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Lights and Shadows of Western Life: A Faithful Picture, by a Resident Sucker
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The following curious and highly amusing document, was handed to us by a friend, who desired to see it in print. We are informed that the questions were copied verbatim from a printed circular, signed by Charles Lowell, Esq., of Ellsworth, which was sent to several of the Postmasters in Illinois, in 1839, for the purpose of obtaining information in regard to that country. A copy of this circular falling, by chance, into the hands of a wag at Jacksonville, he returned it to Mr. Lowell with answers annexed, as given below. Mr. L. being, we presume, little pleased with the character of the answers, refused to take the document out of the Post Office, and it subsequently passed into other hands. We have been much amused with the replies of the Jacksonville wag. They contain the most admirable burlesque upon Western life that we have ever seen.https://digicom.bpl.lib.me.us/books_pubs/1252/thumbnail.jp
Report of an exploration and survey of the territory on the Aroostook River, during the spring and autumn of 1838
Get PDFTo Ezekiel Holmes, Esq. of Winthrop,
Sir : Pursuant to the above order of the Board of Internal Improvements, you are authorized and requested to select suitable assistants, and proceed as soon as practicable in the above mentioned exploration and survey, which you will finish in such a manner as in your opinion may best promote the interest of the State. You will make a reconnoisance of the Sebois River and ascertain the practicability of a water communication between this river and La Pompique, also between the Little Machias and Fish Rivers, and at such other points on the Aroostook between the St. John and Penobscot Rivers, as you may deem advisable. You will examine the geology and mineralogy of the country, and present in your Report a topographical account of the same -- describing the streams, mill sites, mountains, ponds, bogs, &c.; the growth, quality and extent of different soils, and in what direction it will be advisable to open roads and the facilities for making the same. You will notice the climate, in what it differs from the settled parts of the State -- the adaptation of that region for particular products -- the facilities for boating, and the transportation of lumber, and all such other particulars as you may deem valuable. You are requested to return specimens of minerals and soils to this office with localities designated, and interesting specimens of natural history, such as fossils, bones, horns, shells, plants, seeds, &c., when the same can be done without much inconvenience.
Elijah L. Hamlin, Land Agent.
May 1st, 1838https://digicom.bpl.lib.me.us/books_pubs/1056/thumbnail.jp
Three Pamphlets about the Duel of February 24, 1838, Between Jonathan Cilley of Maine and William J. Graves of Kentucky
Get PDFContemporary documents which detail the feud between United States House of Representative members Jonathan Cilley, of Maine, and William J. Graves, of Kentucky. Cilley had spoken unfavorably on the floor of the House of James Watson Webb, publisher of the New York Morning Courier and Enquirer, concerning Webb having flip-flopped (because of $52,000 payment) on the issue of whether the Second Bank of the United States should continue operation.
Webb gave a letter to his friend, Rep. William Graves of Kentucky, demanding an explanation or an apology of Cilley. Cilley explained he had not meant to impugn Webb\u27s reputation, but the explanation failed to satisfy either Webb or Graves. Unable to reconcile, a duel was decided upon, with Graves standing in for Webb.
After a few rounds of firing, Cilley was struck in the leg, piercing his femoral artery. He died moments later.
This ordeal outraged the Congress and much of the country, leading to Congress outlawing dueling in the District of Columbia in 1839 and a decision to expel from Congress any member who later took part in a duel.
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Report of the Committee on the Late Duel (1838)
Discourse, Occasioned by the Recent Duel in Washington by Henry Ware Jr. (1838)
Doctor Sprague\u27s Sermon, Occasioned by the Late Tragical Deed at Washington (1838)https://digicom.bpl.lib.me.us/books_pubs/1361/thumbnail.jp
An Appeal to American Patriots: A Poem
Get PDFMaine Wesleyan Seminary, Nov. 10, 1835,
Gentlemen -- I herewith transmit to you a copy of the Poem to which you allude in your note of the 6th inst. You are aware under what pressure of other duties the Poem was thrown together; at intervals, too, when the mind is least poetical. It was designed, moreover, merely for delivery. In presenting you with this copy, I feel urged to accompany it with these remarks, hoping that you will consider it as an offering to you, rather than to the public. With sentiments of respect, I am most obediently yours.
B.F. Teffthttps://digicom.bpl.lib.me.us/books_pubs/1099/thumbnail.jp
Plan of Part of the City of Bangor, Maine. ca. 1834
No full textThis map, titled Plan of Part of the City of Bangor, Maine was published sometime shortly after 1834, as it shows the Bangor House. It was published by N. Curriers Lith[ographers], 148 Nassau cor.Spruce, N.Y. As this differs considerably from the other maps of Bangor this might be a proposed plan. Note that New York Park is roughly in the Fairmount area of the city. Attached to the Zadoc french plan.https://digicom.bpl.lib.me.us/maps_bangor_city/1008/thumbnail.jp
Map of Bangor, 1834
No full textThis is an 1834 map of the newly incorporated city of Bangor, Maine. The map was published by Nourse and Smith, and printed by Pendleton of Boston. The map is mounted on a linen backing. This map was originally included with the Bangor City Directory for 1834.https://digicom.bpl.lib.me.us/maps_bangor_city/1002/thumbnail.jp
A Map of Lots in the City of Bangor, Me.
No full textA map of lots in the City of Bangor, Me. The property belonging to the late Zadoc French Esq. Lots 25 by 100 feet. N. Currier\u27s Lith Cor Nassau and Spruce.
date is circa 1834.
Attached to Plan of Parts of the City of Bangorhttps://digicom.bpl.lib.me.us/maps_bangor_city/1007/thumbnail.jp
An argument delivered before the Bangor Forensic Club on the question ought the law requiring the opening of our post-offices and the transportation of our mails on the Christian Sabbath to be repealed? Thursday evening, Jan. 6, 1831
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This, sir, brings us to the shape, in which the question under consideration presents itself. It is contended that this law is an infringement of the laws of God, inasmuch as it violates the sanctity of the Christian Sabbath. Could this be proved, no conviction would sooner strike me dumb. Hence, then, the true question arises -- is the Christian Sabbath a Divine Institution? In the discussion of this momentous question, I am emboldened to proceed, only from the reflection that I rely on God\u27s own word to prove his will. And let those beware, who would presume to prove more, by arguments drawn from other sources than those of infallible truth.https://digicom.bpl.lib.me.us/books_pubs/1129/thumbnail.jp
Proceedings of a Meeting Held at Bangor, Maine, by the Friends of the Union, on the Subject of Northern Interference with the Domestic Relations of Master and Slave at the South
Get PDFThe citizens of Bangor, one and all, who are opposed to the measures of the Northern Abolitionists, and who are desirous publicly, and in the language of Washington indignantly to frown upon the first dawning of any attempt to alienate one portion of our country from the rest; or to enfeeble the sacred ties which now link together the various parts; who hold to the preservation of our national compact, in its original spirit and purity, as a sacred and inviolable duty, and as the only ark of our political salvation; -- who disclaiming for themselves, protest against the right of other citizens, of any one State, to interfere, directly or indirectly, in the domestic relations of the citizens of any other State; and who feel pledged by every obligation sacred to men of honor and freemen to support, at all hazards, that fundamental article in our sacred Constitution, that the United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union, a Republican form of government; and shall protect each of them against invasion, and against domestic violence, -- are requested to meet at the City Hall, on Saturday evening, the 29th August, at 7 o\u27clock, to take into consideration the measures most proper to be adopted, to counteract the attempts now making by these individuals to create civil discord and to convey to our brethren of the South the most solemn assurance of the public reprobation of their proceedings, and the insignificance of their numbers, and their utter inability to produce any public action among the independent and intelligent citizens of Maine, inconsistent with the rights of the Southern States.https://digicom.bpl.lib.me.us/books_pubs/1223/thumbnail.jp
The First Library in Bangor: Letter Written in 1814 Proves Existence of Earliest Known Library in Bangor
Get PDFThis letter written in 1814 by Williams D. Williamson, then postmaster in Bangor, to Rev. Jedediah Morse, preacher, pamphleteer, and geographer, of Charleston, Massachusetts, contains the earliest known reference to a library in Bangor.
The library, when opened, was called the Bangor Athenaeum. It was one of six libraries operating in Bangor in various times between 1814 and 1883 which, in the end, all merged into the Bangor Public Library, founded in 1883. In 1814 Bangor was in the District of Maine, a part of the State of Massachusetts.
The original letter and its transcription included. Also included in an April 1955 Bangor Daily News article about the Bangor Public Library\u27s recent acquisition of the letter.https://digicom.bpl.lib.me.us/books_pubs/1339/thumbnail.jp