Lamson Studio collection of glass plate negatives, 1800s-ca. 1900.

Healy, James Augustine, Bishop, 1830-1900

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James Augustine Healy (April 6, 1830 – August 5, 1900) was an American Roman Catholic priest and the second bishop of Portland, Maine. He was the first Black Catholic priest and bishop in the United States (though he identified as and passed for White). Born in Georgia to a mixed-race slave mother and Irish immigrant father, he was ordained in 1854 and consecrated in 1875; knowledge of his African ancestry was largely restricted to his mentors in the Church. (Augustus Tolton, a former slave w...

Reed, Thomas B. (Thomas Brackett), 1839-1902

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Thomas Brackett Reed (October 18, 1839 – December 7, 1902), was an American politician from the state of Maine, and was a member of the Republican Party. He was elected to the United States House of Representatives 12 times, first in 1876, and served as Speaker of the House, from 1889–1891 and again from 1895–1899. Occasionally ridiculed as "Czar Reed", he had great influence over the agenda and operations of the House, more so than any previous speaker. He increased the Speaker's power by in...

Stevens, Lillian M. N. Ames, 1844-1914

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Smith, Seba, 1792-1868

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Founder and editor of Portland Courier and satirist. From the description of Collection: 1838-1851. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 122318723 Author and editor of Portland, Maine, and New York City. His wife, Elizabeth Oakes Prince Smith, was an author, lyceum lecturer and early women's rights activist. From the guide to the Seba Smith papers, 1813-1867, n.d, (The New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division.) Satirist; founde...

Browning, Robert, 1812-1889

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Robert Browning was a British poet. Born on May 7, 1812, Browning wrote his first major work,"Pauline: a fragment of a confession" at the age of twenty. He married Elizabeth Barrett in 1826 and with her encouragement went on to become one of the major Victorian poets. From the description of Robert Browning collection of papers, [1835?]-1933 bulk ([1835?]-1889). (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122615581 Browning was an English poet. From the descri...

Kotzschmar, Hermann, 1829-1908

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Webb, Nathan, 1825-1902

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Webb graduated from Harvard College in 1846. He read law with John Rand, Esq. and was admitted to the Maine bar in 1848. He practiced in Portland (1849-1865) and turned to state attorney positions eventually becoming U.S. District Attorney (1878-1882). President Arthur nominated Webb to the U.S. District Court judgeship in 1882. From the description of Notes of federal court cases in Maine and Massachusetts, 1884-1902. (Harvard Law School Library). WorldCat record id: 235929318 ...

Baxter, James Phinney, 1831-1921

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President of Maine Historical Society from 1890-1911. A Republican, he was mayor of Portland from 1893-1897 and 1904-1905. From the description of Scrapbooks of municipal affairs in Portland, Maine, 1893-1898. (Maine Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 686772318 American author and editor. From the description of Papers of James Phinney Baxter [manuscript], 1885-1904. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647859308 Served as presiden...

McLellan, Jacob, mayor

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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...

Fessenden, George S.

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Longfellow, Daniel

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Trader. Fort Berthold, Dakota Territory. From the description of Papers, 1877-1879. (State Historical Society of North Dakota State Archives). WorldCat record id: 18429738 ...

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 ...

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...

Lamson Studio (Portland, Me.)

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Owned by Joseph H. Lamson, photographer. From the description of Lamson Studio collection of glass plate negatives, 1800s-ca. 1900. (Maine Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 70979386 From the description of Lamson Studio collection of glass plate negatives, ca. 1900. (Maine Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 70979382 ...

Smith, Francis O. J. (Francis Ormond Jonathan), 1806-1876

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Lawyer, of Portland, Me. From the description of Francis O. J. Smith autograph letter signed, 1852 Oct. 18. (Maine Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 271515951 Congressman and lawyer; member of House of Representatives from 1833 to 1839. From the description of Francis O.J. Smith papers, ca. 1849-1860. (Maine Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 225532533 Lawyer, businessman, and U.S. representative, of Portland, Me. ...

Payson, Edward Payson, 1849-1914

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Willis, William, 1794-1870

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Naval historian & lawyer. From the description of Letter and portrait : of William Willis, 1822, n.d. [manuscript]. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647812178 Lawyer, mayor of Portland, Me., local historian, and director of many local clubs and business enterprises. From the description of Scrapbooks, 1839-1869. (Maine Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 70978864 Lawyer, mayor of Portland, Me., and director of many local clu...

Lamson, Joseph Harrison, 1840-1902

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Resident of Lubec, Maine. Lamson arrived in San Francisco, 1852, and operated a grocery in Sacramento. From the description of Sketch of a hasty tour through a part of Maine, Lower Canada, Vermont, and New Hampshire in the months of July and August 1827, 1827 Nov. (Boston Athenaeum). WorldCat record id: 62255999 ...