Portland Association for the Promotion of Temperance records, 1827-1831.

Neal, John, 1793-1876

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American author and editor John Neal was born in Maine and raised as a Quaker, although he broke with the church at a young age due to his fighting. A career as a merchant was bankrupted by the War of 1812, and he turned to literature, joining Baltimore's Delphian Club. He served as editor of various journals, and wrote long, complexly-plotted adventure novels, as well as critical essays, always seeking to promote American literature. While living in England, he wrote a long series of articles p...

Portland Association for the Promotion of Temperance

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Portland, Me., organization which advocated total abstinence while denying the use of coercive measures to effect that goal. From the description of Portland Association for the Promotion of Temperance records, 1827-1831. (Maine Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 262478174 ...

Churchill, James Creighton, 1787-1865

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Nichols, I. 1784-1859.

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Cahoon, James B.

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Smith, Henry, 1905-....

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No further information is available on Smith. For further information on Seward see an encyclopedia. From the description of Military Appointment Certificate, 1840. (Clarke Historical Library). WorldCat record id: 41953697 Henry Smith (1788-1851), the first governor of Texas, was born in Kentucky and moved to Brazoria County, Texas, in 1827. In 1833 Smith was elected magistrate of Brazoria and appointed a delegate to the Convention of 1833. The gover...

Fessenden, William Pitt, 1806-1869

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Republican legislator from Maine who became a U.S. Representative, Senator, Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, and Secretary of the Treasury. He was a strong opponent of slavery. From the description of Papers, 1837-1869. (Rhinelander District Library). WorldCat record id: 17462689 William Pitt Fesssenden was a U.S. senator from Maine (1854-1864, 1865-1869) and Secretary of the Treasury during the Civil War (1864-1865). His sons, General Francis and Brigadier General ...

Storer, Woodbury, 1783-1860

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Mellen, Prentiss, 1764-1840

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Chief justice, Maine Supreme Judicial Court, of Portland, Me. From the description of Prentiss Mellen autograph letter signed to John R. Parker, 1821. (Maine Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 214322137 Prentiss Mellen, a Senator from Massachusetts, was born in Sterling, Worcester County, Mass., on October 11, 1764. He graduated from Harvard University in 1784; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1788 and commenced practice in Sterling and Bridgewater, Mass...

Fessenden, Samuel, 1784-1869

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Lawyer, state legislator, militia officer, and abolitionist, of Portland, Me. From the description of Papers, 1771-1869. (Maine Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 70972686 Clergyman. From the description of Samuel Fessenden sermon, 1794 Feb. 9. (Maine Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 174052329 ...

Dow, Neal, 1804-1897

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Dow was born in Portland, Maine on March 20, 1804, the son of Josiah Dow and his wife, Dorcas Allen Dow. Josiah Dow was a member of the Society of Friends (commonly known as Quakers) and a farmer originally from New Hampshire. Dorcas Allen was also a Quaker, and a member of a prosperous Maine family headed by her prominent grandfather, Hate-Evil Hall. They had three children, of whom Neal was the middle child and only son. After his marriage, Dow's father opened a tannery in Portland, which soon...

Preble, William P. (William Pitt), 1783-1857

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Jurist and diplomat, of Portland, Me. From the description of William P. Preble letter to Sir Charles Metcalfe, Governor of Canada, 1845. (Maine Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 214277523 Jurist and diplomat; of Portland, Me. From the description of William P. Preble correspondence, 1826-1847. (Maine Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 71058003 ...