MINOT – The Minot Historical Society will present a talk by local author Douglas I. Hodgkin at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 14, at the town office.

Hodgkin will discuss “Who Owned the Land in Androscoggin County? – The Settlers Resist the Claims of Col. Josiah Little.”

Little, the father of Edward Little, was a Pejepscot proprietor. He demanded payments for land and for rents from those he viewed as squatters. The settlers fought back, including acts of violence, property destruction and intimidation.

Hodgkin will draw much of his information from his research on Lewiston history published in his new book, “Frontier to Industrial City: Lewiston Town Politics, 1768 to 1863.” The talk will include descriptions of incidents throughout Androscoggin County, including Minot, Danville and other towns.

A professor emeritus of Bates College, Hodgkin is a native of Lewiston who received his education at Lewiston High School and at Yale and Duke universities.

He has authored several works on Lewiston history, including “Lewiston Memories,” “The Grange at Crowley’s Junction” and “Fractured Family.” He is editor of the Androscoggin Historical Society newsletter and a member of Lewiston’s Historic Preservation Review Board.

All are welcome. For more information, call Hester at 345-3040.