136 FOREST commissioner's REPORT. 



I realize that this conclusion is contrary to the popular theory 

 and that perhaps many will not agree with me in it, but my 

 investigation has convinced me of this fact, and I have endeav- 

 ored to set forth at some length the reasons therefor. 



Accordingly I shall not here report as unconveyed any islands 

 west of the Penobscot, except such as lie outside the Waldo 

 Patent, but merely note on my index cards such conveyances as 

 have been made by Maine within this territory, and make an 

 entry on all other cards of "Title not Acquired by Maine — See 

 Report." 



Something of the Title of Particular Groups of Islands 



East of Monhegan. 



Cobscook Bay and Tributaries. 



There are a number of islands in the inland tidal waters in 

 this vicinity of which there is no record of a conveyance as such. 

 The towns in this part of Washington County were surveyed by 

 Rufus Putnam, and conveyed from 1786 to 1800. The outline 

 of these towns, giving their boundaries, are to be seen in Plan 

 Book No. 8 at the Land Office. These towns along the coast 

 from Calais to Cross Island were for the most part deeded as a 

 whole, and an examination of their descriptions will show that 

 they were deeded by metes and bounds going entirely around 

 them, and would include any islands within their boundaries. 



In the town of Cutler, islands within its bounds are especially 

 mentioned. An exception is the towns of Eastport and Lubec^- 

 number 8 — which were granted to various settlers. A few of 

 the islands, such as Treat, Dudley, Burial and Pope's Folly were 

 conveyed in 1785, and all others in these two towns were con- 

 veyed to Solomon Thayer May 30, 1825, recorded Volume 3, 

 Page 143. 



I have made an entry on my index cards of islands in this 

 vicinity of "Surveyed and Sold as a part of Mainland" without 

 attempting to state under which particular grant they were in- 

 cluded. There are some thirty-five islands disposed of in this 

 way which do not appear on the index at the Land Office of 

 Islands Granted, as ever having been conveyed. 



Mt. Desert and Vicinity. 



On July 23, 1688, certain officers of Louis XIV granted to 

 Monsieur de la Motte Cadillac "The place called Donaquec, con- 



