Scrapbook, ca. 1900.

ArchivalResource

Scrapbook, ca. 1900.

Includes newspaper and magazine clippings, letters, notes, pictures, and histories on the Maine coast, various Maine harbors such as Kennebunkport, Brave Boat Harbor, Wells, Me., resorts, colleges, summer excursion to Mt. Desert Island, Me.; Collections and proceedings of the Maine Historical Society Quarterly Part no. 4, Oct. 1892 pgs. 337-378, 419-430; Kittery Naval ShipYard (also known as Portsmouth Naval Shipyard); the Berwicks, Me.; Mount Katahdin; Bowdoin College; biographical sketch of Roger Garde by Charles E. Banks; some public records; controversy of the assigned date of 1610 to the Simancas (Archivo General de Simancas) map of early Maine coast; Rangeley Lakes; Fryeburg, Me; Waterford, Me.; Sebago Lake steamer to Pleasant Mountain; Augusta, Me.; Brunswick, Me.; Alfred, Me.; shipbuilding; Maine in the rebellion; William Bingham; notices of meeting of the Maine Historical Society; short historical notes on Norumbega; information on Simon Ferdinando and John Walker and their early explorations in Maine; Parsonsfield, Me., centennial; Shapleigh, Me., proprietors. May be the beginning of a history.

1 v.

Information

SNAC Resource ID: 7080168

Related Entities

There are 9 Entities related to this resource.

Maine Historical Society

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6fv9c64 (corporateBody)

Founded in 1822, the Maine Historical Society is the third oldest historical society in the United States.The Maine Genealogical Society merged its genealogical book collections with MHS in 1922 and ceased to exist. A new organization with the same name was established in 1976. From the description of Maine Historical Society records, 1723-2006. (Maine Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 71128359 ...

Bingham, William, 1752-1804

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6xb33dd (person)

William Bingham (March 8, 1752 – February 7, 1804) was an American statesman from Philadelphia. He was a delegate for Pennsylvania to the Continental Congress from 1786 to 1788 and served in the United States Senate from 1795 to 1801. Bingham was one of the wealthiest men in the United States during his lifetime, and was considered to be the richest person in the United States in 1780. Born in Philadelphia, Bingham graduated from the College of Philadelphia (now the University of Pennsylvania...

Bowdoin College

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6jr1q64 (corporateBody)

Ferdinando, Simon, active 1579-1586

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6pr96jp (person)

Archivo general de Simancas

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6pg6wq9 (corporateBody)

Banks, Charles Edward, 1854-1931

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6g16vm6 (person)

Genealogist. From the description of Charles E. Banks genealogies, undated. (Maine Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 70979644 ...

Gard, Roger, approximately 1585-1645

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6tt62td (person)

Walker, John, -1584

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6g74rm8 (person)

Portsmouth Naval Shipyard (U.S.)

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6z35xb3 (corporateBody)

Information about this individual or organization may be available in the Special Collections Research Center Wiki: <a href="http://scrc.swem.wm.edu/wiki/index.php/Portsmouth Naval Shipyard (U.S.)">http://scrc.swem.wm.edu/wiki/index.php/Portsmouth Naval Shipyard (U.S.)</a>. From the guide to the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard (U.S.) Ledger, 1869-1870, (Special Collections Research Center) ...