Portland Society of Natural History (Me.)
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Portland Society of Natural History (Me.)
Portland Society of Natural History
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Portland Society of Natural History
Natural History Society of Portland (Portland, Me.)
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Natural History Society of Portland (Portland, Me.)
Portland Society of Natural History, Portland, Me.
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Portland Society of Natural History, Portland, Me.
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The Portland Society of Natural History was incorporated in 1850, succeeding the earlier Maine Institute of Natural Science. During its active period, members included Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and Commodore Robert E. Peary. The collection of the Society was originally amassed through the donation or purchase of private collections and rivaled any others on the East Coast. Many of these were damaged by fires in 1854 and 1866. The Society was largely incorporated into the Maine Audubon Society in the early 1970s and its collections dispersed.
The Portland Society of Natural History was incorporated in 1850, after growing out of the earlier Maine Institute of Natural Science. The society's collection was originally amassed through the donation or purchase of private collections, many of which were damaged in the fires in 1854 and 1866. During its period of activity, the Portland Society of Natural History included Commodore Robert E. Peary and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow as members, and its collections rivaled any others on the East Coast. The society was mostly incorporated into the Maine Audubon Society in the early 1970s, and its collections were dispersed.
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Conchologists
Hunting
Hunting
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Natural history
Natural history
Naturalists
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Portland (Me.)
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Maine
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