February 13, 2012
Day 116
State of Maine 6 x 6: Moses Greenleaf Primer
6 Vocabulary
1. Cartographer: A person engaged in cartography, the
production of maps
2. Tranquility: Quality or state of being tranquil, calm,
peaceful, quiet
3. Land agent: a person or firm engaged at a commission to
obtain grants of public lands or to negotiate the buying and selling of private
lands between two or more parties
4. Iron ore: An ore in which iron can be extracted from
5. Surveying: The science or scientific method of one who
surveys land; to examine physically
6. Freemasons: originally a traveling guild
of masons with a secret code; in the early 17c. They began accepting honorary
members and teaching them the secrets and lore, which by 1717 had developed
into the fraternity of Free and Accepted Masons. The exact origin of the free-
is a subject of dispute
6 Sentences
1. Moses Greenleaf was the first cartographer to draw an
accurate map of the state of Maine.
2. People did not want to settle in Maine because they
suspected it had less tranquility than the other new territories and states in
the west.
3. Moses Greenleaf became one of the first land agents in
Maine; he believed Maine was a great place to settle because it wasn’t quite as
far as the other states in the west and because it had a lot of iron.
4. In 1815, Moses Greenleaf inherited Iron ore deposits on
top of Ore Mountain just north of Williamsburg.
5. Moses Greenleaf was somewhat like Lewis and Clark because
they were surveyors, although, Lewis and Clark surveyed all of the west and
Greenleaf only surveyed Maine.
6. Moses Greenleaf was the first master of the Piscataquis
Lodge, No.44 a fraternal organization of Freemasons.
6 Facts/Details
1. George Washington and Ben Franklin were Freemasons
2. Moses Greenleaf married Persis Poor, who was actually one
of the richest people in New England
3. Moses and his brother surveyed the state of Maine to make
the first accurate map to give to the government of Massachusetts to help
promote Maine as a settled state.
4. The winter of 1816 in Maine was known as “Eighteen
Hundred and Froze to Death” and “The year without a summer”
5. Moses Greenleaf’s house is on Greenleaf hill in what is
now Milo, Maine and his family members still lived in his house until his great
niece Lillian Fredin died in the 1990’s.
6. There is no picture of Moses Greenleaf except for a silhouette
that was made in the early 1800’s.
6 Questions
1. Where and when was Moses Greenleaf born and when did he
move to Maine? A: Moses was born in 1777 in Newbury Massachusetts and he moved
to Maine in 1790
2. Why did the Greenleaf family want to move to North to
Maine? A: because they were seeking a new life and starting a settlement,
thousands of other Massachusetts families migrated to Maine as well.
3. What was Moses’ first occupation? A: An owner of a
general store, Moses opened up the first General store in New Gloucester when
he was 21.
4. Describe the Greenleaf homestead in Williamsburg, Maine: The
homestead in Williamsburg Maine was on Greenleaf hill and it included a large
house, a barn, and 2 orchards.
5. What were 3 main reasons people were not moving and
settling in Maine? A: Because they did not believe it had tranquility, because
they were moving west, because it was unsettled according to them
6. What did Moses plan and hope to do in order to convince people
to move to the new State of Maine? A: He became a cartographer and started surveying
and drawing the first map of Maine with his brother Ebenezer.
6 Field Trip sites—find on web
2. No site for it, Moses Greenleaf’s house in Milo, Maine
6. http://www.acadianationalpark.com/midcoast_attractions/joshua_chamberlain_house.php
Joshua Chamberlain Museum
6 Other Questions
1. Why did Maine become its own state? A: Because of the
Missouri Compromise when Missouri became a state, they allowed Maine to become
a state too
2. Who was the first governor of Maine and find his image.
A: William King
3. What was the population of Maine in 1820? A: about
300,000
4. What were the 3 main industries of the State of Maine in
the early nineteenth century? A: Cotton Mills, Logging, Farming
5. What was going on in Brunswick in 1820? A: Brunswick was
still developing with, only a few houses, one cotton mill factory, which is
Cabot Mill or Fort Andross.
6. What was life like in Maine in 1820? A: Life in Maine is
very different then it was now, it was still developing with only a few towns
and counties, but was pretty populated.
Some websites to visit:
4.
http://www.history.com/shows/how-the-states-got-their-shapes/videos/maine-lake-camp#maine-lake-camp
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