HISTORY OF THE STATE OF MAINE VOL. XX CONTAINING THE BAXTER MANUSCRIPTS EDITED BY JAMES PHINNEY BAXTER, A. M., LITT. D. PUBLISHED BY THE MAINE HISTORICAL SOCIETY, AIDED BY PORTLAND LEFAVOR-TOWER COMPANY 1914 PREFACE THIS HIS volume brings us to the close of the American Revolution, and we now are introduced to the difficulties which faced our public men in their efforts to satisfy the demands made upon them by the sufferers in the war, and to preserve public order, a task which appalled some of our best statesmen and excited the cynical curiosity of foreign nations, who ridiculed the idea of ignorant farmers, fishermen and day laborers setting up and maintaining anything like a stable government. We have seen the result, an enduring monument to the cause of Popular Government. JAMES PHINNEY BAXTER. 61 Deering Street, November 3, 1914. |