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Tercentenary of the Landing of the Popham Colony at the mouth of the Kennebec river
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Tercentenary of the Landing of the Popham Colony at the mouth of the Kennebec river. August 29, 1907. (Scanned copy in part from archive.org)


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SCB 974.1 POP.pdf
…And of St, George's " I would boldly affirme it to be the most rich, River he says, beautiful, large, and secure harboring River that the world affordeth …and welcoming spaces and sunny skies invite The wandering world at last into ways of gladness and right And lo the portal is freedom, which knows not bar …George's harbor, the Pento the American coast. tecost harbor of Waymouth's anchorage in 1605, was doubtless the place of rendezvous agreed upon by Challons …From the fact that the Popham colonists, on their arrival on the coast in 1607, proceeded at once, after the two vessels came together in Pentecost harbor