Lincoln County ME Archives History - Businesses .....Monhegan Plantation 1883 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/me/mefiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher sdgenweb@yahoo.com July 25, 2007, 1:24 am MONHEGAN PLANTATION. Monhegan Island, situated twelve miles S. East from Pemaquid Point Light, has a revolving light and steam whistle, and is about one mile wide, and two and one-half miles long. Population-1870, 145; 1880,133. Valuation, 1860-Polls, 46; Estates, $23,740; 1870-Polls, 42; Estates, $24,315; 1880-Tolls, 39; Estates, $10,305. Postmaster-Louis L. Lowell. Assessors-Wm. H. Pierce, William Hodgkins, George Pierce. Clerk-D. M. Davis. Treasurer-E. G. Stevens. Constable-Reuben Davis. School Supervisor-Reuben Davis. Justice-Lewis L. Lowell, Sept. 2, 1880. Merchants-Mrs. William H. Starling. L. L. Lowell, groceries; Mrs. Mary Stevens, dry and fancy goods; E. G. Stevens, J. Lemont, fresh fish. Manufacturers-Harrison Humphrey, smith; William Hodgkins, carpenters; Gilman Roberts, fish oil. Light Keeper-Sidney Studley; Assistant, F. Humphrey. Fog Horn Tender- C. Williams. Summer Boarding House-Mrs. Wilson L. Albee. Additional Comments: Extracted from: MAINE STATE YEAR-BOOK, AND LEGISLATIVE MANUAL, FOR THE YEAR 1883-84, FROM APRIL 1, 1883, TO APRIL 1, 1884, BY EDMUND S. HOYT. PREPARED PURSUANT TO ORDERS OF THE LEGISLATURE. PORTLAND: HOYT, FOGG & DONHAM, 193 MIDDLE STREET. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/me/lincoln/directories/business/1883/monhegan383gms.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/mefiles/ File size: 1.8 Kb