Records, 1868-1919 (bulk 1878-1882).

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Records, 1868-1919 (bulk 1878-1882).

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The collection contains records of the European and North American Railway Company, organized in Bangor, Maine, with track from Bangor to Vanceboro, Maine. The records consist primarily of correspondence and legal documents of the company, 1881-1882. The correspondence is mainly between Charles Stetson, a Bangor attorney and one of the directors of the company, and William L. Putnam, a Portland attorney. It concerns difficulties encountered in the finances of the company and concentrates on several suits against it, especially those brought by John Greenough, Foster Edwards and Lysander Stone, and Marcus P. Norton. Correspondence with the law firm of Warren & Brandeis in Boston involves both of these cases. Also present in the collection are summaries of land holdings and copies of deeds for the company's wood and property which were deeded to major land owners such as Ebenezer S. Coe, David Pingree, William H. McCrillis, and Thomas Egery. A small group of documents concerning the financial state of the company, 1882-1883, ends the collection.

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Raymond H. Fogler Library

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Coe, Eben S., 1814-1899.

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Egery, Thomas.

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Putnam, William L. (William Le Baron), 1835-1918

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Resident of Portland, Me.; b. in Bath, Me.; mayor of Portland from 1869 to 1870 and Judge of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 1st Circuit from 1892 to 1917. From the description of William L. Putnam letter, 1899 Sept. 29. (Maine Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 537532389 Judge of 1st Circuit Court of Appeals for the U.S.; of Portland, Me. From the description of William Le Baron Putnam papers, 1868-1907. (Maine Historical Society Library). WorldCat r...

Pingree, David, b. 1841.

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European and North American Railway Company

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The European and North American Railway Company was chartered by the Maine legislature in 1850 to construct a railroad to an ice free harbor in New Brunswick or Nova Scotia in order to shorten ocean voyages between North America and Europe. The company was incorporated in 1853 with John A. Poor as president. Building plans languished for years but were revived in 1864 when funding was secured. The company received credit of $1,000,000 from the city of Bangor to build the line and was also grante...

McCrillis, William H., 1813-1889.

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William McCrillis, the son of Dr. John McCrillis, was born on November 4, 1813, in Georgetown, Maine. He studied law in Bangor and began his own practice there in 1834. He soon established a large and profitable law business and was appointed County Attorney for Penobscot County in 1838. In that same year he was elected to the Maine House of Representatives; he also served in the House in 1859 and 1860. He was a delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1860. He was the owne...

Stetson, Charles, 1801-1883

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Charles Stetson was born in New Ipswich, Hillsborough County, N.H., November 2, 1801 and moved with his parents to Hampden, Penobscot County, Maine, in 1802. He attended Hampden Academy and was graduated from Yale College in 1823. He was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Hampden in 1826. He was admitted to the bar of the United States Supreme Court in 1828. He moved to Bangor, Maine, in 1833 and was judge of the Bangor Municipal Court 1834-1839, member of the common coun...