EASTPORT

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EASTPORT , a city and port of entry of Washington county, Maine, U.S.A., co-extensive with Moose

Island

ISLAND (O.E. ieg =isle, +land')

in Passamaquoddy Bay, about 190 m. E.N.E. of

Portland

PORTLAND
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- HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
- HENRY, PRINCE OF
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  (1858-1896)
- HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
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. Pop. (1890) 4908; (1900) 5311 (1554 foreign-born); (1910) 4961. It is served by the Washington County railway, and by steamboat lines to Boston,

Portland

PORTLAND
PORTLAND, EARL OF
PORTLAND, ISLE OF
PORTLAND, WILLIAM BENTINCK, EARL
PORTLAND, WILLIAM
HENRY
- HENRY
- HENRY (1129-1195)
- HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
- HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
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  - HEIM, ALBERT VON ST GALLEN (1849- )
  - HEIM, FRANCOIS JOSEPH (1787-1865)
  , the Eng.
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  - HOME, EARLS OF
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- HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
- HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
- HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
- HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
- HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
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and Calais. It is the most eastern city of the United States, and is separated from the mainland by a narrow channel, which is spanned by a bridge. The harbour is well protected from the winds, and the tide, which rises and falls here about 25 ft., prevents it from being obstructed with ice. The city is built on ground sloping gently to the water's edge, and commands delightful views of the bay, in which there are several islands. Its principal industry is the canning of sardines; there are also clam canneries. Shoes, mustard, decorated tin, and shooks are manufactured, and fish and lobsters are shipped from here in the season. The city is the port of entry for the customs

district

DISTRICT

of Passamaquoddy; in 1908 its imports were valued at $994,961, and its exports at $1,155,791. Eastport was first settled about 1782 by fishermen; it became a port of entry in 1790, was incorporated as a town in 1798, and was chartered as a city in 1893. It was a notorious place for smuggling under the Embargo Acts of 1807 and 18o8. On the 11th of July 1814, during the war of 1812, it was taken by the British. As the British government claimed the islands of Passamaquoddy Bay under the treaty of 1783, the British forces retained possession of Eastport after the close of the war and held it under martial law until July 1818, when it was surrendered in accordance with the decision rendered in
November 1817 by commissioners appointed under Article IV. of the treaty of

Ghent

GHENT (Flem. Gent, Fr. Gand)

(1814), this decision awarding Moose

Island

ISLAND (O.E. ieg =isle, +land')

, Dudley Island and Frederick Island to the United States and the other islands, including the Island of Grand Manan in the Bay of Fundy, to

Great

GREAT

Britain.

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