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Medical Deception And Imposition Upon The Public : Discovered, Detected And Exposed, Designed For The Use Of All To Whom It May Come Or Concern, Joseph Fernald
Medical Deception And Imposition Upon The Public : Discovered, Detected And Exposed, Designed For The Use Of All To Whom It May Come Or Concern, Joseph Fernald
Maine Bicentennial
Dissertation by Joseph Fernald of Portland, Maine, debunking a patent medicine being peddled by “a certain medical man by the name of Druerd, alias Werd,” as “Allum-water” (potassium aluminum sulfate). Potassium alum, an astringent, may be used in pickling, leather tanning, and water purification. In the late 20th Century, large crystals of Alum were marketed as “deodorant rocks.”
A Proclamation For A Day Of Public Humiliation And Prayer, Albion K. Parris, Amos Nichols
A Proclamation For A Day Of Public Humiliation And Prayer, Albion K. Parris, Amos Nichols
Maine Bicentennial
A Proclamation for a day of Public Humiliation and Prayer issued by Albion K. Parris, Governor of the State of Maine.
[Map Of] Maine, Fielding Lucas
[Map Of] Maine, Fielding Lucas
Maine Bicentennial
Hand-tinted, 1824 map of Maine by Fielding Lucas of Baltimore. Map depicts nine Maine counties. Names of bodies of water in the region identified in 2018 as the Allagash Wilderness Waterway, are labeled with English interpretations of Algonquin place names. Map provides a scale of miles per inch and a compass rosette indicating north. No scale given. Map size: 30 x 25 cm
A Short Address, Delivered Before The Sufferers By The Late Fire In Wiscasset And Alna, At Their Meeting January 18, 1824, To Express Their Gratitude For Donations Made For Their Relief, To Which Are Added Several Exhortations, And The Lord's Prayer, Paraphrased, Hezekiah Packard
Maine Bicentennial
According to the Portland Gazette, Sept. 16, 1823, over 26 square miles of land encompassing the communities of Wiscasset and Alna, Maine were scorched by a firestorm the afternoon of Sept. 4, 1823, resulting in over $250,672 in damages (approximately $5.8 million in 2018 USD). In addition to two deaths, the region lost 32 homes, 37 barns, 437 head of stock, 3 school houses, a tannery, a gristmill and a sawmill. Over 277 inhabitants were impacted between the two towns. Local authorizes estimated the value of lost property at $50,672 and the value of lost timber and crops at …