Gazetteer of the State of Maine With Numerous Illustrations, by Geo. J. Varney

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62    GAZETTEER    OF    MAINE.

there is said to be no better township in the State. The colony brought
by Mr. Thomas consisted of twenty-two men, eleven women and eigh-
teen children ; and after paying for their transportation to New Swe-
den at a cost of $4,000, they had a remaining $3,000 in cash, and six
tons of baggage. On the 14 of September, twelve additional emigrants
arrived; and on the 31st of October twenty more followed, direct from
Sweden; so that in December, 1870, five months after the arrival of
the first installment, the colony consisted of 114. It is believed that
many more of this hardy, moral, industrious and intelligent people
will follow, to subdue our northern wilderness and add to the pros-
perity and happiness of our State.

With this scene of peace and promise we lay down the scroll of
history,