Excerpt from Centennial Souvenir and History of Hermon, Penobscot County, Maine: 1814-1914 To appreciate the hardships and privations endured by the early settlers, it is necessary to contrast the conditions which existed at that time, with those of the present day. Plantation No. 2, now Hermon, was settled as early as 1783, near the close of the Revolutionary War. 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.