History of Penobscot County, Maine; with illustrations and biographical sketches, Part 51

Author: Williams, Chase & Co., Cleveland (Ohio)
Publication date: 1882
Publisher: Cleveland, Williams, Chase & Co.
Number of Pages: 1100

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THE SEMINARY CHAPEL.

In the summer of 1859 the Seminary Chapel was ded- icated. This had long been needed, and has proved an inestimable blessing to the Seminary. It was erected, at an expense of more than $12,000, through the efforts of a society of ladies in Bangor. In reporting to the Gen- eral Conference this great achievement of the ladies, the visiting committee for 1859 say: "God bless the ladies of Bangor who started this enterprise, and the ladies throughout the State, and elsewhere, who have been helping to move it on! They are entitled to all the credit of this noble undertaking. 'The Corban Society' shall be held in remembrance wherever Bangor Seminary is known. Many daughters have done virtuously, but these have excelled them all."

ANOTHER PROFESSOR ADDED.

In the autumn of 1854 Professor Pond, having dis- charged the duties of two professorships, viz., those of systematic theology and of ecclesiastical history, for more than twenty years, requested that he might be released from one of them, and as he earnestly desired, while he lived, to see the professorship of theology satis- factorily provided for, he proposed himself to relinquish that, and to confine his instructions in future to the de- partment of history. His proposition was acceded to, and in the spring of 1855 the Rev. Samuel Harris, of Pittsfield, Massachusetts, was elected to the chair of

*Professor Talcott resigned his chair in 1880, but continues to reside 'n Bangor.

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theology. This appointment was accepted, and at the following anniversary Professor Harris was inaugurated. At the same time Professor Pond was formally trans- ferred to the department of history, and constituted president of the faculty.

The departments of instruction were now satisfactorily filled, and things seemed likely to move on without em- barrassment. But one serious mistake had been made, and this resulted ere long in difficulty. Professor Harris had been appointed to the chair of theology, while as yet the professorship was not endowed, though it was expected that it soon would be. But this expectation was not realized, and the Seminary was running contin- ually in debt. This course of things went on until the years of 1862 and 1863, when the amount of indebted- ness became alarming, and it was evident that something effectual must be done. And something was done. A subscription was opened which, in connection with lega- cies and certain large donations, entirely cleared the Seminary of debt and completed the endowment of the several professorships, as the salaries then were. A legacy of $10,000 was received from the estate of the late Dr. Jacob Hayes, of Charlestown, Massachusetts, which was appropriated to the professorship of sacred literature. A legacy of $3,000 was received from the estate of the late Mr. Hiram Fogg, accompanied with a donation of $10,000 from his brother, William Fogg, esq., of New York, both of which sums were appro- priated to the professorship of sacred rhetoric. The sum of $16,000 was received from Richard P. Buck, esq., of Brooklyn, New York, which was appropriated to the professorship of theology. In consequence of these bequests and donations, it was decided that these pro- fessorships should, in all future time, bear the names of those who had so liberally contributed for their endow- ment.

In the meantime $15,000 had been received from the late Ichabod Washburn, esq., of Worcester, to increase the fund for the assistance of indigent young men.

HOPES AND TRIALS.

The Seminary was now placed in a more favorable position than ever before. Its debts were paid; its pro- fessorships were filled and endowed; the number of students was increased; and its prospects in general were encouraging.

But subsequent events showed that trials were still be- fore us. In the summer of 1866 Professor Harris was appointed President of Bowdoin College, and concluded, after a protracted struggle, to accept the appointment. He continued his instructions here till the spring of 1867, and then left for Brunswick. It was a sore trial to his colleagues and to the trustees to part with him; but his convictions of duty were clear, and naught remained to us but to give him our blessing and let him go.

Scarcely had we passed this trial when another and greater affliction befell us. In the spring of 1868 the honored and beloved Professor Shepard, who had for months exhibited marks of decrepitude, was suddenly removed by death. Although it had been evident to us

for some time that his work was done, the shock was a severe one and many tears were · shed. I have not time here to dwell upon the character of Dr. Shepard, nor is this necessary. His works remain; and he has left a memorial in the hearts of all who knew him which can never be effaced.

I have only to say further, that the vacancies occa- sioned by the removal of Dr. Harris and the decease of Dr. Shepard have been satisfactorily filled. In our dis- tress we sought direction from God, and our prayer was heard. We accept the successors of the eminent men who were removed from us as a treasure from the hand of God, which we greatly appreciate, and which we hope may long remain.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS TO BENEFACTORS.

I cannot close this long, and, I fear, tedious detail, without recording our obligations to certain individuals, no longer with us, who loved the Seminary from the first, and who never ceased to pray and labor for it so long as they lived. Among these were Fathers Sewall, Sawyer, and Fisher, whose portraits adorn our chapel, and whose memory is dear to all our hearts. Then there was the Rev. Kiah Bailey, whose wife's charity-box received the first money that ever was given to Bangor Seminary. Then there was the late Rev. David Thurston and Dr. Tappan, who were always with us on occasions like the present, to counsel, to sympathize, and to bless. Among the departed laymen in this city there are some whose names must not be omitted. There was the late Judge Dutton, who was chiefly instrumental in procuring for us the grounds on which our Seminary building stands; also the late Mr. John Barker, who was a laborer for the Seminary more than fifty years ago, who was a liberal donor, and who started the great subscription of 1835. But especially would I mention the late Deacon Eliashib Adams, who was a trustee of the Seminary for almost forty years, who was its treasurer for a considerable part of this time, who never wearied in planning and labor- ing for its interests, and whose death was probably hast- ened by too great an effort on its behalf. The names of these and other benefactors must never be forgotten so long as the Seminary in Bangor has a being.

THE WORK OF THE SEMINARY.

The following statements are extracted from the Cat- alogue of the Seminary for 1881 :

The course in exegesis includes the study of the Hebrew and Greek texts, with recitations, lectures on the Principles of Biblical Criti- cism and Interpretation, on Hebrew Poetry, and other subjects con- nected with Bible literature, exegesis of select portions of the Old Testament, of the Gospels in harmony, and of one or more of the Epistles. During the Middle and Senior years the exegesis of the Epistles is continued, and some of the more difficult portions of the Old Testament Scriptures.

The course in Systematic Theology consists mainly in lectures and daily examinations. Essays and readings are assigned to enable the student to make his own acquaintance with the great minds of the past and to express his thoughts in his own way. The aim of this course is to lead the student through a thoughtful and independent investigation of Christian truth; to put him into the first lines of a theology which can be preached.

The course in Church History is founded upon text-books (Free- man's General Sketch of History, Neander's History of the Chris- tian Religion and Church, Fisher's History of the Reformation),

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with recitations and lectures. Special attention is paid to the history of the Constitution of the Church in its successive forms of de- velopment, and to the history of the doctrines of Christianity, as shaped by controversies and councils. Subjects of peculiar importance are reviewed and criticised by means of theses which are given to the class as topics for investigation and writing.

The Homiletical course combines practice with instruction, and, be- ginning in the junior year with study of the principles of reasoning, requires the construction of arguments and plans and the writing of essays. The drill in elocution continues through the middle year, and is designed to give thorough vocal practice, together with instruction in oratory and reading. The course in Homiletics proper, senior year, is given in lectures, and is accompanied by frequent exercises in extem- poraneous speaking and in the criticism and delivery of sermons.

In the work in New Testament Greek, constant use is made of gram- mar and lexicon. The aim is to cultivate the habit of that critical study which is the foundation of a correct exegesis. The text-books required are a Greek Testament with the text adopted by the Bible Revision Committee, Hadley's Greek Grammar, Buttman's Grammar of New Testament Greek, and Robinson's Lexicon of the Greek Testa- ment.

This Seminary is open to Christians of every denomination. Candi- dates for admission must be approved by the Examining Committee of the Faculty. They will be expected to produce testimony of their church-membership and of their education at some college or university. If they have not pursued a collegiate course, they will be examined, and must exhibit literary attainments which, as preparatory to theo- logical studies, are satisfactory to the Faculty.

Those whose age or circumstances forbid the pursuit of the complete course of study, may, at the discretion of the Faculty, be admitted to the studies of the middle year, and continue their course with the full privileges of the Seminary.

Each student is charged two dollars a year for incidental expenses. There is no other charge for tuition, room, library, or any privilege of the Seminary.

The students generally board in the Boarding Association, for which a large and commodious boarding house is provided by the Trustees, furnished and free of rent. They hire a matron, regulate their bill of fare, make their purchases, and assess the amount upon themselves. The expense varies accordingly; but, including washing, it is materially less than the price of board alone at other boarding houses in the city.

The dormitory has been thoroughly repaired and refitted. The rooms are carpeted, and furnished with beds, bedding, chairs, tables, and book-shelves. Nearly half of them have been furnished by the gener- osity of friends. The following is a list of the donors :-

State street Church, Portland. Room No. 1

Winter street Church, Bath

€ 4

Mrs. Samuel Pickard, Auburn

Central Church, Bath. 4

Hammond Street Church, Bangor.

First Parish, Bangor.

Congregational Church, Bucksport

Congregational Church, South Freeport.

High street Church, Auburn 13

Central Church, Bangor 18

Congregational Church, Gardiner. 22

First Church, Lowell, Massachusetts.

Congregational Church, Belfast.

Congregational Church, Augusta.

28 Congregational Church, Searsport. 32

Students who become beneficiaries of the American Education So- ciety will receive such aid as its funds allow.

The Washburn fund and some other funds were given expressly to aid members of the Seminary. The income of these funds will be dis- tributed to those students whose circumstances require it, and will probably amount to about half the expense of board.

During the vacation, students licensed to preach are usually in de- mand, to be employed as missionaries of the Maine Missionary Society, or as stated supplies; and other students who desire it, generally find remunerative employment as teachers or otherwise. During term time students often have opportunities to give instruction to private pupils in the city, and members of the Senior class have frequent opportunities to receive compensation for preaching.

A recent generous donation from the Central Church, in Bangor, has established a Post-graduate Scholarship of $1,000 in Bowdoin Col- lege, the income of which is appropriated to the aid of any student who, after graduating at the Seminary, desires to take a post-graduate year at the college.

The members of the Seminary usually take a license to preach at the close of the Middle year. And as it is believed to be conducive to the best professional training to combine practice with theory, they are en- couraged during the Senior year to preach as opportunity offers, pro- vided the prescribed exercises are not neglected.

The Library contains fifteen thousand volumes. There is a perma- nent library fund of $10,000, the income of which is devoted to the purchase of books. Fresh additions are constantly made, with special reference to the needs of theological students. The library is also sup- plied with the leading reviews and journals, American and foreign. It is open daily, Sundays excepted. The reading-room is furnished with the best newspapers and with other periodicals, and is open at all times.

The Rhetorical Society meets statedly for debates, addresses, and other exercises. The Society of Inquiry is in possession of a valuable cabinet.

There is a general prayer meeting, held weekly; and there are also weekly class prayer meetings. The students attend worship at the churches in the city, where they are cordially welcomed. They are thus introduced into the Christian society of the city, and take part in the prayer meetings, the Sabbath schools, and missionary and benefi- cent work of the churches. This not only tends to promote spiritual growth, but breaks up the monotony and seclusion of scholastic life, and imparts social culture and practical experience. The Seminary is surrounded also by a wide missionary field whose destitutions crowd up almost to the limits of the city, and the students, during their course, can scarcely avoid being engaged more or less in missionary work.

PROFESSORS.

The professors of the Seminary, from the beginning, have been as follows:

SACRED LITERATURE.

ELECTED.

RESIGNED OR DIED.

1817 *Jehudi Ashmun, A. M., 1819

1819

*Rev. Bancroft Fowler, A. M., 1825

1827

*Rev. George E. Adams, D. D., I829

I831 Rev. Alvan Bond, D. D., 1835

1835

*Rev. Leonard Woods, jr., D. D., 1839

1839

Rev. D. S. Talcott, D. D., I881

SYSTEMATIC THEOLOGY.

1817

*Rev. Abijah Wines, A. M., 1819

1819

*Rev. John Smith, D. D., 1831

1832

Rev. Enoch Pond, D. D., 1855

1855

Rev. Samuel Harris, D. D.,

1867

Rev. John R. Herrick, D. D.,

1873

I873

Rev. William M. Barbour, D. D.,

1877

Rev. Cyrus Hamlin, D. D., pro tem.

SACRED RHETORIC.

1836

*Rev. George Shepard, D. D., I868

1869

Rev. William M. Barbour, D. D., 1875

1875

Rev. John S. Sewall, D. D. ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY. 1870

1855

Rev. Enoch Pond, D. D.,

1870

Rev. Enoch Pond, D. D., Professor Emeritus.

1870

Rev. Levi L. Paine, D. D.

TRUSTEES.

The following named gentlemen have been trustees of the institution :

ELECTED.

RESIGNED OR DIED.

1814 *Rev. John Sawyer, D. D., 1859

*Rev. Kiah Bailey, I825

*Rev. Eliphalet Gillett, D. D., 1818

*Rev. William Jenks, D. D., 1819

*Rev. Mighill Blood,

1852

*Rev. Asa Lyman, 1816

*Rev. David Thurston,

1860

*Rev. Harvey Loomis,

1825

*Hon. Ammi R. Mitchell,

1824

*Samuel E. Dutton, esq., I826

*Rev. Jonathan Fisher,

1845

*Rev. Daniel Lovejoy, 1833

*Rev. Edward ·Payson, D. D.,

1819

"Deceased.

· 1877

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1816 *Rev. Thomas Williams,

1846

1841. Rev. Robert Wyman,* missionary to Ceylon.

*Rev. David M. Mitchell,

1825

1842. Rev. John C. Fiske, D. D., of Bath.

1817

*Eliashib Adams, esq., 1856

1818

*Thomas Adams, esq., 1825

1819

*Rev. John W. Ellinwood, D. D., 1832

1832

1825

*Rev. Swan L. Pomroy, D. D.,

1849

1850. Rev. Edwin B. Webb, D. D., of Boston, Massachusetts.

1826

*George W. Brown, esq.,

I850

1827

*Rev. David M. Mitchell,

1838

1829

*Rev. Bennett Tyler, D. D.,

1834

1832

*George Starrett, esq.,

1837

1833

*John Bradley, esq.,

1835

1834

*John Barker, esq.,

1849

1835

*Rev. Joseph Vaill,

1838

1853. Rev. Horatio G. Butterfield, D. D., late Pres- ident of Olivet College, Michigan.

1837

*George W. Pickering, esq.,

1876

1839

*Rev. Elijah Jones,

1869

1842

*William A. Crocker, esq., 1850

1845

*John McDonald. esq., 1855

1867

1850

Rev. Stephen Thurston, D. D.

1873

*Rev: George E. Adams, D. D., George A. Thatcher, esq.,

Joseph S. Wheelwright, esq.

1852

*Samuel Pickard, esq.,

1872

*Henry Darling, esq.,

1874

1856

*William H. Mills, esq.,

1867

*Rev. George B. Little,

1860

Rev. Wooster Parker.

1859

*George Downes, esq.,

I87I

1860

Rev. J. W. Chickering, D. D.,

I866

1864

*Rev. Richard Woodhull,

1873

1866

Rev. Alfred E. Ives.

1867

Richard P. Buck, esq.

Samuel D. Thurston, esq.

1868

Rev. Benjamin Tappan.

1869

*Simon Page, esq.,

1878

1860. Professor Samuel D. Bowker, Topeka, Kan- sas; Professor John W. Chickering, National Deaf-mute College, Washington, District of Columbia.

1872

Rev. S. P. Fay.

1874

Rev. John O. Fiske, D. D.

1862. Rev. Americus Fuller, missionary to Turkey. 1863. Rev. Joseph P. Green, missionary to the Sandwich Islands; Rev. Cyrus Stone, D. D., Bangor.

1868. Revs. Royal M. Cole and John E. Pierce, missionaries to Turkey.

1869. Professor Henry L. Chapman, Professor in Bowdoin College.

1871. Rev. R. Henry Davis, missionary to Japan ; Rev. Joseph E. Walker, missionary to China.

Among the professors and graduates of the Seminary have been some of the most eminent divines in the American pulpit and missionaries from the American church to foreign lands. The professors in service here from time to time have already been named. Among the alumni are the following :

In the class of 1824, Rev. Stephen Thurston, D. D., of Searsport.

1837. Rev. Cyrus Hamlin, D. D., Missionary to Turkey, and President of Robert College, Constantino- ple; Rev. Benjamin Tappan, D. D., of Norridgewock. 1839. Rev. Thomas F. Curtis,* D. D., Professor of Theology, Lewisburg University, South Carolina; Revs. Daniel Dole,* and John D. Paris, missionaries to the Sandwich Islands.

1840. Rev. Uriah Balkam,* D. D., Professor of Theology, Bates College, Lewiston; Rev. Joseph Blake, D. D., Gilmanton, New Hampshire; Rev. Elias Bond, mis- sionary to the Sandwich Islands; Rev. William W. Rand, editor for the American Tract Society, New York.

* Deceased.

1849. Rev. George W. Dunmore,* missionary to Turkey, and Rev. Benjamin G. Snow,* missionary to Micronesia.

*Daniel Pike, esq.,

*Jacob McGaw, esq.,

1845

*Rev. Benjamin Tappan, D. D.,

I863

*Thomas A. Hill, esq.,

1827

1852. Rev. Edwin A. Breck, city missionary in Fall River, Massachusetts ; Rev. Stephen R. Dennen, D. D., New Haven, Connecticut; Rev. Thomas H. Rich, pro- fessor in Bates College; Rev. Curby H. Wheeler, mis- sionary to Turkey.

*Rev. John Maltby,

1860

1854. Rev. Franklin B. Doe, Superintendent of the American Home Missionary Society; Rev. Jotham , Bradbury Sewall, Head-master Thayer Academy, South Braintree, Massachusetts.

1855. General Joshua L. Chamberlain, LL. D., late Governor of Maine, now President of Bowdoin College. 1857. Rev. Milan P. Hitchcock, missionary to Tur- key.

1858. Rev. Jonathan E. Adams, Secretary of Maine Missionary Society; Rev. Edward Hawes, D. D., New Haven, Connecticut; Rev. John S. Sewall, D. D., Pro- fessor in Bangor Theological Seminary; Rev. Edward P. Tenney, President of Colorado College, Colorado Springs, Colorado.

1859. Rev. Edwin P. Parker, D. D., Hartford, Con- necticut.

Rev. Stephen H. Hayes.

Isaac M. Bragg, esq.

1876

Hon. Nelson Dingley, jr.

1877

John L. Crosby, esq.

I879 William E. Gould, esq.

DISTINGUISHED GRADUATES.

Many who were students at the Seminary, but did not remain to graduate, have also risen to distinction in various walks of professional life. Among them are the Rev. Ephraim W. Clark,* missionary to the Sand- wich Islands; Rev. Augustus Walker, missionary to Turkey; Rev. Orson P. Allen, missionary to Turkey; Rev. Henry Blodget, D. D., missionary to China; Rev. Charles W. Park, missionary to India; Rev. John Oliver Means, D. D., F. R. G. S., Recording Secretary of the Am- erican Board of Foreign Missions; the Hon. Owen Love- joy* formerly Member of Congress from the Princeton district, Illinois; John H. C. Coffin, Professor of Mathe- matics in the Naval Observatory at Washington; Rev. Henry B. Smith,* D. D., Professor in Union Theologi- cal Seminary, New York city; Charles E. Lord, LL. D., Professor in the Talmage Institute, Brooklyn, New York;

Rev. Lyman S. Rowland,

Adams H. Merrill, esq.,

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Theophilus C. Abbott, LL. D., President of the State Agricultural College, at Lansing, Michigan; Professor William J. Maltby, of Bowdoin College; and General Charles H. Howard, of Chicago.

The whole number of graduates, to and including the year 1880, was 502; of students not graduated, 160; total, 662. To the former aggregate should be added the 10 graduates of 1881. Of the students and gradu- ates to 1880, 212 were known to be dead; 450 were supposed to be living. The Seminary has had a noble past; it will have a yet nobler future.

CHAPTER XIV.

THE PRESS IN PENOBSCOT COUNTY .*

The Bangor Weekly Register-Bangor Register-The Penobscot Gazette-The Eastern Republican-The Clarion-The Penobscot Journal-The Bangor Courier-The Daily Whig and Courier-The Penobscot Freeman-The Daily Commercial Advertiser-The . Peo- ple's Press-The Mechanic and Farmer-The Eastern Magazine, afterwards The Maine Monthly Magazine-The Bangorean-The Bangor Journal-The Bangor Democrat-The Bangor Daily Union -The Bangor Gazette-The Platform-The Expositor-The Bangor Post-The Bangor Daily Mercury-The Daily Journal-The Jeffer- sonian-The Jefferson Daily Evening News-The Daily Evening Times-The Spirit Guardian-The Daily Bee-Burr's Fifty-cent Monthly-The Daily Commercial-The Dexter Gazette-The Old- town Index.

The first issue of a newspaper in Bangor was on November 25, 1815. It was styled the

BANGOR WEEKLY REGISTER.

The Register was published by Peter Eeds. It was not partisan in politics. It had no particular editor, consequently it had no soul. Newspaper publishers could not afford to pay for newspaper souls in that day ; it was as much as they could do to keep the body alive, let alone "keeping soul and body together." The town of Bangor then contained about 1,000 inhabitants, and it is not to be wondered at if the Register was not any better than other journals of its day. It was a medium, however, through which writers could communicate with the public, and matters of State and National moment were discussed in its columns. A topic which occupied a large space in them, through many numbers, was the separation of Maine from Massachusetts. The weight of the argument, and the vote of Bangor, was in favor of the separation. Mr. Edes continued his connection with the Register until December 25, 1817, when he dis- posed of it to James Burton, jr., who changed the name of the paper to

* By Hon. John E. Godfrey, of Bangor. From the History of the Press of Maine, by the late - Griffin, esq., by permission of his legal representatives. Re-printed with additions to date.

BANGOR REGISTER.

Mr. Burton continued to publish it alone until January 4, 1826, when he associated with himself John S. Carter in its publication. That was the day when lotteries were favored in Maine; and by uniting the sale of lottery tickets with the printing business, these gentlemen kept the Register at work. The paper advocated the National Republican cause, and the election of John Quincy Adams to the Presidency of the United States. It was discontinued August 2, 1831, and was succeeded by the Penobscot Journal.

Among the principal contributors to the Register from time to time during its existence, were Samuel E. Dut- ton, Jacob McGaw, William D. Williamson, Jedediah Herrick, John Godfrey, Martin Kingsley, Enoch Brown, John Bennoch, Allen Gilman, Edward Kent, Joseph Whipple (who commenced his history of Acadia in the Register), Samuel Call, Rev. Harvey Loomis, Henry Call, Thomas A. Hill, and many other prominent men of Bangor and the neighborhood. Mr. Samuel Call was understood to be the editor of the Register, at times. He was a cynical gentleman of considerable sharpness of intellect, and a caucus speaker of some ability. Mr. Kent, too, had the reputation of being its editor in its later years; but this was denied by the Register, although he wrote many able articles for it.

From some cause there was dissatisfaction with the Register among a portion of the citizens of Bangor, and they raised a fund for the establishment of another jour- nal. This was commenced in the year 1824, under the charge of Ezra S. Brewster as publisher, and was styled

PENOBSCOT GAZETTE.

It was a weekly paper, edited by Daniel Pike, a prom- inent gentleman among the Orthodox Congregationalists. Mr. Pike was a grand man, a religious man, a sensible man. The Register styled him a "demure" editor. The Gazette was respectably conducted, but was a great an- noyance to the Register. In a notice by the Register of several new journals, on August 5, 1824, is the following reference to the Gazette : "But as this paper is our rival, and a competitor, we have too much feeling and too great an interest to pass it over lightly at the end of a paragraph; and as we are just now deficient in time and space, we must defer a further notice of it to a future opportunity." The opportunity, however, did not occur until the 14th of February, 1827, (which was clearly a joyous day for the publisher), when the Register had the satisfaction of announcing the demise of the Gazette "of an atrophy," and gave it this parting salute : "She was a weakly child, of about two years old, of a very good disposition, being much attached to schools, conferences, missionary societies, etc. But though well disposed, she had many errors, and sometimes spoke so thick as to be unintelligible. Candor, however, induces me to say, that her faults were more from carelessness and from want of capacity than from any evil intention." The Gazette was succeeded by the

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History of Penobscot County, Maine; with illustrations and biographical sketches, Part 51

Author: Williams, Chase & Co., Cleveland (Ohio) Publication date: 1882 Publisher: Cleveland, Williams, Chase & Co. Number of Pages: 1100

Author: Williams, Chase & Co., Cleveland (Ohio)
Publication date: 1882
Publisher: Cleveland, Williams, Chase & Co.
Number of Pages: 1100