Sheldon Christian collection, 1938-1976.

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Sheldon Christian collection, 1938-1976.

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Photographs; correspondence from "Down East" magazine; copies of engravings; typescript essay about Fr. Rasle (submitted to the Maine Historical Society's annual prize essay contest); and original newspaper articles. Most of the information relates to Portland, Me., including the Portland Observatory, the U.S.S. Enterprise-H.M.S. Boxer battle, Neal Dow, and Captain Henry Mowatt. The Portland Observatory article concerns Freeman Blake, custodian of the observatory in 1959.

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Maine Historical Society Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 8177395

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Rasles, SeĢbastien, 1657-1724

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Blake, Freeman

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Mowat, Henry, 1734-1798

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Captain; Royal Navy. From the description of Henry Mowat logbook extract from HMS Canceaux, 1775. (Maine Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 154690227 ...

Boxer (Brig : 1813)

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Enterprize (Brig)

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Christian, Sheldon, 1907-1997

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Writer, journalist, historian, and photographer; of Brunswick, Me. From the description of Sheldon Christian collection, 1938-1976. (Maine Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 76817791 Author, journalist, historian, and photographer, of the Brunswick, Me., area. Samuel Thompson was Revolutionary War officer, landowner, and businessman, of Brunswick and Topsham, Me. From the description of The brash Yankee : life of Brigadier General Samuel Thompson. (...

Dow, Neal, 1804-1897

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Dow was born in Portland, Maine on March 20, 1804, the son of Josiah Dow and his wife, Dorcas Allen Dow. Josiah Dow was a member of the Society of Friends (commonly known as Quakers) and a farmer originally from New Hampshire. Dorcas Allen was also a Quaker, and a member of a prosperous Maine family headed by her prominent grandfather, Hate-Evil Hall. They had three children, of whom Neal was the middle child and only son. After his marriage, Dow's father opened a tannery in Portland, which soon...

Portland Observatory (Portland, Me.)

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Originally used to signal ships; currently a museum and historical building. From the description of Portland Observatory records, 1810-1847. (Maine Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 71128390 ...