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Thanksgiving. A Discourse Delivered At Hallowell, On The Day Of The Annual Thanksgiving In Massachusetts, Eliphalet Gillet Dec 1819

Thanksgiving. A Discourse Delivered At Hallowell, On The Day Of The Annual Thanksgiving In Massachusetts, Eliphalet Gillet

Maine Bicentennial

The present age is ... distinguished for its advancements in literature and science. Laudable zeal is manifested, and successful efforts made, in every department of knowledge. The lovers of science have pushed their researches beyond the limits of former ages. Progress has been made in philology, in chymical [sic] and biblical knowledge, and in attainments in general literature. It is an object to which the public mind turns with a favorable aspect. Some nations, within the present age, have, in this respect, almost entirely changed their character; emerging from comparative barbarism to a state of refinement in science, …


Constitution For The State Of Maine: Formed In Convention At Portland, 29th Of October, A.D. 1819, Maine Constitutional Convention Oct 1819

Constitution For The State Of Maine: Formed In Convention At Portland, 29th Of October, A.D. 1819, Maine Constitutional Convention

Maine Bicentennial

The Maine Constitution was unanimously approved by the 210 delegates to the Maine Constitutional Convention in October 1819. On February 25, 1820, the General Court passed a follow-up measure officially accepting the fact of Maine’s imminent statehood.


A Sermon Delivered In Augusta, June 23, 1819: Before The Maine Missionary Society, At Their Twelfth Anniversary, Jonathan Cogswell, David Thurston, Ammi R. Mitchell, Kiah Bayley, Eliphalet Gillet Jun 1819

A Sermon Delivered In Augusta, June 23, 1819: Before The Maine Missionary Society, At Their Twelfth Anniversary, Jonathan Cogswell, David Thurston, Ammi R. Mitchell, Kiah Bayley, Eliphalet Gillet

Maine Bicentennial

The text of a sermon presented by Jonathan Cogswell to the Maine Missionary Society in Saco, Maine on June 23, 1819. The document includes extracts from the report of the Trustees of the Maine Missionary Society including the Treasurer's statement and list of donors and donation amounts. The pamphlet also lists the names of Maine Missionary Society members by town and the names of officers elected on June 23, 1819.