Rebellions and Rale Shape 1720s Maine War Record
A summary of the 1720s fighting in Maine details brutal frontier warfare, key raids at St George Arrowsic and Norridgewock, and the decisive August 1724 action. It highlights English scalps taken, Westbrook and Moulton campaigns, and Sebastian Rale’s covert influence aided by French authorities. It notes the end of major hostilities and ongoing private scouting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brunswick and
Arrowsi
St. George
Thomaston
Maine
Piscataqua
Moulton
Norridgewock
Westbrook
Penobscot
Winslow
Penhallow
Small Point
Havenan
Beane
Bourne
Able
Boston
John Lovewell
Fryeburg
Lovewell
Sebastian Rale
Kennelec
France
Atlantic
Quebec
England
Kennebec
Gov. Shute
New England
Galen C Moses Prominent Bath Benefactor Dies
Galen Clapp Moses died after a brief illness at his Washington Street home at 79 years old. A Bath native and Bowdoin College graduate, he funded public library and YMCA projects and held leadership roles in business and religious groups. He was married twice and survived by his widow and three sisters. A pastor’s tribute lauds his lifelong philanthropy and public spirit, noting gifts to education, missions, and community institutions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Galen C. Moses
Washington St
B. F. Harris
Hattie M. Knight
Portland
John W. Hinds
Allston
Mass
Galen Clapp Moses
Bath
Oliver
Lydia Hamm (Clapp
Bath High
Bowdoin College
Eastern Times
Bath Mutual Marine Insurance Co
Europe
William H. McLellan
Worumbo Manufacturing Co
Lisbon Falls
Cas
Y.M.C.A
People’s 25 Cent Savings Bank
Rumford Falls and
Rangely Lakes Railroad Co
Androscoggin Water Power Co
Old Ladies’ Home
Maine Missionary Society
Various
Electric Light and Power Cos
Patten Free Library Association
Bangor Theological Seminary
Bangor
A.B.C.F.M
Alpha Delta Phi
Phi Beta Kappa
Winter Street Congregational Church
New England Shipbuilding Co
Bath Tron Works
Susan W. Croswell
Charlestown
Emma Hall Melwain
Philadelphia
O. W. Folsom
Moses
Winter Street
Christian Church
Stanley Diode
Hyde
Peres Cottage
Popham
Jennie Rodericks
Dr. Williams
Grace Allen
Cora Lane
Frank Tebblethwaite
Allen Cottage
William Pletcher
Hezekiah Harrington
Cranberry Point
Harrington
Everett
George. Pease
Pease
Timothy Perrys
Virginia
Herbert Robinson
Jonesport
Walter Sprague
F. C. Bowker
Martha Cutting
J. K. Leeach
Katherine Berry
Old St. Augustine
Fla
Massachusetts
Clinton Beals
Alfred
Henry West
Ferdinando Gorges
Hattie Bowie
Frank Wereman
Susie Fletcher
Sebaseco
Capt
Reuben Fletcher
Phippsburg News Budget Finds April Warmth And Daily Happenings
Sixty eight in the shade marks a brisk April day in Maine as warm weather travels through Phippsburg. Autos pass en route to Popham and small Point while Ex-Mayor Morey of Lewiston turns back for bad roads. A large Arrowsic fire challenges local aid as winds hinder containment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
Bundas
Popham
Small Point
Morey
Lewiston
George Oliver
M. J. McCormick
Arrowsic
Mr. Haggett
Walter Sprague
I. HH
Stacy
Also Mentioned on This Page
Sagadahoc
Henry O. Thayer
Sebastian
Kennebecs
Canada
Lieut
Heath
Richmond
Vaudrieul
Louis XV
Rale
Vandrieul
W. Emery Chase
Bowdoin
Bates
Brunswick
Paul J. Koughan
John M. Clark
Conducted BY
Wm. C. Chadbourne
Front St
Tor
Phippsburg News
Arrowsic Fire
Elizabeth Johnson
Newton Bowker
Joe Crocker
B. F. Barker
Burbank
Johnson Bros. Co
Bath, Me
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