Keywords: Penobscot Expedition, 1779
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Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview
"The Penobscot Expedition, as it came to be known, remained the worse worst American naval defeat until the bombing of Pearl Harbor in 1941."
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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Brief History
"The failure of the American expedition to the Penobscot in 1779 was a costly one. The lumber trade, which had been the prinicipal means for…"
