Excerpt from Documentary History of the State of Maine, Vol. 16: Containing the Baxter ManuscriptsHE present volume presents to students a considerable portion of. The documents in existence relating to the Penobscot Expedition, which, in its day, loomed into an importance to those affected by it almost equal to that sent in the reign of Elizabeth against the western coast of England, known in history as the Spanish Armada. As the story is unfolded of the brave efforts of a people in their extreme poverty to equip and maintain, to them, a great Armada to expel an invading foe from their borders, and to protect them from conquest, it must deeply engage the inter est and sympathy of all who read it. I regret that space does not permit me to carry the story to its culmination in the following pages, and that it will have to be continued in a succeeding volume.I wish to acknowledge my obligation to Mr. James J. Tracy and Miss Alice R. Farnum of the Massachusetts Archives Department for courtesies graciously extended to me in facilitating my researches therein.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.