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NEW ENGLAND F A KM Z R 



AUGU ST 29, isas. 



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STATE OF MAINE. 



Land Office, > 



Bangor, April 30, 1838. 5 



The twcU'lli section of " an act additional to promote 

 the sale and settlement of the publiclands," passed March 

 24, A. D. 1835, making it the duty of the Land Agent "to 

 advertise the settling lands in market, once a year, for 

 two months, in one paper in the city of Boston, one in 

 Concord, N. H. and in one paper in each county in the 

 titate, describing the quality and situation of ssiid land 

 and t'lic terms of sale," the Land Agent hereby gives 

 public notice that Township number 4, in the fifth range 

 of Townships west from the cast line of the State, has 

 been lotted for settlers, and is now in the market for sale 

 and settlement under the provisions of the following law 

 passed at the last session of the Legislature. The price 

 will be from fifty to seventyfive cents per acre, according 

 to the quality and situation of the lots. The lots average 

 IGO acres each. The soil in this township is good, being 

 remarkably free from stones, and the land lying in mod- 

 erate swells. The location of this township is favorable 

 for settlement, as the Aroostook road passes within one 

 mile of the western line of the township. There are be- 

 tween 40 and 50 settlers in the adjoining township No. 

 4 in the fitli Range, and a good saw mill and grist mill 

 have recently been built there by Ira Fish, Esq. only one 

 mile distant from this township. „ „ . , .. , 



Townships No. 3 in the 4i!i Range, No 7 in the Oth 

 Range, and No. 8 in the 7lli Range have been surveyed 

 and fotted into mile sections. Lots of IGO acres will be 

 run out from any "f tl'fse sections to actual settlers, 

 where the land is'inore suitable for ftinning than for tim- 

 ber. Townships Nos. 8, 10 and 12 in the Tith Range have 

 been ordered to be surveyed, by the Surveyor General, 

 forthwith, and will he open for settlers as soon as the lots 

 can be run out. The Aroostook road passes directly 

 tlirou"h these townships and the soil is represented to be 

 excclfcnt for farming. The Aroostook road is laid out 

 and cut out from the military road leading from Bangor 

 to Houlton, near Mattawamfccag Point to the Aroostook 

 river a distance of about 75 miles. 



About $17,000 will be expended this year, upon this 

 road by the Land Agents of Maine and Miussachusetts, 

 and with the part already finished the road will be com- 

 pleted about one half of the distanci;. The whole dis- 



tance will probably be completed nest year. All the land 

 on this road has been sold for about two thirds of the dis- 

 tance, and in several townshijis all the lots upon the road 

 have been taken up by actual settlers. The remaining 

 part of tht' land upon this road, owned by this StJite is 

 now ollcred for sale to settlers. The price of lots in these 

 townships under the condition of the new land law will 

 be from fifty cents to one dollar per acre, according to 

 their situation and quality. Should any company of set- 

 tlers select any unsurveyed township in this part of the 

 Stale on wliich they should wish to erect mills under the 

 provisions of the new land law, the Surveyor General 

 would proceed as soon as practicable in the sur^•ey of 

 such townsliip. 



The settling duties required by law, are " that the pur- 

 chaser of each lot shall clcai' in a proper manner, fifteen 

 acres thereof, ten or more of which shall be well laid 

 down to grass, and build a house thereon, within four 

 years fi-oin the time of the purchase.'' 



The board of Internal Iniprovenient for this State have 

 just ordered an exploration and survey of all the lands 

 situated in the Aroostook country in reference to their 

 settlement and agricultural capabilities. This survey will 

 be commenced forthwith under the charge of Dr Ezekicl 

 Holmes, of Winlhrop. His report of the situation, qual- 

 ity and value of the public land in this part of the State 

 may be expected in the course of the season, and will 

 give all needful information, to those persons who may 

 feel desirous of making a settlement upon them. 



The following extracts from the second report of Dr. 

 Jackson on the Gcologv of the public lands, made to the 

 Legislature, and now in the hands of the printer lor pub- 

 lication, show the value of these lands for cultivation. 

 Speaking of the Aroostook country the Doctorsays, "the 

 average width of the alluvial region on the Aroostook 

 river cannot be less than six or eight miles, and in some 

 places it is much wider. It is a well wooded region and 

 IS the best settling land in the State, equalling in fertility 

 the famed regions of the Western States, and capable 

 even under a less genial clime, of producing crops of 

 wheat and other gram, fully equal in abundance with any 

 soils of which we have any records. 



" We here found a yellow loam of a fine kind derived 

 from the limestone rocks and luxuriant in its produce, 

 and in some places covered to the depth of 4 or 5 inches 

 by a black vegetable mould. 



This yellow loam is remarkable for the tall rank grass 

 called blue joint, which skirts the margin of the river 

 and from 4 to 5 feet high and extremely luxuri;uit. The 

 forest trees are of a mixed growth, but the sugar ^naples 

 are most abundant, and are of gigantic size. Elms, white 

 birch, black and white ash also abound. The soft wood 

 grows mostly on the low lands, while the uplands in the 

 rear are densely crowded \vith hard wood trees, among 

 which are scattered magnificent pines. In the course of 

 two years, there will be a free communication between 

 Bangor and the Aroostook and a great number of enter- 

 prising settlers will take up their residence in this fertile 

 valley, and by farming, they will obtain an ample reward, 

 and that region will become as it is destined by nature to 

 be the trTiinnry of the north.'' 



In another place Doctor Jackson says — " On the Aroos- 

 took it will be remarked, that very few if any hemlock 

 trees exist, and the predominating growth is of a mixture 

 of various hiu'd wood trees, the sugar maple, ash and yel- 

 low birch abounding, while occur scattering, some ot'the 

 most lofty pine trees ever beheld. Tiiere are evident 

 reasons why this should be the case, for the richest soils 

 are always most crowded with a mixed growth, and tlie 

 Aroostook soils are mostly of limestone alluviun, and are 

 exceedingly rich and "ood settling lands remarkable for 

 their heavy crops of wTicat, rye and other grains, and are 

 certainlyjriclier as an agricultural district, than any other 

 portion of Maine. The present population on this river 

 is estiiiiatid between 400 and 500 persons, chiefly emi- 

 graiil.'^ from Maine." 



Towards the conclusion, Dr Jai'kson says : " the re- 

 searches of the present season li.ive lirouglit to light many 

 important resources in the piildic ilomain which were 

 before unknown. Bcilsof iron ore of immense magnitude 

 favorably situated for advantageous operations occur on 

 the Aroostook, and all the marked characteristics of the 

 regular coal formation exhibit themselves over a great 

 belt of country from the Schools to the Aroostook and 

 St. John, and extend to the Temmiscouta lake near the 

 frontier of Canada. It will be at once perceived, that 

 the country which we have explored is a mo.st valuable 

 territory, possessing every advantage retpiired by settlers. 

 ileavy limber ofl^-rs a reward to the enterprising lumber 

 dcaliT. A rich soil capable of producing an average crop 

 of yO bushels of wheat to the acre, and in some cases 

 producing from 30 to 40 bushels, offers an ample reward 



to the husbandman. Inexhaustible supplies of liuiestoi 

 valuable both for building materials and for agricultu 

 vast and inexhaustible mines of rich iron ore, amid 

 terminable forests which will furnish an abundaiK 

 charcoal, required for tlic manufacture of the finest ki 

 of iron and steel — the country presents every natural : 

 vantage that might be required to call forth the enterpr 

 and industry of the farmer and manufacturer." 



By au inspection of the map of Maine, it will be se 

 that there are nearly one hundred townships of land : 

 uatc on the Aroostook river and its tributaries, one h 

 of which belongs to the State of Maine and is now o 

 for sale and settlement under the new land law. ( 

 sidering the remarkable fertility of the soil in thisreg 

 and the high price of produce, and the ready marl 

 which it finds among the lumbering people on the Vt 

 obscot and St. John rivers, and the advantages c 

 road now making bv Maine and Massachusetts into tl 

 region, it is believed that an uncommon opportunity 

 now ofi'ered to persons who may feel desirous of obtai 

 ing good farms at a low price. 



The field notes of the surveys of all these townsbi 

 are in the Land Othce, open to the inspection of eve 

 person, and all information that may be received he 

 from time to time, from the progress of surveys, and t 

 reports of Agents, will be cheerfully given to all inqu 

 ers, and every facility granted witfiin the means of tl 

 otiicc, to secure to individuals and companies, all t 

 benefits and privileges intended by the Legislatiue, 

 actual settlers under the provisions of the fijllowiug la 

 ELIJAH L. HAMLIN, 



Land Agent of Maine. 



State of Maine. 

 In the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred a 



thirty-eight. An act additional to promote the sale a 



settlement of the Public Lands. 



Section 1. Beit enacted hj the Senate and House 

 Representatlres in Legislature assevibted. That all lai 

 lotted to settlers shall be. sold to those only who will p 

 form settling duties on the same as prescribed by law, t 

 price to be fixed by the Land Agent, having reference 

 the field notes, not however at a less price than fi 

 cents per aero ; three fourth parts of said price to be p; 

 wiihin three years from the time of said sale in labor 

 be laid out in making roads in such township where s: 

 lands so sold are situated, under the direction of the La 

 Agent ; and the remaining fourth part to be paid in ca 

 within four years from the time of said side. 



Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That whenever twer 

 or a less number of individuals, shall each select a lot 

 one hundred and sixty acres of land in any township 1 

 ted for settlers, the same having no mill within its lira 

 and shall give bonds satisfactory to the Land Agent, tl 

 they will within the term of three years from the time 

 said selection, erect in a proper and substantial manm 

 a saw mill and grist mill, on such lot within said tow 

 ship, as shall be designated by the Board of Internal li 



firovement, the same shall be entitled to a deed of su 

 ot ; and each individual shall receive a deed from t 

 Land Agent for his respective lot, without any furth 

 consideration, conditioned however, for the perlorman 

 of the settling duties required by law. 



Sec. 3. Be it further enacted, That from and aftert 

 passage of this act, all acts and parts of acts incons 

 tent with the provisions of this act, be and the same a 

 hereby repealed. 



In the House of Representatives, March 23, 1838.- 



This bill, having had three several readings passed 



be enacted. ELISHA H. ALLEN, Speaker. 



In Senate, March 23, 1838. This bill having had tv 



several readings, passed to be enacted. 



N. S. LITTLEFIELD, President. 

 March 23, ISSS. Approved. 



EDWARD KENT. 

 Secretary's Office, ) 



Augusta, Blarch 26, 1838. ) 



A true copy of the original on file. 

 Attest, ■ ~ SAM'L. P. BENSON, 



Secretary of State. 



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