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De Peyster, J. Watts. Proofs considered of the early settlement of Acadie by the Dutch :being an appendix to The Dutch in Maine. [New York : s.n., 1858].
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and IPtitct) in fHaine, the date of U 1632 7 ' is set down as
that of the first actual Dutch settlement in Maine. The
authority referred to therein has never since been found,
although diligently sought for by the writer on a gabsequent
visit to the coast of Acadie. (Me.) The death of
"old settlers" and our people's carelessness with regard
to papers are fast destroying evidences, of which former
chroniclers availed themselves copiously. Williamson
visited different localities, conversed with "old settlers, 7 *
learned traditions, embodied verbal and written narratives,
and thus compiled his valuable history. The
nephew of that historian remarked in conversation,
that Sullivan possessed himself of, and resorted liberally
to sources of information no longer in existence when
his uncle took up his pen.
Proofs, however, are by no means wanting, that the
Dutch were in Maine prior to 1632.
Let us examine them in order :
The French claimed as far west as Pemaquid or Bristol,
and the Htatd) were continually interfering with: