J. A. Bicknell autograph letter signed, 1868.

Blaine, James Gillespie, 1830-1893

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James Gillespie Blaine (January 31, 1830 – January 27, 1893) was an American statesman and Republican politician who represented Maine in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1863 to 1876, serving as Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives from 1869 to 1875, and then in the United States Senate from 1876 to 1881. Blaine twice served as Secretary of State (1881, 1889–1892), one of only two persons to hold the position under three separate presidents (the other being Daniel Webster), and...

Beal, George Lafayette, 1825-1896

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Beal was born in Norway, Maine. His father was one of the founders of the town. Beal studied at the Westbrook Seminary and was very interested military affairs, eventually being elected Captain of the local militia unit known as the Norway Light Infantry, a position he held at the beginning of the war. He was employed as an agent of the Canadian Express Company. Beal was the first man in Oxford County to enlist, and his militia unit became Company "G" of the First Maine Infantry Regiment, a t...

Sanborn, Peter F. (Peter Fifield), 1811-

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Peter F. Sanborn was from East Readfield and Hallowell, Maine. He was the Collector of Internal Revenue for the Third District of Maine, an office in charge of collecting taxes, adjudicating disputes, and handling political and patronage matters. From the description of Letters, 1863-1869. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 99997437 ...

Bicknell, James Austin, 1813-1881

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Postmaster and state legislator, of Augusta, Me.; b. in Abington, Mass.; d. Brockton, Mass. From the description of J. A. Bicknell autograph letter signed, 1868. (Maine Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 273050924 ...

Johnson, William Treby, 1815-1881

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William Arthur Johnson was born in Bombay. The Duke of Wellington was his godfather. Although intended for the army, Johnson, after migrating to Upper Canada in 1831, entered the Anglican Church. He was a curate to Archdeacon A.N. Bethune at Cobourg. However, his tractarian tendencies made him unpopular and he was made rector of St.Philip's at Etobicoke, a remote village across the river from Weston. There he established a school that was to become Trinity College School. Among Johnson's pupils ...

Stevens, John L. (John Leavitt), 1820-1895

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Journalist and diplomat; editor in chief of Kennebec Journal; state legislator; U.S. minister to Paraguay and Uruguay (1870-1874), to Sweden and Norway (1877-1883), and to Hawaii (1889-1893); author of Picturesque Hawaii; resident of Augusta, Me. From the description of John L. Stevens correspondence, 1888-1894. (Maine Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 192095724 ...

Tebbets, Lewis

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Sayward, John Shannon, 1805-1875

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Cony, Samuel, 1811-1870

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Cushman, B. H.

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Farwell, A. B.

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Covill, L. A.

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