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WILLIAM KING Portrait by Gilbert Stuart. Courtesy of State of Maine. Maine Becomes a State
THE MOVEME T TO EP ARA TE MAI E FROM MA ACHU ETT 1785- 1820
By
RONALD F. B ANKS
Published for the Maine Historical Society by Wesleyan University Press
Middletown, Connectiettt Copyright © 1970 by Ronald F. Banks
isbn: 0-8195-4028-5 Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 74-120262 Manufactured in the United States of America
FIRST EDITION This volume is dedicated to the University of Maine and to those whose untiring efforts for over one hundred years have made it a center of enlightenment for thousands of Maine people Contents
Introduction ix
Acknowledgments xv
Chapter I Background and Beginnings of 3 the Separation Movement
ii The Moderates Revive Separation 26 1791-1797
iii The Separation Movement Gains New Leadership 41
iv The War of 1812: Watershed of the 57 Separation Movement
v The Revitalization of the Movement and the 67 May Election of 1816
vi The September Election and the Brunswick 91 Convention of 1816
vii Victory at Last 116
viii The Maine Constitutional Convention of 1819 150
ix The Missouri Compromise: “The Mother Has Twins” 184
x Summary 205 VIII MAINE BECOMES A STATE
Appendix I Report of the First Separation Convention 208 Held in Falmouth, October 5, 1785
ii Report of the Second Separation Convention 209 Held in Falmouth, January 4 and 5, 1786
iii Proceedings of the Third Convention, Held at 212 Portland, September 6, 1786
iv Proceedings of Two Conventions on the Subject 215 of Separation in 1793 and 1794 v Tabulation of Votes for Six Separation Elections 222 in the District of Maine between 1792 and 1819
vi Petition Addressed to the General Court in Jan 233 uary 1803 from a Town in the District of Maine
vii Circular Letter and Subscription List Distributed 235 in the Summer of 1815 on Behalf of the Union Society of Maine
viii Act of Separation Enacted By The Massa- 237 chusetts General Court, June, 1816 ix Report of the Committee to Examine Election 245 Returns, Accepted by a Majority of Delegates Attending the Brunswick Convention, October, 1816 x “Memorial” Which Accompanied the Report of the 250 Committee to Examine Returns of the Brunswick Convention, Submitted to the General Court in December, 1816 xi Minority Report of the Brunswick Convention of 255 1816 Protesting The Report Of The Committee To Examine Returns
xiii Address to the People of Maine in Answer to the 259 Protest of the Minority of the Brunswick Convention to the Report of the Committee to Examine Returns
xiii Report of the Committee of Both Houses of the 264 General Court to Whom Were Referred the Memorials and Documents Presented to the Legislature Concerning the Separation of Maine 2.2.2. MAINE BECOMES A STATE
1819
for
F.A. 1819 50-49 23-109 95-16 24-36 50-78 21-117 39-54 20-122 62-106 365-11 174-1 100-29 1819. Massachusetts
5,
Returns
from
45. Separation
August 1 a 1816
No. 6-179 F.A. Separation 1816
16-106 19-69 94-1 29-128 54-77 43-88 71-50 71-15
’ ’ 162-6 244-26 September Against For 1819
Register,
1816, = =
A F September
Elections
and for Bangor
Maine, 4-107
F.A.
1816 May 89-3 13-50 14-63 58-8 21-41 10-41 23-63 35-17 30-18 111-13 210-15 1819;
returns
1792 17,
10, Brunswick,
3, in c a a plantation
1-89 3-128 2-69 4-61 0-208 6-56 F.A. 0-140 0-132
Separation 1807 Archives; 52-27 a
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Maine by
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not
of 1816
Votes
Occupied Town Portland May c c c c
Convention
of 1-64 3-41 3-107 2-13 0-103 6-33 0-134 F.A. 1792 = = 46-3
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1807,
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received
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Town Documents, Return No
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Lyman = Buxton Hollis Kittery Lebanon Limerick = Biddeford Berwick E Alfred Arundel Cornish
Portland b a
1.
: YORK from Legislative key County Appendices 2 2 3 6-9 F.A. 1819 17-5 53-9 36-13 37-1 91-4 57-0 78-70 40-20 94-11 60-80 35-110 35-70 61-32 97-69 49-408 150-7 119-11 117-24 150-136 118-34 163-90 325-16 100-135 9-15 F.A. 1816 16-9 16-0 65-76 19-94 89-31 68-5 35-18 48-33 81-77 51-48 79-14 48-131 43-14 83-39 47-374 40-18 119-14 110-18 118-56 115-102 141-81 105-113 215-16 September c a a F.A. 1816 May 15-60 59-42 35-27 45-17 32-13 91-50 29-70 47-50 40-50 21-23 60-9 40-19 37-8 27-151 70-23 40-19 114-4 111-11 126-36 220-7 100-16 c a a a c c a a c 3-60 3-107 1-99 7-17 4-151 8-320 F.A. 0-14 1807 39-32 22-60 21-0 36-0 78-29 40-17 43-0 41-0 a c c a c c c c a c c 4-4 1-62 6-44 F.A. 3-79 8-23 1797 30-0 13-2 15-115 12-3 56-7 51-1 20-4 26-9 c c a c c c c c c c c c c c 0-21 2-102 1-140 F.A. 6-124 0-46 1792 24-25 18-36 14-1 38-17 64-1 d) ’ Town Andover
Berwick
(cont
Limington Newfield Parsonfield Sanford Shapleigh Saco So. Waterborough York Wells Albany Bethel Brownfield Buckfield Hartford Hebron Hiram Gilead Dixfield East Fryburgh Greenwood Denmark Jay york OXFORD County 12-4 MAINE BECOMES A STATE F.A. 1819 13-36 12-0 45-1 48-0 52-2 67-56 73-38 40-0 55-0 11-0 42-52 53-23 90-34 79-17 45-71 131-25 171-40 136-15 222-89 135-35 103-107 183-95 7-38 F.A. 7-0 1816 6-0 41-0 37-8 59-18 71-102 68-31 20-7 75-65 31-85 35-0 40-2 40-36 77-53 93-144 55-92 80-44 74-160 124-20 157-59 127-180 107-60 September a c c a F.A. 0-34 1816 May 35-85 57-22 46-0 11-7 54-22 23-0 32-70 55-45 55-26 21-19 61-90 59-107 83-111 45-54 163-8 129-55 154-9 108-50 c a c c c c a a F.A. 1-27 8-14 1-80 2-72 8-123 1807 6-113 0-35 0-209 83-53 11-17 10-70 38-43 57-5 66-31 24-158 c c c a c c a c c c c c a a a F.A. 1797 9-104 22-0 20-17 10-0 19-2 26-4 22-10 34-21 C c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c F.A. 1792 0-85 21-8 16-61 11-20 22-21 84-20 75-16
#4)
Gore
s (Holmans- Plantation) ’
Town (Plant. Elizabeth
(cont'd)
town
Livermore Mexico Lovell Newry Norway Paris Porter Rumford Howard Waterford Woodstock Weld Bridgton Summer Sweden Turner Baldwin Brunswick Durham Falmouth Freeport Gorham Cape oxford CUMBERLAND County Gray 24-12 15-21 5-103 101-28 120-33 126-22 Harpswell 20-36 a 0-82 6-65 2-87 32-55 Harrison c c 7-28 21-4 23-15 40-2 Minot c c a 89-108 89-159 100-95 New Gloucester 94-5 50-2 a 88-85 139-106 150-65 North Yarmouth 36-92 98-35 0-295 48-316 71-323 178-194 Otisfield c 32-0 0-47 4-80 12-95 27-42 Danville (Pejebscot) 16-0 a 0-52 8-22 27-40 52-34 Poland (Bakerstown) 26-7 35-5 a 118-13 110-21 141-5 Portland 86-50 38-70 a 533-140 475-201 637-188 Pownal c c a 42-34 64-74 55-39 Raymond c c a 56-6 49-20 77-0 Scarborough 4-96 2-87 0-125 134-12 156-32 254-24 Standish 43-14 28-12 18-91 79-38 95-54 143-59 Westbrook c c c 228-7 246-29 338-12 Appendices Windham 18-36 16-6 a 15-25 38-90 54-83 SOMERSET Anson c c a 66-0 80-25 91-0 Athens c c 35-3 25-0 18-15 31-6 Avon c 36-1 a 23-3 12-4 50-0 Bingham c c c a 7-10 11-3 Bloomfield c c c 24-71 22-92 48-41 Canaan 41-0 30-0 30-80 93-7 102-24 192-16 Cornville c c 3-29 18-14 26-41 40-2 Corinna c c c c a 35-4 Embden c 7-15 a 23-0 32-7 33-3 Fairfield 10-5 36-22 37-57 69-23 84-63 117-26 225 Freeman c c a 15-5 35-1 22-0 2.2.6 MAINE BECOMES A STATE a a 7-2 F.A. 1819 16-0 14-13 51-11 13-3 32-0 50-1 32-0 52-2 32-2 40-1 20-3 46-2 30-25 30-10 84-8 68-11 47-21 61-4 38-5 160-33 293-48 a c c a c 1-16 7-31 F.A. 1816 17-15 12-9 29-7 25-1 27-14 26-0 16-0 12-57 64-65 34-50 26-40 38-40 52-37 62-12 24-27 38-4 258-39 September c c c c a a c a 7-0 F.A. May 1816 16-1 16-3 12-0 18-3 33-4 26-24 53-25 33-0 33-51 32-33 25-5 66-9 24-24 30-16 245-24 c c c c c c a c c c c c c 2-25 7-26 3-94 6-36 F.A. 1807 12-29 46-120 43-0 24-15 68-35 23-12 30-10 c c c c c a c c c c c c c c a c c c c c c F.A. 1797 24-1 54-6 22-4 c c c c C c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c 9-2 F.A. 1792 30-0 32-2 Cove
1
Portland Vineyard Town (cont'd)
No. Albans
Plymouth Belgrade Pl. Augusta Chesterville China Moscow Phillips Harmony Starks Strong Warsaw Industry Kingfield Mercer Northill Palmyra Ripley St. Solon Madison New New Norridgewock KENNEBEC somerset County Appendices 2.2.7 35-0 24-30 98-5 80-31 25-4 90-4 66-18 72-1 85-14 48-9 43-0 67-7 156-17 114-37 168-8 131-0 100-86 118-28 160-0 113-2 273-6 164-1 115-0 188-63 138-9 344-96 215-41 a 9-34 56-0 52-34 53-13 86-3 56-68 30-8 60-26 65-124 76-64 74-14 36-65 70-49 32-0 73-4 69-76 70-54 114-51 128-20 136-25 135-1 110-4 103-22 140-86 114-15 190-134 13-28 50-0 18-0 50-0 56-5 54-5 14-0 57-57 35-5 85-1 52-16 54-26 30-8 84-56 78-6 62-12 62-41 61-25 77-0 46-28 135-38 127-0 154-3 134-10 118-9 134-54 211-89 c c c a a a a c c a a c 4-127 53-0 15-30 48-1 50-30 74-27 85-8 34-51 90-22 39-143 23-19 40-5 41-4 45-25 109-31 c c a c c c c c c c c c c c 7-7 7-15 4-41 0-29 93-1 39-2 47-7 50-0 84-32 34-0 50-3 76-19 45-36 c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c 7-6 11-6 28-0 36-2 56-52 19-26 23-1 36-0 43-27 42-2 (Oakland)
(Sterling) (Albion)
(Windsor)
Sharon
Vernon (Troy)
(Kingsville) Clinton Dearborn Fairfax Farmington Fayette Freedom Gardiner Green Hallowell Harlem Leeds Malta Wilton Monmouth Readfield Mt. Sidney Vassalboro New Pittston Joy Unity Waterville Wayne Rome Temple Vienna 2.2.8 MAINE BECOMES A STATE a a F.A. 1819 10-36 84-0 38-0 40-50 84-23 80-50 97-36 25-8 48-8 25-37 56-20 33-19 75-23 92-36 22-29 95-38 119-98 145-26 170-35 250-76 282-4 106-6 9-19 F.A. 1816 12-64 51-36 57-3 32-0 22-65 14-39 76-110 32-95 66-51 76-142 23-12 50-61 53-33 24-32 78-66 73-83 79-5 22-67 80-49 78-20 146-138 196-51 116-60 September a F.A. 1816 May 19-0 24-48 50-1 77-81 10-52 13-2 45-30 21-14 16-28 17-34 64-20 73-97 37-83 39-24 67-4 49-62 21-52 84-33 61-45 63-44 70-8 105-85 147-18 a a a a a a c 7-113 5-174 F.A. 7-133 4-72 0-37 0-39 0-94 1807 54-62 30-54 13-103 20-35 64-2 77-100 25-56 26-66 116-99 109-6 a a a c c c c 1-60 1-66 3-70 F.A. 9-25 8-28 3-16 1797 17-0 86-1 17-33 22-0 18-5 33-4 26-4 17-14 43-23 40-0 137-2 c a c a c c c c c c c a c c c F.A. 2-49 0-32 1792 18-1 14-47 10-3 46-19 42-3 25-4 72-1 (Unity)
d) ’ Pond
(cont Town
Mile na
l
Palermo Winslow Bath Winthrop 25 Edgecomb Georgetown Hope Litchfield Montville Newcastle A Boothbay Bowdoin Bowdoinham Bristol Dresden Friendship Lewiston Lisbon Nobleboro Camden Cushing Jefferson KENNEBEC LINCOLN County Appendices 2.2.9 a a a 8-93 4-27 9-43 14-30 81-2 35-1 19-82 24-103 43-35 20-88 13-24 39-7 80-10 38-41 20-2 67-7 24-280 21-111 30-18 101-56 145-25 121-89 113-64 a 1-42 8-110 7-27 0-77 7-65 4-101 0-61 0-160 0-34 19-94 14-26 13-33 11-306 27-144 16-7 31-86 56-98 25-13 68-123 95-65 73-4 49-3 23-74 75-100 70-28 a c a 5-65 1-25 8-31 8-261 8-53 3-49 0-59 0-59 0-105 12-36 18-20 26-107 18-5 53-0 54-20 29-73 41-68 26-5 36-139 86-55 33-0 78-95 60-8 47 a a c c c c a 2-40 0-66 1-70 2-84 0-265 0-161 4-91 0-48 0- 0-65 0-41 0-36 22-148 41-108 53-69 36-0 10-77 11-37 3 50-22 1 b c a a c c c c a c c c a 1-49 1-54 4-26 6-38 10-25 26-12 18-33 10-52 15-8 84-2 11-31 17-10 99-0 14-4 c a c c c a c c c c c a 1-14 8-45 3-34 0-22 2-82 0-54 10-26 57-0 27-2 16-1 21-54 17-0 43-2 110-4
(Whitefield) Plant.
Hill Isle
George
Plantation) Phipsburg Putnam St. Union Thomaston Topsham Wales Ballstown Waldoboro Warren Wiscasset Brooks Belfast Woolwich Appleton Belmont Knox Blue Bucksport Frankfort Islesboro Ellsworth Gouldsboro Castine Deer Eden HANCOCK 2 3 0 MAINE BECOMES A STATE a a 9-43 0-48 4-38 4-44 8-18 F.A. 2-14 0-11 F.A. 1819 25-7 17-27 12-38 38-54 44-9 29-14 80-34 24-6 35-0 28-2 24-0 89-17 37-18 21-2 58-0 a c c a 1-77 0-48 7-80 7-18 1-16 0-47 2-34 F.A. 0-57 0-33 F.A. 1816 11-46 17-20 14-15 34-28 27-9 31-0 27-9 81-24 28-21 32-0 27-0 September a c a c a c 8-13 1-16 F.A. 0-8 0-10 F.A. 1816 May 35-12 23-11 15-13 13-23 45-0 28-15 19-7 32-7 27-24 36-0 13-0 18-1 24-0 66-29 c c c c c c c c c c c a c c 2-119 0-65 9-34 F.A. 1-38 0-84 0-53 F.A. 1807 17-18 60-48 17-62 68-19 c c c C c c c c c c c c a c 3-19 8-0 F.A. 0-11 6-9 0-44 0-22 F.A. 1797 10-42 63-3 43-0 28-8 c c c a c c c a c a c c c c c c c a 6-13 F.A. 0-17 0-27 F.A. 1792 24-0 17-17 42-70 (Etna)
Pl. (Ducktrap)
(Thorndike) #2 d)
’
(Monroe)
Pl. Pl.
Town (cont Desert Cove
Lincolnville Lee Mt. Northport Ackinson Bangor Brewer Penobscot Prospect Dexter Lincoln Vinalhaven Brooksville Orland Carmel Corinth Swanville Searsmont Sedgewick Surry Trenton Crosly-Town Sullivan Jackson hancock PENOBSCOT County Appendices 231 a a a a a a a a 2-30 9-2 2-13 4-19 6-10 15-0 19-16 57-2 18-18 18-0 38-5 25-37 21-0 34-0 48-2 20-1 90-0b 40-1 147-5 a a a a c d 1-47 3-17 9-0 8-5 2-7 17-7 11-1 15-5 31-5 15-5 13-14 11-0 15-3 24-0 26-8 26-0 45-38 46-11 46-6 26-32 24-7 a a a a a a a a a c a a d a c a 8-0 37-0 22-7 30-0 58-43 36-0 10-6 26-0 c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c 1-34 6-54 0-108 0-30 0-40 28-24 13-60 37-1 40-85 c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c 1-27 1-22 4-4 57-3 26-38 c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c 8-3 #3)
Range Range
(Pl.
Pl. 3rd 6th
— — Charleston
2 3
Dixmont Eddington Exeter Foxcroft Guilford Garland Hampden Hermon Williamburg Stetson Levant New Newport Orono No. Orrington Sangerville Newburg Harrington No. Sebec Eastport Addison Calais Columbia Cherryfield Jonesboro WASHINGTON 232 MAINE BECOMES A STATE a 6-4 F.A. 1819 67-8 25-0 40-0 103-24 a c 3-39 0-5 F.A. 18-57 13-1 1816 September a a c c F.A. 36-46 1816 May C c c c 1-75 0-136 F.A. 1807 c c c c 2-32 2-90 F.A. 1797 C c c a c 1-42 F.A. 0-49 1792 12-0 26-10 22-0 35-23 16-6 14-0
d) Pl. ’ Pl.
#4 Brook
(cont Pl.
Pl. Pl.
Mile adjacent Sanwich Suncook Town
22
Lewiston Plantation
Lubec Machias Perry Robbinston to
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