David Godfrey, Jr., diaries, 1865-1867, 1869.

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David Godfrey, Jr., diaries, 1865-1867, 1869.

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Four bound ms. volumes of Godfrey's handwritten notes about his daily activities in the years 1865-1867 and 1869, with many blank pages in the 1869 volume. They provide impressions of the end of the Civil War, the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, life of a seminary student, life aboard ship, and in general in midcoast Maine. Expenses are tracked in the back of each volume.

.15 cubic ft.

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East Maine Conference Seminary (Bucksport, Me.)

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Godfrey, David, 1835-1919

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Born at Orrington, Me.; seminary student at East Maine Conference Seminary, Bucksport, Me.; encountered difficulty in earning a living so in 1866 enlisted as crew on the brig Nigreta, headed for the Mediterranean; in 1869 worked on the ship Bennington, headed for India. He eventually became a minister; died in 1919, having never married, and was buried in Orrington. From the description of David Godfrey, Jr., diaries, 1865-1867, 1869. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71128801 ...

Nigreta (Brig)

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Bennington (Ship)

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Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

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Abraham Lincoln (born February 12, 1809, Sinking Spring Farm near Hodgenville, Kentucky-died April 15, 1865, Washington, D.C.) was the sixteenth President of the United States from 1861 until his death by assassination. He was the son of a Kentucky frontiersman, Thomas Lincoln, and Nancy Hanks. In 1816, Lincoln moved to Pigeon Creek, Indiana, where he worked on his family's farm. Following his mother's death two years later, he continued working on farms until moving with his father to New Sa...