Penobscot River
1821 -- Petition of inhabitants of Foxcroft and adjacent towns regarding
laws for fish preservation
"To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the State
of Maine, January Session, 1821
The petition of the Subscribers Inhabitants of Foxcroft and adjacent towns
Respectfully shews, that the fishery on the Piscataquis River in the County
of Penobscot is of no public use or benefit. That Mills of various kinds
have been erected on said River to the obstruction of the passage of fish
up the said River and its branches. That towns lying on said River have
been ever in the habit of choosing wards, considering the time expended
by them in enforcing the fish laws now in force, and the time spent for
the tryal of catching fish on said River, we believe that the fish caught
cost the fishers twenty five cents per pound. And therefore we pray your
Honors to repeal so much of the fish law now in force as it will exempt
the owners of the Mills on said River from keeping a passage open for the
passage of fish up said stream and branches. As in duty bound will pray."
John Bradbury and 12 others.
Source: Maine State Archives. Legislative GY. Box 8. File 17.
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