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    Sketches of early Dennysville from Eastport and Passamaquoddy by W. H. Kilby

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    A collection of small drawings of early Dennysville published in Eastport and Passamaquoddy by William Henry Kilby, including School-House, William Kilby's house and post office, the Lincoln House, the Isaac Hobart House, Congregational Church and Town School building.

    Eastport and Passamaquoddy: A Collection of Historical and Biographical Sketches, complied by William Henry Kilby, published in Eastport in 1888.

    Early Dennys River Schoolhouse; This drawing represents the first school house built on Meetinghouse Hill in 1800, which was rebuilt in 1817, and later relocated 100 feet when the Congregational Church was built in 1834. Image is from Chapter X of Eastport and Passamaquoddy: A Collection of Historical and Biographical Sketches, complied by William Henry Kilby, published in Eastport in 1888.
    Lincoln House, Dennysville, Maine, built in 1787; Early depiction of the house built by Theodore Lincoln, the first proprietor of Townships 1 and 2, later, Dennysville, Pembroke and Perry. Image is from Chapter X of Eastport and Passamaquoddy: A Collection of Historical and Biographical Sketches, complied by William Henry Kilby, published in Eastport in 1888. William Kilby's house and first Post Office at Dennys River.; Drawing of the house and barn built by William Kilby beginning in 1788. He was appointed the first Postmaster in the village in 1800, a position which continued in the Kilby family for many years. Image is from Chapter X of Eastport and Passamaquoddy: A Collection of Historical and Biographical Sketches, complied by William Henry Kilby, published in Eastport in 1888. Isaac Hobart House at Little Falls on Hobart Stream, built in 1806; Drawing of the house and barn built by Isaac Hobart in 1806, with bridge over Hobart Stream. Here he built tide mill operated as both a grist and saw mill. Image is from Chapter X of Eastport and Passamaquoddy: A Collection of Historical and Biographical Sketches, complied by William Henry Kilby, published in Eastport in 1888. Congregational Church and Town Hall and School building on Meetinghouse Hill, Dennysville, Maine; Drawing of the Congregational Church building built in 1834, and the new Town Hall and School building built in 1857. The earlier schoolhouse was moved to this location to allow for the construction of the meetinghouse, which was considered to be