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Sketches Of Oxford County, Thomas T. Stone Dec 1829

Sketches Of Oxford County, Thomas T. Stone

Maine History Documents

I will imagine a scene ; it is among, the loveliest in a world, which has innumerable joys mingled with its many sorrows. I remember such an one in my childhood, and how I loved it. It was in early spring or autumn, when, after the toil or play of the day, I came into the house which my mother had prepared for the evening; a brisk fire from the hearth playing on the windows and ceiling; my mother smiling on her talkative children as they gathered around her; my father resting from his day's work, and their little- ones …


Speech Of Mr. Sprague, Of Maine, 16th April, 1830, Upon The Subject Of The Removal Of The Indians, Peleg Sprague Dec 1829

Speech Of Mr. Sprague, Of Maine, 16th April, 1830, Upon The Subject Of The Removal Of The Indians, Peleg Sprague

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A speech of Mr. Sprague, of Maine delivered in the Senate of the United States, 16th April, 1830, in reply to Messrs. White, McKinley, and Forsyth, upon the subject of the removal of the Indians. Senator Peleg Sprague argues strongly against President Andrew Jackson's forcible removal of Indians from Southern States on moral grounds and the faulty assumptions of the doctrine of discovery.


A Sermon Preached At North Yarmouth, February 16, 1825: At The Ordination Of The Rev. George D. Boardman, As A Missionary To The Heathen, Jeremiah Chaplin Dec 1824

A Sermon Preached At North Yarmouth, February 16, 1825: At The Ordination Of The Rev. George D. Boardman, As A Missionary To The Heathen, Jeremiah Chaplin

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No abstract provided.


A Sermon, Delivered In The Chapel Of Waterville College, April 3d, 1825, Stephen Chapin Dec 1824

A Sermon, Delivered In The Chapel Of Waterville College, April 3d, 1825, Stephen Chapin

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Full title: A sermon, delivered in the chapel of Waterville College, April 3d, 1825 : on account of the death of Mr. Obed Wilson, son of the Rev. Obed Wilson of Bingham.


Triumphs Of Intellect: A Lecture, Delivered October, 1824, In The Chapel Of Waterville College, Stephen Chapin Dec 1823

Triumphs Of Intellect: A Lecture, Delivered October, 1824, In The Chapel Of Waterville College, Stephen Chapin

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No abstract provided.


Sermon Delivered November 7, 1821, At The Ordination Of The Rev. John A. Douglass, Asa Cummings Dec 1821

Sermon Delivered November 7, 1821, At The Ordination Of The Rev. John A. Douglass, Asa Cummings

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The text of a sermon delivered November 7, 1821, at the ordination of the Reverend John A. Douglass to the pastoral care of the Congregational Church in Waterford, by Asa Cummings, Pastor of the First Church in North Yarmouth.


An Address Delivered Before The Maine Charitable Mechanic Association, For The Benefit Of The Apprentices Library, Thursday Evening, 8th Nov. 1821, Grenville Mellen Dec 1820

An Address Delivered Before The Maine Charitable Mechanic Association, For The Benefit Of The Apprentices Library, Thursday Evening, 8th Nov. 1821, Grenville Mellen

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A sermon on education and the founding of libraries as a "memorable era in the annals of education."


The Conversion Of Mariners Will Enlarge The Praises Of Zion, Stephen Chapin Dec 1820

The Conversion Of Mariners Will Enlarge The Praises Of Zion, Stephen Chapin

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Full title: The conversion of mariners will enlarge the praises of Zion : a sermon addressed to mariners, North-Yarmouth, State of Maine, March 4th, 1821 by Stephen Chapin, Pastor of the Baptist Church in Said Town.


History Of Acadie, Penobscot Bay And River, With A More Particular Geographical And Statistical View Of The District Of Maine Than Has Ever Been Published, Joseph Whipple Jan 1816

History Of Acadie, Penobscot Bay And River, With A More Particular Geographical And Statistical View Of The District Of Maine Than Has Ever Been Published, Joseph Whipple

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The Compiler of the following work made these selections for a History of Penobscot, about two years since; the object of which was, to bring a direct and concise view of this part of the country into a more compact, and cheaper volume than can now be obtained. As reference must be made to many publications, to obtain the information which this contains, all of which are very expensive works; and as it is the general wish of the inhabitants to possess a history of the country in which they live—it was presumed that nearly every family in this part …


An Address, Delivered At Brunswick, April 27, 1814, Parker Cleveland Dec 1813

An Address, Delivered At Brunswick, April 27, 1814, Parker Cleveland

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Full title: An address, delivered at Brunswick, April 27, 1814; before the Brunswick, Topsham, and Harpswell society, for the suppression of intemperance by Parker Cleveland, A. M., Professor of Mathematics, and Natural Philosophy, in Bowdoin College


A Sermon, Delivered July 23, 1812, On Occasion Of The State Fast, Appointed In Consequence Of The Declaration Of War Against Great Britain, Francis Brown Dec 1811

A Sermon, Delivered July 23, 1812, On Occasion Of The State Fast, Appointed In Consequence Of The Declaration Of War Against Great Britain, Francis Brown

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A sermon delivered at the beginning of the War of 1812.


An Oration On Music; Pronounced At Fryeburg, Before The Hans-Gram Musical Society, 1811, Oliver Bray Dec 1811

An Oration On Music; Pronounced At Fryeburg, Before The Hans-Gram Musical Society, 1811, Oliver Bray

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An oration on music; pronounced at Fryeburg, before the Hans-Gram Musical Society, on their first anniversary, October 10, 1811, by Oliver Bray.


An Address Delivered Before The Wiscasset Female Asylum, Oct. 8, 1811, Alden Bradford Dec 1810

An Address Delivered Before The Wiscasset Female Asylum, Oct. 8, 1811, Alden Bradford

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An address at the first public meeting after the act of incorporation of the Wiscasset Female Asylum, '... to relieve the wants and improve the morals of such indigent females, as shall appear to be objects of charity.' - p. 8


A Sermon Delivered At Penobscot, District Of Maine, November 22, 1809, Kiah Bailey Dec 1809

A Sermon Delivered At Penobscot, District Of Maine, November 22, 1809, Kiah Bailey

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A sermon delivered at Penobscot, district of Maine : November 22, 1809 ; at the ordination of the Rev. Philip Spaulding, over the congregational church and society in the place, by Kiah Bailey, Congregational Minister in New-Castle.


An Address Delivered At Gorham, On Opening The Academy In That Place, Reuben Nason Dec 1805

An Address Delivered At Gorham, On Opening The Academy In That Place, Reuben Nason

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A transcript of and address delivered at the opening of Gorham Academy in Gorham, Maine, on September 8, 1806.


Fashionable Amusements Inconsistent With The Design And Spirit Of The Gospel, Kiah Bayley Dec 1803

Fashionable Amusements Inconsistent With The Design And Spirit Of The Gospel, Kiah Bayley

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Full title: Fashionable amusements inconsistent with the design and spirit of the Gospel, contrary to the express commands of God, and in many respects productive of evil : a discourse delivered February 5, 1804 / by Kiah Bayley, pastor of the church in New-Castle, (Maine.)


Slavery Inconsistent With Justice And Good Policy, David Rice Dec 1803

Slavery Inconsistent With Justice And Good Policy, David Rice

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Full title: Slavery inconsistent with justice and good policy : proved by a speech, delivered in the convention, held at Danville, Kentucky / by the Rev. David Rice. Printed at Augusta, by Peter Edes, 1804. Text followed by a note: This work is re-printed at the request of many person, some of whom belong to the Society of Friends, to whom it is now dedicated. It may, with their assistance, tend to aid the views of our Legislature in abolishing the representation of slaves, and eventually of the existence of slavery in this country.


Two Sermons Delivered In Wiscasset, (Pownalborough) On The 9th Of May, 1798, Alden Bradford Dec 1797

Two Sermons Delivered In Wiscasset, (Pownalborough) On The 9th Of May, 1798, Alden Bradford

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Full title: Two Sermons Delivered in Wiscasset, (Pownalborough) on the 9th of May, 1798, which the President of the United States had Previously Appointed to be Religiously Observed as a Day of Humiliation and Prayer throughout the Union.


Two Sermons Upon The Doctrines, Character And Kingdom Of Christ, Alden Bradford Dec 1794

Two Sermons Upon The Doctrines, Character And Kingdom Of Christ, Alden Bradford

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From the cover page: Two sermons upon the doctrines, character and kingdom of Christ : delivered in the first parish in Cambridge, December 28, 1794, by Alden Bradford, A.M., pastor of a Christian Society in Pownalborough. Published by request of the hearers, printed by Samuel Hall, No. 53, Cornhill, Boston.