• List of Letters Remaining in the Post Office at Castine, April 22, 1802: 159
• Islands in Blue Hill Bay: 159
• Petition for Taking Toll on Kenduskeag Bridge, 1802 [in Bangor]: 160
• Oliver Homes [See earlier story on "Arrest and Trial of Joseph Inman"]: 160

Vol 3, No. 9 (Mar 1888)

• The First Naval Battle of the Revolution at Machias, Maine, June 11, 1775: 161
• Smuggling on the Penobscot, 1814 [in Hampden, Me.]: 167
• Orono in the War of 1812: 168
• Residences of Early Settlers and Prominent Citizens of Bangor: 169
• An Incident of the War of 1812 [the Sloop Harvard and Capt. Lewis Elwell]: 174
• A Nova Scotia University Founded from Duties Levied at Castine, 1814-15: 175
• Intentions of Marriage Recorded in the Records of the Town of Orono from 1806 to 1817: 177
• Marriages from Justice Book of Caleb B Hall Esq., Buckstown: 178
• Act of Incorporation of Eastport, 1798: 179
• Historical Items and Corrections [Dr Hosea Rich; James Boyzell; War of 1812]: 180

Vol 3, No. 10 (Apr 1888)

• Capt. Thomas Campbell and Family of Orrington (Brewer) and Collateral Families of Bradley, Wilkins, Bridgham and Bean: 181
• Hon. Simeon Stetson of Hampden: 184
• Chief Justice Isaac Parker: 186
• Petition for a New County in Maine, 1752 [[[Place:Lincoln, Maine, United States|Lincoln County]]]: 187
• Sketches of the Representatives to the Court of Massachusetts from Blue Hill, Me, Prior to 1820: 191
• Intentions of Marriage on Bangor Records [cont. from Vol 2 p 63]: 194
• Inscriptions from Grave Stones in the Old Cemetery at Lubec: 196
• Doctor Kendall Kitteredge of Mount Desert and his Family: 198
• Captain John Harlow of Bangor and Family: 199
• The Wooden Columns in the State House at Boston: 200
• Letter from Eastport, 1814: 200

Vol 3, No. 11 (May 1888)

• Smuggling in Maine During the War of 1812: 201
• General John Balkam of Robbinston, Me: 203
• Presbyterianism in Maine Prior to 1780: 205
• Division of Islands Owned by Maine and Massachusetts, 1822: 207
• Rev. James Lyon of Machias: 209
• A Political Letter of 1813: 211
• Resolve of the General Court on the Petition of John Bernard Relating to Mount Desert, 1783: 212
• The Streets of Bangor: 213
• Letter from Castine Relating to its History, 1814 and Prior: 216
• John Dickinson of Machias: 219
• Unrecorded Deeds of Land in Ellsworth: 219
• Maddox Family Record: 220
• Representatives to the General Court of Mass. from Washington County prior to 1820: 220

Vol 3, No. 12 (June 1888)

• Morris O'Brien and Family of Scarborough and Machias: 221
• Lawyers Admitted to Practice in Courts of Penobscot County: 228
• Letter from Hon Stephen Jones of Machias to Gen Rufus Putnam of Marietta, Ohio: 230
• Early Settlements on Penobscot River: 231
• Names of Persons Found on the Account Book of Donald Ross at Union River, now Ellsworth, 1793: 232
• Residences of Early Settlers and Prominent Citizens of Bangor [cont. from p. 174]: 233
• John Bennock and Family of Orono, Maine: 236
• Deaths in Bangor [cont. from p. 18]: 238

Note

Contents of volumes 4, 5 and 6 can be found at Contents of the Maine Historical Magazine (1885-1894) Part 2. Contents of volumes 7, 8 and 9 can be found at Contents of the Maine Historical Magazine (1885-1894) Part 3.