This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
The Scream of Death and Kennebec Blockade Rescue
In Huron County Ohio the Huron Reflector reprints a dramatic tale from Kennebec Maine describing a British blockade on the Kennebec and Bath trade. A Bath schooner the Polly, under Capt. John Wait, uses an anchor, rocks, and clever oars to flee a pursuing English brig, narrowly escaping capture and possible wreck. The narrative ends with reflections on civility, gentility, and manners amid wartime strain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hou Momparns
Tre Scheorer
Funi UY
Stivanus Cobb, JR
Kennebec
Great Britain
Peanut
Lincoln
John Wait
Hallowell
Bath
Wait
Ipswich
Maes
Springer
Ang
Wut
Enck
Polly
Secuin
Woit
Cape Small Point
Seguin
Sar Varkee
Pwoot de
Tynat
Cant
Jonathan
Capt
Cape
Paul
Rome
Italy
Peace Society
Nicholas
Francis Joseph
Faree
Narses
Peruvia
Florence
Cienca
Venice
Lavoa
Jesus
Athens
Treaven
Christendam