File:Ancient city of Gorgeana and modern town of York (Maine) from its earliest settlement; also its beaches and summer resorts (1894) (14784078675).jpg

From Wikimedia Commons, the free media repository
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Original file ‎(2,392 × 1,504 pixels, file size: 918 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg)

Captions

Captions

Add a one-line explanation of what this file represents

Summary[edit]

Description
English:

Identifier: ancientcitygorge00emer (find matches)
Title: Ancient city of Gorgeana and modern town of York (Maine) from its earliest settlement; also its beaches and summer resorts
Year: 1894 (1890s)
Authors: Emery, George Alexander, 1821-1894
Subjects:
Publisher: York Corner (Me.) : Courant Steam Job Print
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: Internet Archive

View Book Page: Book Viewer
About This Book: Catalog Entry
View All Images: All Images From Book
Click here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book.

Text Appearing Before Image:
nies. 177G, Aug. 5. — Twelve .dollars bountyoffered. (Probably for military recruits.) 177G, Dec.—Bounty increased to fo :rpounds, ten shillings. Prices paid : for pork,threepence a pound; oxen, six shillings ayoke ; horses, seven sliillings apiece. 78 Ancle lit City of (ior^rrmd. 1777, Aug. 18. — Bounty six pounds. 1777, Nov. — Three hundred and sixty-eight pounds for ammunition, arms, and menraised. 1778, May. — Sixty pounds bovmty, 1780.—John Hancock had sixty-sixvotes for governor. • 1781.—John Hancock had thirty voles. *1781, June. — Daniel Emery appointedconstable. 1782, April. — John IL-ncock receivedforty-three votes; whole number cast, fifty-one votes. 1782, March. — Twenty-four shillingsbounty for killing a Molf,. young or old,within limits of town. The bounty for killing a wolf being oftenas high as ten dollars, it was thought thatthe same animal sometimes did duty morethan once, by which means the town wascheated into paying for him _t\vicc oroftener.
Text Appearing After Image:
80 Ancient Cltg of GovfjcanH, EARTH QUAKES C:)LD AVKATlIKIl SNOW-STORM S. The first day of the month of June, 10138,is memorable on account of the first greatearthquake whi-h ocrnrrod aflcr the settle-ment of the country. The course was fromwest to east, its duration about four minutes,and the earth was unquiet for twenty days.The noise was like that of a multitude ofcarriages driven swiftly over pavements.Many chimneys \vere thrown down, theAvaters greatly agitated, and the vessels inthe harbors and at the wharves violentlyshaken. In 1727 occurred the second great earth-quake that New England experienced. Ithappened in the evening of October 29, atabout ton oclock, The atmosphere wascalm, the sky cloudless, and the moon walk-ing in her brightness. The shock extendedover a tract of some hundred miles in extent. Modern Town of Torlc. 81 shaking the buiklings, oversetting chimneys,and making in some places clefts and fissuresin the earth. No lives were ascertained tohave been lost. This

Note About Images

Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work.
Date
Source

https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/14784078675/

Author Internet Archive Book Images
Permission
(Reusing this file)		 At the time of upload, the image license was automatically confirmed using the Flickr API. For more information see Flickr API detail.
Flickr tags
InfoField
  • bookid:ancientcitygorge00emer
  • bookyear:1894
  • bookdecade:1890
  • bookcentury:1800
  • bookauthor:Emery__George_Alexander__1821_1894
  • bookpublisher:York_Corner__Me_____Courant_Steam_Job_Print
  • bookcontributor:University_of_California_Libraries
  • booksponsor:Internet_Archive
  • bookleafnumber:82
  • bookcollection:cdl
  • bookcollection:americana
Flickr posted date
InfoField
30 July 2014


Licensing[edit]

This image was taken from Flickr's The Commons. The uploading organization may have various reasons for determining that no known copyright restrictions exist, such as:
  1. The copyright is in the public domain because it has expired;
  2. The copyright was injected into the public domain for other reasons, such as failure to adhere to required formalities or conditions;
  3. The institution owns the copyright but is not interested in exercising control; or
  4. The institution has legal rights sufficient to authorize others to use the work without restrictions.

More information can be found at https://flickr.com/commons/usage/.

Please add additional copyright tags to this image if more specific information about copyright status can be determined. See Commons:Licensing for more information.
This image was originally posted to Flickr by Internet Archive Book Images at https://flickr.com/photos/126377022@N07/14784078675. It was reviewed on 8 October 2015 by FlickreviewR and was confirmed to be licensed under the terms of the No known copyright restrictions.

8 October 2015

File history

Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time.

Date/TimeThumbnailDimensionsUserComment
current23:01, 27 February 2016Thumbnail for version as of 23:01, 27 February 20162,392 × 1,504 (918 KB)SteinsplitterBot (talk | contribs)Bot: Image rotated by 270°
04:55, 8 October 2015Thumbnail for version as of 04:55, 8 October 20151,512 × 2,392 (895 KB)Fæ (talk | contribs)== {{int:filedesc}} == {{information |description={{en|1=<br> '''Identifier''': ancientcitygorge00emer ([https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3ASearch&profile=default&fulltext=Search&search=insource%3A%2Fancientcitygorge00emer%2F fin...

You cannot overwrite this file.

There are no pages that use this file.

Retrieved from "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:Ancient_city_of_Gorgeana_and_modern_town_of_York_(Maine)_from_its_earliest_settlement;_also_its_beaches_and_summer_resorts_(1894)_(14784078675).jpg&oldid=849669046"