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Biographical Review : This Volume Contains Biographical Sketches Of Leading Citizens Of Cumberland County, Maine, Biographical Review Publishing Company Jan 1896

Biographical Review : This Volume Contains Biographical Sketches Of Leading Citizens Of Cumberland County, Maine, Biographical Review Publishing Company

Maine History Documents

In all this wide earth there is nothing else so interesting and important as human life ; and the history of individual lives is recognized as, at its best, one of the most attractive and valuable forms of literature. It behooves every generation to write its own records, to leave behind its own memorials. The present volume of local biographies, carefully prepared from materials furnished by the patrons of the work, is issued by the publishers in the confident hope that it will prove satisfactory as the fulfilment of promise and a work of permanent value. These pages treat of …


Biographical Review: This Volume Contains Biographical Sketches Of Leading Citizens Of York County, Maine, Biographical Review Publishing Company Jan 1896

Biographical Review: This Volume Contains Biographical Sketches Of Leading Citizens Of York County, Maine, Biographical Review Publishing Company

Maine History Documents

In all this wide earth there is nothing else so interesting and important as human life; and the history of individual lives is recognized as, at its best, one of the most attractive and valuable forms of literature. It behooves every generation to write its own records, to leave behind its own memorials. The present volume of local biographies, carefully prepared from materials furnished by the patrons of the work, is issued by the publishers in the confident hope that it will prove satisfactory as the fulfilment of promise and a work of permanent value. These pace's treat of earnest …


Illustrated History Of Kennebec County Maine, Henry D. Kingsbury Editor, Simeon L. Deyo Jan 1892

Illustrated History Of Kennebec County Maine, Henry D. Kingsbury Editor, Simeon L. Deyo

Maine History Documents

Detailed history of Kennebec County.


History Of Androscoggin County, Maine, Georgia Drew Merrill Editor Jan 1891

History Of Androscoggin County, Maine, Georgia Drew Merrill Editor

Maine History Documents

From innumerable sources of information,— many of them broken, fragmentary, and imperfect,— from books, manuscripts, records, and private documents, we have gathered much of value respecting this valley of Androscoggin and its savage and civilized occupancy. In our labors we have endeavored to separate truth from error, fact from fiction, as they come down to us from the half-forgotten days in legend, tradition and the annals of the past.


Ursinus College Bulletin Vol. 7, No. 1, Augustus W. Bomberger, Harvey E. Kilmer, Irvin F. Wagner Oct 1890

Ursinus College Bulletin Vol. 7, No. 1, Augustus W. Bomberger, Harvey E. Kilmer, Irvin F. Wagner

Ursinus College Bulletin, 1885-1902

A digitized copy of the October 1890 Ursinus College Bulletin.


Biographical Sketches Of Law Department Graduates And Professors (1844-1876), Theophilus A. Wylie Jan 1890

Biographical Sketches Of Law Department Graduates And Professors (1844-1876), Theophilus A. Wylie

Historic Documents

Excerpts originally published in Indiana University, It's History, 1820. To view the full text of this title go to the HathiTrust here.


Memoir Of Joshua Treat, The Pioneer Settler On Penobscot River, Joseph Whitcomb Porter Jan 1889

Memoir Of Joshua Treat, The Pioneer Settler On Penobscot River, Joseph Whitcomb Porter

Maine History Documents

A brief biography of Joshua Treat followed by genealogical information for the Treat family of Maine from 1756 to 1888. Reprinted from the Bangor Historical Magazine.


Our Picket Guard, Grand Army Of The Republic. Burnside Post No. 47 (Auburn, Me.) Jan 1888

Our Picket Guard, Grand Army Of The Republic. Burnside Post No. 47 (Auburn, Me.)

Maine History Documents

Biographies of Maine citizens involved in the United States Civil War.


Kentucky Genealogy And Biography: Allen County, Kentucky Library Research Collections Jan 1886

Kentucky Genealogy And Biography: Allen County, Kentucky Library Research Collections

Research Collections

Allen County sketches from Kentucky: A History of the State by Battle, Perrin and Kniffin


The History Of Bowdoin College: With Biographical Sketches Of Its Graduates From 1806 To 1879, Inclusive, Nehemiah Cleaveland, Alpheus S. Packard Dec 1881

The History Of Bowdoin College: With Biographical Sketches Of Its Graduates From 1806 To 1879, Inclusive, Nehemiah Cleaveland, Alpheus S. Packard

Bowdoin Histories

The History of Bowdoin College: With Biographical Sketches of Its Graduates from 1806 to 1879, Inclusive (1882), by Nehemiah Cleaveland and Alpheus S. Packard, provides encyclopedic biographical sketches of Bowdoin presidents and graduates for most of the nineteenth century, along with engraved portraits for many of them.


Illustrated Historical Atlas Of The Counties Of Essex And Kent, 1880-1881, H. Belden & Co. Dec 1880

Illustrated Historical Atlas Of The Counties Of Essex And Kent, 1880-1881, H. Belden & Co.

SWODA: Windsor & Region Publications

Covers the history, geography, and biography of the Counties of Essex, Ontario and Kent, Ontario.


History Of York County, Maine: With Illustrations And Biographical Sketches Of Its Prominent Men And Pioneers, W. W. Clayton Jan 1880

History Of York County, Maine: With Illustrations And Biographical Sketches Of Its Prominent Men And Pioneers, W. W. Clayton

Maine History Documents

The present volume is the first published History of York County, Maine. Although materials have existed for such a publication, they have not been found in any special or general collection, and the labor of collecting them chiefly from original sources, and of arranging them in a harmonious and consecutive narrative of events extending through a period of more than two hundred and fifty years, has been by no means a light or trivial task. How well or ill the labor has been performed is now left to the judgment of the intelligent reader. Doubtless some errors have crept into …


Hon. John Alfred Poor, Of Portland, Me., Charles W. Tuttle Dec 1871

Hon. John Alfred Poor, Of Portland, Me., Charles W. Tuttle

Maine History Documents

A hand-bound copy of an article on John Alfred Poor published in New-England Historical and Genealogical Register and Antiquarian Journal, vol. XXVI, no. 4, October, 1872.


Introductory Lecture Delivered Before The Class Of Jefferson Medical College, By Professor J.B. Biddle. Monday, October 9, 1865., J. B. Biddle Oct 1865

Introductory Lecture Delivered Before The Class Of Jefferson Medical College, By Professor J.B. Biddle. Monday, October 9, 1865., J. B. Biddle

Jefferson Medical College Opening Addresses

No abstract provided.


The Military And Naval History Of The Rebellion In The United States: With Biographical Sketches Of Deceased Officers, William Jewett Tenney Dec 1864

The Military And Naval History Of The Rebellion In The United States: With Biographical Sketches Of Deceased Officers, William Jewett Tenney

Civil War Text

The book provides a general history of the Civil War, describing the battles, related political events and relevant issues of equipment and medicine. On title page "Illustrated with steel plate portraits." Includes 843 pages, additional leaves of portraits, and 10 pages on roman numerals. The portraits are engraved by H.W. Smith. Also includes maps and index. Special Collections copy lacks folded map. The copy has inscription: Presented to John Lusadder by his grandparents Mr. and Mrs. Geo Nelson, New years 1892.


Introductory Address Delivered Before The Students Of Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia., B. Howard Rand, Md Oct 1864

Introductory Address Delivered Before The Students Of Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia., B. Howard Rand, Md

Jefferson Medical College Opening Addresses

No abstract provided.


Baron Larrey. By D. Hayes Agnew, M.D., D. Hayes Agnew, Md Oct 1861

Baron Larrey. By D. Hayes Agnew, M.D., D. Hayes Agnew, Md

Jefferson Medical College Opening Addresses

No abstract provided.


The Late Professor J.K. Mitchell, M.D. Professor Dunglison's Preliminary Remarks. Professor Dickson's Inaugural Lecture., Robley Dunglison, Md, Samuel Henry Dickson, Md, Lld Oct 1858

The Late Professor J.K. Mitchell, M.D. Professor Dunglison's Preliminary Remarks. Professor Dickson's Inaugural Lecture., Robley Dunglison, Md, Samuel Henry Dickson, Md, Lld

Jefferson Medical College Opening Addresses

No abstract provided.


Biographical Notice Of The Late George Mcclellan M.D. [1796-1847] By Samuel George Morton, M.D. Read Before The Philadelphia College Of Physicians, September 4, 1849, Samuel George Morton M.D. Jan 1849

Biographical Notice Of The Late George Mcclellan M.D. [1796-1847] By Samuel George Morton, M.D. Read Before The Philadelphia College Of Physicians, September 4, 1849, Samuel George Morton M.D.

Jefferson Biographies

No abstract provided.


Memoir Of George Mcclellan, M.D. [1796-1847]: A Lecture Introductory To The Course Of The Theory And Practice Of Physic In The Medical Department Of Pennsylvania College, For The Session Of 1847-48. By W. Darrach, M.D., W. Darrach M.D. Jan 1847

Memoir Of George Mcclellan, M.D. [1796-1847]: A Lecture Introductory To The Course Of The Theory And Practice Of Physic In The Medical Department Of Pennsylvania College, For The Session Of 1847-48. By W. Darrach, M.D., W. Darrach M.D.

Jefferson Biographies

Memoir of George McClellan, M.D.: A Lecture Introductory to the Course of the Theory and Practice of Physic, in the Medical Department of Pennsylvania College, for the Session of 1847-48.


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

Maine History Documents

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