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Excerpt from Henry Knox's wastebook about the launching of the Quick Lime

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Henry Knox: Shipping

"On August 9, 1804, Knox noted “60 spruce knees bought of Mark Davis at 4/6 each for the sloop now building.” When Knox settled accounts with Edward…"

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Map of Lincoln, Thomaston, Maine in 1719

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Early History - 1719 to 1740

"Sloops transported several Scotch-Irish settlers and their cattle to populate the area, and they were housed in thirty log cabins constructed between…"

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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Thomaston is Incorporated - 1777

"Sloops were built, making regular trips to Boston to transport lime, staves and cordwood, returning with cargoes of flour, bolts of cloth and…"

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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Shipbuilding

"… Thomaston”, Cyrus Eaton refers to a Province sloop kept in the area for transport of settlers and supplies, but there is no written record of…"

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Site of Vose's Wharf, Thomaston, Maine 2009

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Early Wharves and Yards - 1795 to 1825

"In 1805 he launched the 93-ton sloop “Quicklime.” By the 1820s, waterfront-shipping activities had been relocated to the George's River from Mill…"

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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Catch of the Day: Clamming and Lobstering - Page 3 of 4

"… have been used by lobstermen through the years—sloops, smacks, dories, and skiffs. The peapod was a large double-ended skiff later adapted for use…"