THE PILGRIMS IN MAINE
Sprague's Journal of Maine History
Vol. VII
February March April 1920
No. 4
page 234

THE PILGRIMS IN MAINE
(By Archie Lee Talbot)

The following are some of the points of interest to be remem-
bered and considered by citizens of Maine:

First -- That the Pilgrim Trading Post at Koussinoc (Augusta) 
was a permanent establishment, maintained "both summer and
winter," the old records tell us, for a period of more than thirty-
five years, under the residential management of the ablest men of 
Plymouth Colony.

Second -- That the supplies of beavers and other furs obtained at 
Koussinoc paid the London debt, and firmly established the Colony
at Plymouth.

Third -- That the present property owners at Augusta, and all the 
territory embraced in the original patent to Governor William 
Bradford, hold their estates through titles acquired and trans-
mitted by the Pilgrims.

Fourth -- That Governor Edward Winslow, the first comer and 
founder of the Pilgrim Trading Post, was the first to open the 
lands of the Kennebec valley to white settlers, and the men of Ply-
mouth who followed him, and dwelt at Koussinoc, were the orig-
inal settlers of Augusta.

Fifth -- That Maine is the only State, beside Massachusetts, that 
can contribute a chapter to the history of the Pilgrims; Maine in 
the only other state in which the Pilgrims of the Mayflower dwelt
and labored for the upbuilding of their Colony.  Maine is the only
other State in which a large number of property owners hold their
estates through a succession of titles derived directly from the 
Pilgrims.

Sixth -- That Maine is the only State in the Union whose State 
House stands upon land once owned by the Pilgrims, and the title
to which is derived directly from the Pilgrims.

Seventh -- That loving memories for three hundred years have 
enshrined Plymouth Rock, while not one thought has been given to 
the abode of the Pilgrims of the Mayflower for nearly forty years
on the shores of the Kennebec whose bounteous stores saved Ply-
mouth Colony in the time of vital need.


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