This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1906 edition. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER XXVI. Monographs And Incidents. I. DR. J. H. WEBBER, Boston, in the Register of September 22, 1883, described West Boothbay Harbor in 1822 as follows: In August of that year his father, in company with Seba Smith, came from Portland and settled there. Only five houses then stood in the vicinity. Mr. Webber built his house just south of where the ice house stands. Squire Smith lived a little farther to the east. There was a large stone house occupied by Abijah Kenney, it having been occupied by the soldiers as a barracks in the War of 1812. Besides Kenney, Benjamin Wylie lived in a part of it and Robert Wylie lived in the hall. A few years later it burned down. Seba Smith owned fishing vessels and kept a store. Mr. Webber built a foundry near the shore which soon was lost by fire and was replaced by a blacksmith shop. A few years later the shop was burned and rebuilt. II. A letter from Benjamin Blair, Esq., which appeared in the Boothbay Register, March 21, 1883: Mr. Editor. Dear Sir: --As time changes everything around us and we are boasting of the growth and prosperity of our village, I thought it might be interesting to the present inhabitants to know how it looked fifty years ago, the number of dwelling houses, their location and by whom occupied at that time, on both sides of the Harbor, from the end of Spruce Point, on the east side, around to McFarland's Point on the west side. 1. -- Beginning at Mr. McFarland's old house, which stood near the head of W. M. Sawyer's wharf and occupied by David Newbegin as a dwelling and bakery, he being a baker by trade. This house has long been removed. 2.--Next coming north is John McFarland's, looks about the same as then, when occupied by himself, now by his heirs. 3. -- North and..