Akers brothers : a brief sketch concerning those American artists, ca. 1900.

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Akers brothers : a brief sketch concerning those American artists, ca. 1900.

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Typescript of speech presented by Staples before the Art History Club at a meeting of that organization in Winona relating to the lives and works of Benjamin Paul Akers, the sculptor, and of the artist, Charles Akers. Part of this taken from a volume The Poets of Maine (1888), part from certain encyclopedic and other writings, and part from personal observation and acquaintance of the writer.

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Art History Club (Winona, Minn.)

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Staples, Franklin, 1833-1904

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Physician, of Winona, Minn.; formerly principal of a grammar school in Portland, Me. From the description of Akers brothers : a brief sketch concerning those American artists, ca. 1900. (Maine Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 438101159 Physician, of Winona, Minn. Formerly principal of the Boys Center Grammar School of Portland, Me., now Staples School. From the description of Franklin Staples papers, 1859-1902. (Maine Historical Society Library). ...

Akers, Charles, 1835-1906

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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...

Eaker family.

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Akers, Benjamin Paul, 1825-1861

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Sculptor; Maine and Italy. From the description of Benjamin Paul Akers letter collection, 1858-1920. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122593938 American Sculptor From the guide to the Benjamin Paul Akers letter, 1851, (The New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division.) ...

Akers family.

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Allen, Elizabeth Akers, 1832-1911

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Allen was born Elizabeth Anne Chase on October 9, 1832 in Strong, Maine and grew up in Farmington, Maine, where she attended Farmington Academy (later Maine State Teachers College). In 1851 she married her first husband, Marshall Taylor, but the marriage ended soon in divorce. She served as writer and associate editor for the Portland Transcript beginning in 1855, and in the next year published her first volume of poetry, Forest buds from the woods of Maine, under the pseudonym Florence Percy. S...