Mary B. Shepard collection, 1863-1897.

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Mary B. Shepard collection, 1863-1897.

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Includes letter of reference for Shepard by H.S. Whitman, president of the Westbrook Seminary (dated 5 Apr. 1897); two issues of "The Messenger," published by the seminary (Nov. 1895 and Oct. 1896); and a cabinet card of Charles Sumner and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1863; written on reverse: "Given by Chas. Sumner to Saml. G. Thurlow Postmaster at Belfast Maine in 1873; presented to Miss Shepherd [sic] by his daughter Mrs. EM Harrison"). The portrait of Sumner and Longfellow is well known in various formats.

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Maine Historical Society Library

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Sumner, Charles, 1811-1874

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Massachusetts lawyer and U.S. Senator, 1851-1874. He was an ardent abolitionist who attacked the south in his "crime against Kansas" speech in 1856. Two days later he was assaulted in the Senate, receiving injuries that took him years to recover from. From the description of Letters, 1858-1869. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 55768315 Born in Boston, Mass., the U.S. statesman Charles Sumner studied law at Harvard and practiced law in his native ci...

Thurlow, Samuel G., 1816-1900

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Shepard, Mary B., 1877-

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Resident of Bar Mills, Me.; graduated from Westbrook Seminary in June 1896 and may have trained as a teacher. From the description of Mary B. Shepard collection, 1863-1897. (Maine Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 708036857 ...

Harrison, E. M., Mrs.

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Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth, 1807-1882

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Poet, from Cambridge (Middlesex Co.), Mass. From the description of Papers, 1859-1874. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 19903002 American author and poet. From the description of A psalm of life, fourth verse, 1850. (Maine Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 274069802 American teacher, translator, and poet. From the description of Letter, Nahant, Mass., to Mrs. T.B. Lawrence, Newport, 1872 July 20. (Boston Athenaeum...

Westbrook Seminary

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Co-educational boarding school established in 1831; in 1933 was reorganized as an all girls school and name changed to Westbrook Junior College; in 1970 renamed Westbrook College. Located in Westbrook, Me., (1831-1870), Deering, Me. (1871-1898), and Portland, Me. (1899 and afterwards). From the description of Westbrook Seminary photograph album, ca. 1867. (Maine Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 70979663 ...

Whitman, H. S. (Harrison Spofford), approximately 1845-

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