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Excerpt from Maine at Valley Forge: Proceedings at the Unveiling of the Maine Marker, October 17, 1907, Also Roll of Maine Men at Valley Forge Interest in Maine's relation to Valley Forge commenced with a visit which Mr. Nathan Goold made a few years ago to the ground occupied by Washington's army in the winter of 1777-1778. On his return, Mr. Goold entered Upon an investi gation with reference to the soldiers from Maine who were at Valley Forge. In this investigation he ascertained that there were whole companies from Maine in Massachusetts regiments at Valley Forge, especially in Brewer's and Tupper's. As the result of these researches he estimated that there were more than five hundred officers and men from Maine in Washington's army in that memorable winter encampment. These facts were laid before the Maine Society of the Sons of the Ameri can Revolution, and the president of the Society, Rev. Henry S. Burrage, D. D., prepared a statement of facts, which was presented to the Legislature of Maine early in 1907, with a request for an appropriation of five hundred dollars for the erection of a Maine Valley Forge memorial. The Legislature, after a hearing before the committee on appropriations, granted the request. By invitation of the Valley Forge Park Com mission, Dr. Burrage visited Valley Forge in May, and the location of the memorial was established by the Commission. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This 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.