Miscellaneous daguerreotypes, ca. 1840-1860.

Maine Historical Society

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Founded in 1822, the Maine Historical Society is the third oldest historical society in the United States.The Maine Genealogical Society merged its genealogical book collections with MHS in 1922 and ceased to exist. A new organization with the same name was established in 1976. From the description of Maine Historical Society records, 1723-2006. (Maine Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 71128359 ...

Madison, Dolley, 1768-1849

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Dolley Madison, the fourth First Lady of the United States, is widely remembered as the most lively of the early First Ladies. As a prominent entertainer and hostess, she helped shape the role of First Lady and served as the model for every future First Lady to come. Dolley Payne was born on May 20, 1768, in Guilford County, North Carolina. She was the fourth of eight children born to John and Mary Payne. The family moved to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1783. In 1790, Dolley Payne married la...

Ormsbee, Marcus

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Usher, Hannah Lane, 1795-1889

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Carleton, S. L.

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Longfellow, Samuel, 1819-1892

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Longfellow was an Unitarian clergyman and hymn writer. He was the younger brother of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. From the description of [Poem, Mar. 1877] / Sam.l Longfellow. (Smith College). WorldCat record id: 245202647 American clergyman and hymn writer; brother of poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. From the description of Autograph postal card signed : [Boston?], to A.V. Anthony, [postmark 1887 Mar. 12]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 649496781 America...

Davies, Charles S.

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Woodford, Anna Goodrich

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Cleaveland, Parker, 1780-1858

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Parker Cleaveland (1780-1858) was a professor at Bowdoin College from 1805 until his death in 1858. For the school terms 1840-41, 1841-42, and 1842-43, he was Professor of Chemistry, Mineralogy, and Natural Philosophy, as well as Professor of Rhetoric and Oratory, and Lecturer on Civil Polity. From the description of Lecture notes, c. 1840? (American Antiquarian Society). WorldCat record id: 191259246 Parker Cleaveland (1780-1858) was a scientist and professor of chemistry, ...

Preble, William P. (William Pitt), 1783-1857

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Jurist and diplomat, of Portland, Me. From the description of William P. Preble letter to Sir Charles Metcalfe, Governor of Canada, 1845. (Maine Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 214277523 Jurist and diplomat; of Portland, Me. From the description of William P. Preble correspondence, 1826-1847. (Maine Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 71058003 ...

Howe, G. Melvyn (George Melvyn)

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Usher, Ellis B. (Ellis Baker), 1852-1931

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Collection revolving around the Usher family, originally of Buxton and Hollis, Me. The papers were gathered by Ellis B. Usher II, a newspaperman, politician, and author, born in Buxton, Me. He moved with his parents to Wisconsin in 1855, settling in La Crosse, where he eventually became a newspaper publisher (La Crosse Morning Chronicle). A Democrat, Usher was chairman of the state central committee (1887-1890), and from 1878 to 1881 was secretary of the La Crosse board of trade. In 1901 he move...

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...

Longfellow, Ellen T., 1838-

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Lincoln, Enoch, 1788-1829

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Kellogg, Elijah, 1761-1842.

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Congregational clergyman, of Portland, Me. From the description of Elijah Kellogg notations of The Farmer's almanac, 1816, undated. (Maine Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 214316613 Clergyman; missionary to local Native Americans; superintendent of schools in Portland, Me.,and superintendent of the Indian School in Pleasant Point, Me., later known as Perry, Me. From the description of Elijah Kellogg correspondence, 1823-1842. (Maine Historical Soc...

Warren, G. K. (George Kendall), -1884

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George K. Warren (1834-1884) was an American photographer active in Massachusetts in the second half of the 19th century. He was based in Lowell, Massachusetts from 1850 to 1870 and moved to Boston in 1870, where he worked until his death in 1884. In 1858 he began taking photographs of graduating college classes and became known as a prominent class photographer, particularly at Ivy League schools. In the 1860s he published a series of cartes-de-visite of Cambridge, Watertown, Concord, and Lexin...

Foster, B. (Photographer)

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Heyer, Conrad, 1749-1856

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