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The Effect Of Inventions Upon Social Problems, Henry A. Congdon

Student and Lippitt Prize Essays

A study of the most notable effects of new inventions upon social issues, including employment opportunities, distribution of industry and the life of a laborer.

A History Of Swan's Island, Maine, Herman Wesley Small M.D.

Maine Collection

A History of Swan's Island, Maine

by H.W. Small, M.D. (1865-1937)

Table of Contents:

1. Introduction - Aborigines - Discovery, 2. Purchase - Settlement and Land Titles, 3. A Sketch of the Life of Col. James Swan, 4. Biographical Sketches of early Settlers, 5. Gott's Island, 6. The Fishing Industry, 7. Synopsis of the Municipal Records, 8. Miscellaneous - Index of First Settlers

Decadence Of Country Towns In Rhode Island, Welcome Sands Carmichael

Student and Lippitt Prize Essays

An exploration into population decline in rural Rhode Island due to industrialization. Towns selected for evaluation were Exeter, Charlestown, West Greenwich, and Foster.

The Story Of New Sweden As Told At The Quarter Centennial Celebration Of The Founding Of The Swedish Colony In The Woods Of Maine, June 25, 1895, Stanley J. Estes

Maine Collection

The Story of New Sweden as Told at the Quarter Centennial Celebration of the Founding of the Swedish Colony in the Woods of Maine, June 25, 1895

Edited by Stanley J. Estes

Illustrated History Of Kennebec County Maine 1625-1799-1892 (Vol.2), Henry D. Kingsbury, Simeon L. Deyo

Osher Map Library Rare Books

Illustrated History of Kennebec County Maine 1625-1799-1892 - Volume II

Editors: Henry D. Kingsbury and Simeon L. Deyo

Second bound volume comprises pages 601-1273.

"Edition Limited to 1600 Prints"- Copyrighted 1892.

637 p. : ill. ; 28 cm

Illustrated History Of Kennebec County Maine 1625-1799-1892 (Vol.1), Henry D. Kingsbury, Simeon L. Deyo

Osher Map Library Rare Books

Illustrated History of Kennebec County Maine 1625-1799-1892 - Volume I.

Editors: Henry D. Kingsbury and Simeon L. Deyo.

First bound volume comprises pages 1-600.

"Edition Limited to 1600 Prints"- Copyrighted 1892.

600 p. : ill. ; 28 cm

History Of Androscoggin County, Maine (Illustrated), Georgia Drew Merrill (Ed.)

Osher Map Library Rare Books

History of Androscoggin County, Maine (Illustrated)

Editor: Georgia Drew Merrill

Copyright, 1891

W.A. Fergusson & Co., Boston, Mass. (Journal Press, Lewiston, Me.)

879 p.: ill., ports.; 26 cm

The New Gloucester Centennial, September 7, 1874, T. H. Haskell

Maine Collection

The New Gloucester Centennial, September 7, 1874

by T.H. Haskell

Appendix Lists: " Votes of the Town During the Revolution", "Roll of Capt. Parsons' Company", "Polls and Estates", "Aged People" etc.

The Gentleman’S Companion. New York City. In 1870, Anonymous, Paul Royster (Depositor)

Electronic Texts in American Studies

This is a pocket-sized guide to the prostitution industry or sex trade in New York City in 1870--a directory of its brothels, barrooms, and houses of assignation. It is a remarkable record of the demimonde in the post-Civil War city that housed an estimated 20,000 prostitutes.

In the following pages some shadows, dirt spots, and microfilm scratches have been removed, but the text remains unaltered. The pagination appears unorthodox in places due to interpolated advertisements for various establishments.

A copy of the work held in the New-York Historical Society is reprinted online with commentary at https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/projects/documents/a-vest-pocket-guide-to-brothels-in-19th-century-new-york-for-gentlemen-on-the-go?mcubz=0

One is impressed not …

Letter From Augustin Hibbard To [William Hibbard] 1856 Oct. 16, Augustin Hibbard

Gold Rush Life

Fort Steilacoom, Puget Sound

Washington Territory

Oct 16^th 1856

Dear Brother,

Your very welcome letter of Aug 18^th reached me yesterday, and my heart was once more gladdened by knowing that at that date you were all well at home. I am, thank God, in good health and my prospects, in a worldly point of view are very fair. I have pretty severe work, as I am travelling the most of the time, and the facilities are small. My business is buying oil and cranberries, and, selling goods on [commission], for three houses in San Francisco.

I am …

Fostering Civic Responsibility, Constitutional Rights Foundation

Civic Engagement

This issue features: Fostering Civic Responsibility Through Service Learning; Program Profiles; and CityWorks: A Curriculum Model for Teaching Local Government Through Research and Service Learning.