Moses Greenleaf, Maine's First Map-Maker, a Biography

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Excerpt from Moses Greenleaf, Maine's First Map-Maker, a Biography: With Letters, Unpublished Manuscripts and a Reprint of Mr. Greenleaf's Rare Paper on Indian Place-Names, Also a Bibliography of the Maps of MaineFor many years before the separation of Maine from Massachusetts there had been an active controversy regarding independent statehood for the District of Maine. It was discussed by the leading men, carried into the columns of the few newspapers then printed, and separation was attempted by residents of Maine, representatives to the General Court of Massachusetts, many years before separation took place and Maine was admitted to statehood in 1820. While many of the lead ing public men of the District were actively interested in separation. The one man who did more by his writings to in¿uence both Maine and Massachusetts to an act which led to Maine's statehood was Moses Greenleaf - a most learned, intelligent, clear minded, -far-seeing publicist, and a man greatly in advance of his time and his con temporaries in grasping the question of separation, the Value of our natural resources and the importance of statehood for the District of Maine.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.