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Jensen, Dorothy Hay, 136, 138
Jewell, George, 8 Jewell Island, 8, 11
Jews, 61, 62, 99, 116
Jewish Community Center, 116, 226 Home for the Aged, 285
Jocelyn, Henry, 10
Johnson, George P., 279
Johnson Rock, 11
Johonnot, Samuel C., 170
Jones, Herbert G., 162
Jordan, Dominicus, 28
Jordan, Rev. Robert, 21, 23, 24, 25, 104
Joselyn, Henry, 22
Joselyn, Sir Thomas, 22
Josselyn, John, 7
Junior League, Portland, 204
Junk of Pork, 10
Kahill, Joseph B., 136 Kahill, Victor, 141
Kaler, James Otis, 161
Kavanaugh School, 114
Keep, Mrs. George C., 306
Keiff, Captain, 9
Keiff's Garden, 9
Kellogg, Rev. Elijah, Sr., 37, 107, 110, 180 Kellogg, Elijah, 161, 179
Kelly, Eric P., 162
Kennebec & Portland R. R., 42, 124
Kennedy, Myra Lee, 163
Kerfoot, John Barrett, 129
Kidd, Captain, 8 Kimball, Charles Frederick, 132, 142 King Philip's War, 25, 281
King Street, 28, 104 King's Academy, 256
Kinsman, Nathan, 255
Kittery Formation, 11
Kotzschmar, Hermann, 184, 185, 188, 190, 192, 193, 229 Kotzschmar Club, 190 Kotzschmar Memorial Organ, 193, 229
Labor, 36, 86-92 Journals, 176 League, Maine, 91 Standards Act, 92 Laborers' Benevolent Union, 89
Ladies' Literary Union, 165 Lafayette, General, 230, 240, 308, 310 Lafayette Elm, 310 Lafayette Hotel, 240 Lafayette Restorator, 290
Lancaster Hall, 121, 200, 216
Land title disputes, 20, 22, 23, 24, 26, 28 la Rochefoucault, Duc de, 38
Larrabee, Benjamin, 27 Latin School, Portland, 96
Latitude, 3 Laughlin, Arthur Wood, 175
Lawn vases, mfr. of, 73 Laws of Massachusetts, 30, 31, 93, 94, 95, 118, 179 Lawsuits, Cleeve's, 22, 24
Lee, 'Mother' Ann, 109
Lee, General Fitzgerald, 273
Lee, Jesse, 110, 228
Legislature, Maine, 40
Leighton, Clifford E., 191
Length of Portland, 4
Leonard House, 147
Levett, Christopher, 7, 9, 19
Lewis, Thomas, 20
Libby, Francis Orville, 137
Libby, Joseph R., 238, 254
Libby Memorial Bldg., 238, 242
Libel suit, Nathaniel Willis, 171
Liberal journals, 176
Libraries, 35, 40, 149, 217, 225, 239, 245
Library, Portland Public, 147, 239
Ligonia, 44; Patent, 20
Light Guards, 44; Infantry, 44
Lime Alley, 41
Limestone, 11 Lincoln, Enoch, 151
Lincoln, Rev. Thomas O., 111
Lincoln County set off, 56
Lincoln Elm, 244
Lincoln Junior High School, 99, 193, 294
Lincoln Park, 45, 244
Liquor, 40
Literature, 149-168
Little, Paul, 127
Little, Dr. Timothy, 113
Little Chebeag Island, 10
Little Diamond Island, 8
Little Samaritan Aid Society, 313
Littlefield, Louise Hall, 168
Littlefied, Nahum, 253
Livingtone, Chancellor (steamer), 43, 121
Loan and Building Assn., 78
Lobster fishing, 75 Long, Mrs. J. H., 191
Long, Col. Stephen H., 42
Long Creek Point, 309
Long Island, 7, 58 Long Is. Methodist Church, 110
Longfellow, Alexander W., 292
Longfellow, Henry W., 44, 45, 47, 95, 96, 153, 154, 156, 157, 158, 196, 199, 216, 272, 273, 279 Longfellow, Stephen (1), 31, 94, 95
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Longfellow, Stephen (2), 81, 266 Longfellow, Stephen (3), 180, 216, 272 Longfellow Birthplace, 279 Garden Society, 217, 294 House, 279 Monument, 140, 273 Park, 290
Longshoremen's Benevolent Society, 89 Longitude of Portland, 3
Lord, Dean Everett W., 258
Lord, George, 130
L. D. M. Sweat Memorial Art Museum, 133, 135, 141, 142, 148, 235-237
Loring, Harold A., 191 Lottery, 41, 81, 305 Love Lane, 41 Lovejoy, Rupert Scott, 138
Lumber, 24, 30, 46, 66, 67, 72, 77 Lutherans, 115 Lygon, Cicely, 20
McAuley, Catherine, 296 Macclanghan, Rev. William, 108
McCullum, Bartley, 202
McDonald Lumber Co. B'ldg'., 148 MacDowell Club, 190
Macfarlane, Will C., 187, 193
Machigonne, 3, 22 Machinery, mfr. of, 73 Mackerel fishing, 74, 75
McKim, C. C., 133
M'Kown, John, 173 Mackworth, Arthur, 20, 22, 23
Mackworth Island, 19, 20 Mclellan, Harry, 191 Mclellan, Jacob, 253, 264
Mclellan-Oxnard House, 253 Mclellan School, 264 MacMillan, Com. Donald B., 261, 276 Macy, Edward H., 191 Mail, 37, 241 Maine, 39-40 Maine Agricultural Fair Grounds, 294 Maine Art Project, 138 Maine Bank, 79, 80, 82 Maine Bill, 53 Maine Broadcasting System, 207
Maine Central Railroad, 124, 265, 288 Maine General Hospital, 137, 147, 267, 268 Maine Historical Society, 139, 158, 165, 217, 239, 271 Maine Publishing Co., Portland, 175 Maine Savings Bank, 82, 84 Maine Steamship Company, 122 Maine Writers' Research Club, 168 Maitland, Arthur, 204 'Major Downing Letters,' 41, 155, 158 Maloney, Fanning J., 191
Manley, Daniel, 84, 85
Manufacturing, 43, 47, 67, 69, 73, 77 Maple Street, 45
March, Maj. John, 27
Marine hardware, mfr. of, 73
Marine Hospital Service, 286
Mariner, Adam, 252
Mariner, James, 252
Mariners' Church Bldg., 252 Spring, 252 Market Accessibility, 71 House, 45 Square, 39, 214
Marks Printing House, 167
Marrett House, 81
Marsh Island, 10
Marston, George W., 190, 191
Marston Club, 191
Marston's Tavern, 32, 215
Martin's Point Bridge, 120, 157, 286-287
Mary Brown House, 303
Mason, Dr. Edward, 246
Mason, Capt. John, 19, 20
Masonic Bldg., 222
Massachusetts Bay Colony, 23, 25, 26, 27, 78, 93, 95, 104, 120
Mast Industry, 29, 30, 65, 66, 72
Mathews, Stephen E., 138
Mayor, first, 41
Means, Capt. James, 308
Means House, 308
Meat packing, 73
Mechanics Blues, 44 Hall, 108, 198, 225
Medical School of Maine, 267, 268
Meetinghouse, first, 24, 245, 247, 280-281
Mellen, Prentiss, 81, 156, 224, 256
Men's Singing Club, Portland, 187
Merchants' Exchange, 250
Merchants' Wharf, 261
Merrill, Henry F., 117, 283
Meteorological Station, 311
Methodism, 110
Metropolitan Apartments, 220
Michael's Island, 7 Middle Range, 5
Middle Street, 27, 28, 46
Military Hall, 214
Militia, 33, 35, 36, 40, 44, 48, 50, 57 Mill Dam, 309 Miller, William, 115 Miller and Beal, 148
Milliken, Chas. R., 264 Milliken, Philip, 305 "Million Dollar Bridge," 50, 120, 265
Ministry at Large, Portland, 112 Minneapolis (warship), 48 Missouri Compromise, 40, 53 Mitton, Michael, 7, 24, 303
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Mob violence, 31, 33, 215 'Mocking Birds,' The, 182 Modoc, Frank, 315 Molasses, 36, 43, 66, 67, 72
Monastery of the Precious Blood, 256 Monkey Wrench Corner, 250
Montague-Castle-London Co., 271
Montauk (battleship), 48, 58
Montgomery, Claude, 136
Montreal, 42, 46, 60, 68, 123
Monument Square, 215
Monument Street School, 138, 276
Moody, Joshua, 28
Moody, Capt. Lemuel, 38, 274, 275
Moody, Maj. Samuel, 27, 28
Morang, Alfred, 162
Morehead Tavern, 233
Morgan, B. B., 115
Mormonism, 113
Morrill, Edward F., 163
Morrill, Mary S., 231, 313
Morrill House, 313
Morrill's Corner, 315
Morris Plan Bank, 83
Morse, George T., 132
Morse, Ruggles S., 254
Morton, Thomas, 20
Mosher, Thomas Bird, 166, 258
Mosher Press, 166, 258
Motley's Tavern, 119, 199
Mottling process, 130-131
Moulton, Augustus F., 159, 298
Mount Calvary Cemetery, 266
Mount Sinai Cemetery, 315
Mowat, Capt. Henry, 9, 32, 33, 34, 127, 145, 215 Munger, Clara E., 191 Municipal Court, 55
Municipal limits, 3 Municipal Orchetra, Portland, 188
Municipal ownership, 49
Munjoy, George, 7, 9, 274
Munjoy Hill, 4, 24, 26, 32, 35, 42, 46, 60, 123, 211, 274-287
Munjoy's Garrison, 7, 281 Island, 7 Murray, John, 111
Museums, 147, 148, 199, 200, 201, 219, 231, 235-237
Music, 177-194 Music Festival, Maine, 191, 192
Music Teachers' Assn., Portland, 193 Musicians' Assn., Portland, 90 "Musquito Fleet," 38 Mussey, John, 253
Mussey Boarding House, 240 Musters, 40, 42, 274, 288
Names of Portland, 3, 22, 23
Nathan Clifford School, 138 National Bank, Portland, 83
National Bank of Commerce, 219
National Banking Act, 82, 83 National Broadcasting Co., 206
National Guards, 50, 251
National Maritime Union, 91
National Youth Administration, 101
Native-born, 59
Natural History, Portland Soc. of, 219
Naval Battles, 39, 44, 276, 278, 282
Naval Militia, Maine, 48, 50, 58
Naval Reserves, 48, 58, 232
Neal, John, 44, 131, 151-153, 156, 158, 159, 168, 174, 201, 257, 266, 284
Neal house, John, 45
Neale, Capt. Walter, 21
'Neck, The;' see "The Neck'
Negroes, 60, 276
New Casco, 27
New Casco Parish, 30
New England Architecture, 143, 144, 145
New Gloucester, 31, 109, 119
New Hampshire, 42, 67
New Jerusalem, Church of, 113
New Portland Academy, 196
New Proprietors, 28
New Theatre, 196, 247
Newspaper, first, 150
Guild, American, 176; Portland, 91 Newspapers, 169-177
Nichols, Rev. Ichabod, 107, 112, 159, 222, 248
Nicholson, Marjory, 279
Nicolet, C. C., 176
Nigger Hill, 60, 274
Nonesuch River, shad in, 17
Non-importation resolution, 32
Nordica, Madame, 192
North Deering Community Church, 107, 303 North School, 279 North Street, 37
North Yarmouth, 42, 121, 123
Northeast Airways, Inc., 311
Northeastern Business College, 101 Norton, Edwin A., 257
Noyes Park, 290
Nubble, 7 Nye, Frank A., 191
"Oaks, The," 270 Obeds Rock, 11 Observatory, Portland, 38, 229, 274-275 O'Connell, William Cardinal, 243 Ogden, Charles T., 291
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Ogden, Marguerite, 191 Old Dart rum, 39, 67 "Old horse, old horse," 38 Old Jerusalem, 105, 221 Old Pottery, 288 Old Proprietors, 28, 29, 30 "Old Rosie," 49 Oldham, John, 20 103rd Infantry, 50 O'Neil, Tom F., 133 Opera, 201 Orchestral Society, Portland, 188 Organ, Kotzschmar Memorial, 193 Oriental Trumpet (newspaper), 171 Orphan Asylum, Roman Catholic, 234 Orpheus Symphony Club, 188 Orr, Clifford, 163 Orr Island, 14 Osteopathic Hospital of Maine, 299 Osteopathy, 299 Otis, James S., 158 Ottawa House, 10
Our Lady of Mercy, convent of, 234 Outer Green Island, 10 Outer Range, 5
Overseers of Poor, 54
Owen, John, 157 Oxford Canal Corporation, 60 Oxford County, 41 Oxnard, Edward, 253 Oxnard, Thomas, 112
Paah Deuwyke Society, 153 Packets, steam, 46 Packing, food, 69, 73, 75, 77 Pagan, Robert, 34 Paine, Daniel, 182 Paine, Jacob S., 188 Paine, John Knowles, 184-186, 190 Paine, John Knowles H., 188 Painting, 131
Paleontology, 11-12 Palmer's Island, 7 Panics, financial, 36, 42, 49, 52, 66, 67, 82 Paper, 69; first mill, 29 Parent-Teacher Assn., 100 Park Commission, 54 Department, 240 System, 15, 288 Park Street Block, 254 Park Street Church, 253
Parks, 45, 47, 49, 244, 264, 269, 270, 281, 282, 284, 290, 291, 293 Parton, James, 172 Partridge, Capt. Jesse, 307 Patent (Casco Bay boat), 42 Patrick house, David, 307 Payroll, local annual, 92
Payson, Donald H., 193
Payson, Rev. Edward, 96, 107, 158, 230, 248, 291 Payson, Edward, 291 Payson, George, 292 Payson House, 291-292 Park, 269, 291 Peabody, Judge Webster, 232
Peabody Law School, 102, 232
Peak Island, 7, 24, 58, 123, 270
Peaks Island Ferry Co., 123 Peaks Island Methodist Church, 110
Peaks Island Pavilion, 202 'Pearl Diver,' 236
Pearl Street, 27, 45
Pearson, Moses, 250
Pelican (ship), 282
Pennell Family, 182
People, Pattern of, 59-62
Perkins, David Page, 191
Petroleum products, 68, 77
Pewterers, 127, 128, 288
Philharmonic Orchestral Soc., Port., 188 Phips, Sir William, 27 Phoenix Square, 45
Pier, Portland, 123, 261
Pierce, Chester, 131
Pierce, George W., 216
Pierpont, Jonathan, 104 Pilot boat, 260
Pine Grove Cemetery, 298 Pine Street, 41 Pioneers, 59-62, 71
Pirates, 8, 38, 218
Playhouse, The, 219 Plough Patent, 20
Plummer, Col. Edward, 167
Plymouth Company, 18, 19
Plymouth Congregational Church, 292 Plymouth, Council of, 20, 22
Poe, Edgar Allen, 198, 247
Poles, location of, 61 Police Department, 49, 55, 207, 245 Station, 148, 245 Polyphonic Soc., Portland, 187
Pomroy Rock, 11
Pond's Island, 7 Poor, John A., 42, 124
Population, 24, 28, 29, 37, 39, 40, 47, 48, 59-62, 66, 94, 196 Port of Portland, 43, 46, 52, 67, 68, 69, 70 Port of Portland Authority, 52, 56, 260 Porter, Allen, 128 Porter, Freeman, 128
Porter, Capt. Seward, 42, 121
Portland, Town of, 53; becomes capital, 53; becomes a city, 82 Portland (steamer), 14, 122
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Portland Band, 188, 189 Portland Bank, 37, 79, 80, 251 Portland Club, 256 Portland Company, 43, 88 Portland & Forest Ave. R. R., 47, 124, 125, 316
Portland Glass, 73, 74, 88, 130 Portland Head, 3
Portland Island, 10
Portland Junior College, 101
Portland Junior Technical College, 102, 208, 258
Portland Lightship, 4
Portland Museum, 199, 216
Portland Museum & Opera House, 201
Portland & Ogdensburg, R. R., 124, 175, 305 Portland Packing Co., 271 Portland Players, 204, 219
Portland, Saco and Portsmouth R. R., 42, 43, 87, 88, 123, 124, 259 Portland Savings Bank, 82, 250
Portland Sound, 3
Portland Steamship Co., 121
Portland Terminal Co., 124, 265
Portland Theatre, 111, 219
Portland University, 268
Portland Water District, 49, 299
Portsmouth, 42, 119
Post Offices, 40, 46, 148, 232, 241, 250 Pottery, first, 73
Powell, Charles Stuart, 196-199
Powell Company, 197, 198
Power, Margery Palmer, 163 Power export, 176
Preble, Com. Edward, 38, 95, 198, 218, 227, 272, 277
Preble, Gen. Jedediah, 33, 34
Preble, Judge William Pitt, 42, 123, 255
Preble Chapel, 98, 113, 227 House, 218 Precipitation, annual, 13
Prentiss, Seargent S., 223
Presbyterians, 30, 107, 108
Press (newspaper), 161, 172, 232
Press Herald (newspaper), 172, 174, 176, 191, 232 Presumpscot Falls, 22 Park, 293 River, 19, 24, 29, 41, 313
Price, F. Newlin, 308
Prince, Helen Albee, 162
Prince of Wales, 255, 282 Prince Edward Island, 60 Pring, Capt. Martin, 18 Printers and Publishers, 77, 165-168 Printing presses, 169 Pritchard, John, 28, 122
Privateering, 36, 39, 66, 67, 72, 87
Prizes, captured, 36, 39, 67 Proctor, Samuel, 28
Prohibitory Law, 40, 44, 67, 74
Propellor Club, 267
Property damage in 1775, 35; in 1866, 45 Property valuation, 48
Province of Maine, 19, 20, 23, 25, 78, 105, 113, 118
Provinces, emigrants from, 60
Public Library, Portland, 137, 147, 239
Public Market, 76, 245
Public Utilities, 45, 47
Public Works Administration, 56
Publicity Bureau, Maine, 76, 266, 267
Pullen, Elizabeth Jones, 161
Pullen, Stanley T., 161, 232
Pumpkin Knob, 10
Punch Bowl Cove, 8
Purington, William, 315
Puritans, 23, 28, 95, 103, 177, 178, 195
Purpooduck, 28, 30, 94
Purpooduck Parish, 108
Quack, 19 Quakers, 106, 108, 109
Queen Street, 28
Queen's Hospital, 257
Quilting, 130
Quinby, Moses, 307
Quinby, Thomas, 306 Quinby Hall, 306
Racial groups, 6, 12, 59-62 Radical journals, 176
Radio, 206-208, 246 Railroad machinery, mfr. of, 73
Railroads, 41, 42, 46, 47, 59, 60
Rainfall, 13
Rale, Father Sebastian, 103, 113, 154
Ralph D. Caldwell Post, 293, 299, 300 Ram Island, 10 Ledge Light, 10
Rand, James H., 44
Rand, John, 171
Randall & McAllister, 260
Rapid (privateer), 39
Ray, Dr. Isaac, 159 Raymond, Mary J., 246
Recreation Commission, 54, 283
Recreation industry, 76 Red Cross, Junior, 100 Red Network, 206, 207 Reed, Lieut. Charles W., 44
Reed, Thos. Brackett, 267, 235, 280 Registration, Board of, 54 Registry of Deeds, 31 Religion, 103-117; revival of, 14
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Religious journals, 174, 176 Reporters, first local, 175 Reservoirs, 268, 284 Retrieve (privateer) , 36
Revolution, 31-32, 35-36, 72, 86 Rhodes, Herbert W., 148, 218
Rhodes, Philip H., 148 Rich, Walter H., 138
Richardson Field, 270
Richmond (bark), 21
Richmond Island, 21, 65, 78, 86
Rifle Corps, 44 Rifle Guards, 44 Rigby, Alexander, 23 Rigby, Frank J., 193 Rigby's Band, 189
Riverton, 313-316 Films, Inc., 316 Park, 49, 315-316 Park Theatre, 203 Riverside Municipal Golf Course, 316
Roberts, Kenneth, 161
Romagne, Father James, 113
Roman Catholic Institute, 99
Roman Catholicis; see Catholicism Rone-walks, 158, 254 Rose, Philip, 128 Ross, Alexander, 223, 248
Ross and Tyng house, site of, 248
Rossini Club, Portland, 187, 190
Rotary Traffic Circle, 267
Round Marsh, 36 Rowe, William Hutchinson, 164, 309 Rub-a-Dub Society, 188 Rudoerf, Prof. Nicholas, 199 Rugmaking. early, 129 Rum, 66, 67, 72 Ryan, Father Dennis, 113 Rvan, William, 269
Saccarappa, 38, 225 Saco, 20, 25 Sacred Heart, Church of the, 115, 271 Sacred Music Society, 181, 182, 183, 184 Safety program, 100 St. Angar's Church, 115 St. Catherine's Hall, 296 St. Christopher's Church, 115 St. Dominic's Church, 114, 255 St. Elizabeth's Academy, 234 St. John, N. B., 68 St. Joseph's Academy, 98, 296 St. Joseph's Church, 296-297 St. Joseph's College, 99, 296 St. Lawrence Church (Wright Memorial), 107, 117, 190, 283, 284 St. Lawrence River, 46, 68 St. Louis' Church, 115, 266
St. Luke's Cathedral, 115, 147, 187, 255 St. Patrick's Church, 115, 303
St. Paul's Episcopal Church, 35, 106, 241, 243
St. Peter's Church, 61, 115, 246, 299 St. Rocco celebration, 61
St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, 147, 240 Salt, 309
'Salt Box' dwellings, 127, 144
Salt-fishing industry, 74
Salvation Army, 223
Samplers, 129
Sanctuary, bird, 15, 291
Sandy Point, 37, 38
Sanford, Frank W., 116, 117
'Sanfordites,' 116
Sara Sands (steamer), 43, 121
Sardine fishing, 75
Sargent, Lena K., 163
Sawmills, 24, 29, 30, 63, 71
Sawyer, Edith, A., 163
Scales, William, 28
Scammel, Alexander, 9
Scandinavian Bethlehem Church, 107, 242
Scandinavians, Customs of, 61
Scarborough, 25, 206, 207
Scotch, early, 59; customs of, 61
'Scalp money,' 31 School banks, 84, 279
School Committee, functions of, 54
School of Commerce, Maine, 101
School for the Deaf, Maine, 98, 235
School of Fine & Applied Art, 102, 141, 237 Schoolmaster, first, 94 Schools, 30, 40, 93-102
Schraff, Alfred, 231 Scitterygusset, Chief, 20
Scribblers' Club, 162
Sculpture, 139-141 Sea and Shore Fisheries, experiments of, 76 Sea Fencibles, 42
Seacomb's Point, 38
Seals, 17 Sears, John, 7
Sebago Lake, 41, 45, 46, 60, 122, 268, 304 Second Advent, Church of, 115
Second Bank of the United States, 82 Second Baptist Church, 111, 200
Second Maine Infantry, 50
Second Parish, Congregational, 37, 96, 106, 107, 179
Second Parish Presbyterian, 108, 230 Seining, 74, 75 Selectmen, first, 26 Separation of Falmouth, 30, 36, 37, 39 Settlements, 22, 24, 27 Settlers, early, 24, 59, 60
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Seven Day Advent Church, 271 Shaarey Tphiloh Temple, 116 Shailer School, 284 Shakerism, 109
Shaw, Alice Harmon, 137-138 Shaw, Thomas, 151 Shaw Business College, 101 Shaw's Quartette, 182
Shepley, Ether, 256
'Shilohites,' 116, 261 Ship Yard Point, 309
Shipbuilding, 59, 65, 71, 72, 86
Shipping, 30, 38, 39, 42, 43, 46, 65, 66-70
Ships, small sloops, 72
Shipyards, 32, 38, 66, 72, 309 Shohet, Rabbi H., 116
Shooks, trade in, 72
Shrimp fishing, 75, 76
Shrubs, kinds of, 16, 17
Sidewalks, brick, 148
'Silver dew' hoax, 79
Silversmiths, 127 Simmons, Franklin, 139, 141, 214, 237, 273 Simpson's Symphony Orchestra, 188 Singing Beach, 7 Sisters of Mercy, 98, 296
Skillin, Anton, 138, 276
Skillings, Benjamin, 28
Slate, 11, 12
Slavery, 44
Sleet storms, 52
Small game; see Flora and Fauna Small pox, 36
Smelting, 17
Smith, Albert Willard, 204, 219
Smith, Rev. Elias, 111
Smith, Elizabeth Oakes, 155
Smith, Francis O. J., 217, 266, 286, 295 Smith, John, 7
Smith, Capt. John, 18 Smith, Jonathan, 310 Smith, Philip, 298
Smith, Seba, 41, 44, 154, 155, 158, 174
Smith, Rev. Thomas, 29, 31, 36, 37, 86, 94, 103, 104, 119, 121, 159, 244, 247 Smith, Parson, on: conditions after bom- bardment, 35; McClanathan, 108; music, 178; repeal of Stamp Act, 32; separation, 30, 106, 107, 220 Smith house, Rev. Thos., 144 Smith's Island, 7 Snow, duration and record fall of, 13 Soap, exported, 72 Social customs, 40, 42
Society of Art, Portland, 133, 141, 236, 271 Society of Friends, 109 S. P. C. A., Portland, 232
Soldier Ledge, 10
Soldiers and Sailors Memorial, 214-215 Solka, 69 Soup Kitchen, 39, 45 South Portland, 3, 5, 28, 50, 58 High School, 148
Southworth, Rev. Francis, 167, 315
Southworth-Anthoensen, 167, 239, 249
Southworth Press, 167, 249
Spanish-American War, 47, 48, 57, 58 Veterans' Monument, 241
Spanish fleet, 47, 48
Sparks, Jared, 107
Sparrow, John, 88
Spaulding, Dr. James A., 191
Speculation, 79
Spinning, 130 Spiritualists, 115
Spring Street, 41
Springs, mineral, 7 Spurwink, 20, 22, 25
Spurwink, River, 20
Stagecoach, 37, 119, 120
Stamp Act, 32, 308
Stamp demonstrations, 31
Standish, 81
State Art Commission, 135
Bureau of Industrial and Labor Sta- tistics, 90 Pier, 4, 52, 260
Statehouse, 40, 230
State Street, 114, 148, 214
State St. Congregational Church, 107, 192
State St. Hospital, 254
Staves, trade in, 72
Steam engines, 43, 73
Steam Packet Co., Portland, 43, 121
Steamships, 42, 43, 46, 48, 121, 309
Stephenson, Capt. Samuel, 279
Stephen, Ann S., 158
Stepping Stones, 11 Sterling, Robert T., 163
Stevens, Augustus E., 45
Stevens, Caroline W., 191
Stevens, Isaac Sawyer, 296
Stevens, John Calvin, 132, 137, 141, 147, 227, 228, 235, 262, 266, 268
Stevens, John Howard, 147, 227, 228, 235, 262 Stevens, Josiah, 315
Stevens, Lillian M. N., 241, 306, 307
Stevens, Zachariah Brackett, 128, 297
Stevens Ave. Church, 107, 298 Stevens Homestead, 296
Stevens' Plains, 128, 288
Stinson, Alonzo, 278 Stockbridge, Ira C., 192
Stockbridge Courses of Music, 192
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Stogummer, 22 Stoneware Co., Portland, 288 Store, first, 26, 71 Storer, Ebenezer, 253 Storer, Deacon Woodbury, 199
Stove Foundry, Portland, 242 Stoves, Ouaker, 109
Street railway strike, 50, 51 Streets, 29, 41, 47 Strikes, labor, 50, 88, 91
Stroudwater, 22, 24, 29, 71, 120, 126, 135, 301-312
Baptist Church, 111, 306 Bridge, 29, 306 Cemetery, 307 Parish, 30
River, 24, 29, 309
Student Aid Fund, 101 Sturgis, Russell, 143
Sugar, 43, 67 Act, 31 Company, Portland, 43, 261 Refineries, 72 Sullivan, James, 35
Sumner, Charles, 215
Sumner, Increase, 284
Sunday Press and Times (newspaper), 175
Sunday Telegram (newspaper), 176, 261 Sunday Times (newspaper), 175
Superior Court, 31, 55, 56
Supreme Judicial Court sessions, 55 Swamp, 41 Sweat, Lorenzo De Medici, 142, 235 Sweat, Mrs. Margaret T. M., 141, 235 Sweat Mansion, L. D. M., 145, 236 Museum, 148 Swedenborgians, 113 Swedish customs, 61 Symmes, William Joseph, 245
Symonds, Capt. John, 35
Symphony Orchestra, Portland, 187, 188 Syrians, location of, 61
Taber, John & Sons, 79 Taber notes, 80 Tacony Affair, 44 Tappan, Amos C., 173 Tate, George, 308 Tate, George, Sr., 307, 308
Tate, Capt. Samuel, 32, 308 Tate House, 307, 308 Tax rate, 31, 47, 51, 52 Taylor, Elizabeth R., 235 Taylor, Joshua, 110 Taylor's school, Master, 272 Tebbetts, Leon, 163, 168 Telegraph, 47, 295 Telephone, first, 47
Temperance journals, 174 Temperature, 13, 14 Temple Street, 41, 120, 211 10th Maine Battalion, 57 10th Maine Regiment, 57 ter Linden, Johann G. F., 188 Terminal bridge, Portland, 4
Tewksbury, Dr. Samuel H., 268, 286 Thatcher, George, 170
"The Neck,' 3, 7, 22, 24, 26, 27, 28, 33, 35, 36, 53, 58, 60, 71, 94, 106, 144, 178
The Universal Spelling Book, 170 Theater, 37, 48, 49, 170, 178, 195-205 Third Infantry, 50
Third Parish Church, 182
Thirteen Class, 117, 190, 283
Thomas, 'Aunt' Charlotte, 182
Thomas, Elias, 264, 265
Thomas, George, 182
Thomas, John P., 148, 266
Thomas, Norman, 136
Thomas, William Widgery, Jr., 257
Thomas B. Reed Battery, 50
Thomas house, Elias, 264 Thomas house, W. W., Jr., 147
Thomas Laughlin Company, 280, 281
Thomas Pond (canal terminus), 60 Thomes, Thomas, 28
Thompson, F. H., 133
Thompson, Col. Samuel, 32, 33, 215
Thompson, Sinclair, 191
Thompson Line, 122
Thorne, Thomas Elston, 137, 228 Thornton, T. G., 171
Thrasher, Harriette M., 167
303rd Field Artillery, 57
303rd Infantry, 57
Thurston, Samuel, 183
Tidal frontage, 4, 43
Tides, 5
Times (newspaper), 174
Tin peddlers, 128 Tinsmiths, 127, 128, 288
Titcomb, Benjamin, Jr., 111, 150, 169, 170 Tolman, Albert Walter, 163
Tompson, Frederick A., 222, 266, 269 Tonnage, commercial, 39, 47, 66, 68, 69, 70 Topography, 3 Tourist industry, 47, 48, 76 Town of Portland, 36, 38, 40, 41 Clerk, first, 28 Grants, 25 Meetings, 53 Town Watch established, 55 Townhall, 39, 111 Trade, 38, 39, 42, 46, 59, 65-70, 72
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Traders, British, 78 Trading post, 20, 21, 27 Transatlantic service, 43 Transcript (newspaper), 160, 161 Transition region, 15
Transportation, 37, 42, 43, 46, 47, 118-126 Treaties, Indian, 25, 27, 31 Trees, 15, 16 Trelawny, Robert, 7, 20, 21, 23, 65, 78, 86 Tremont (steamer), 122 Trinity Episcopal Church, 290 Trinity Square Park, 290
Tripoli, 38
Triton, 7
"Trolley car parks," 49 Trotts Rock, 11 True, Dr. Latham, 188, 191
Trust companies, 78, 83
Tubbs' Theatrical Troupe, 197, 198 Tubby, Josiah Thomas, 137
Tucker, Payson, 273, 281
Tucker, Richard, 8, 20, 21, 24, 59, 60, 65
Tukey, Lemuel, 120, 285
Tukey's Bridge, 38, 120, 285
Turner, Frances Wright, 164
240th Coast Artillery, 57
29th Maine Veterans Volunteer Regt., 57 26th Division, 50 'Two Lights,' 207 Tyng, Capt. Edward, 25, 248, 264 Tyng, William, 223, 248
Ugly Club, 153 Umbrella stands, mfr. of, 73 'Uncle Billy's' Tavern, 296 Uncle Zack's house, 297 Underwood Springs Theatre, 203 Unemployment, local, 92
Union Hall, 199 Union Society, 111 Union Station, 47, 268, 269, 303
Union St. Theatre, 184, 200
Unitarians, 30, 107, 112, 113
United Furniture Workers of America, 91 U. S. Army Radio Stations, 208 Customs House, 250 Marine Hospital, 286 Mint opened, 79 Naval Reserves, 58 United States Coastal Pilot (guide), 11 United States Hotel, 215 United Truck Drivers of Maine, 91 Universalist Society, 11, 112, 297
Vaill Island, 10 Valuation of industrial products, 77 Valuation of property, 48 Vanderbilt, Cornelius, 43
Vaughan, William, 120, 267 Vaughan Street, 41 Vaughan's Bridge, 120, 267
Vegetable packing, development of, 73 Veranda Hotel, 157, 286
Vermont, 42, 67 Veteran Firemens Bldg., 252 Victoria Wharves, 282 Victory (steamer), 42 Vines, Richard, 19, 20, 22, 23 Visibility after storms, 13 von Rydingsvard, Karl, 131
Wadsworth, Henry, 277 Wadsworth, Gen. Peleg, 216
Wadsworth, Philip S., 148 Wadsworth-Longfellow House, 148, 216 Wage earners, Portland, 92
Wager, Elder Philip, 110 Wages, 36, 51 Wait, Thomas B., 150, 169, 170, 195 Waldo, Francis, 31, 250 Waldo, Brig. Gen. Samuel, 29, 249, 309, 313 Waldo, Samuel, Jr., 31, 249 Waldo Patent, 29-30, 249 Waldo, Peter (cargo ship), 67 Walker, Joseph, 225, 239 Walker Manual Training School, 225 "Wall of Prejudice," 96
Walley, John, 26
War of 1812, 39, 40, 59, 66, 67, 87
War of the Rebellion, 44
Ward, Wally, 201
Wards eight and nine, 48
Ward's Opera House, 201 Ware, Ashur, 158, 224 Warren, General (boat), 43
Warren Ave. Methodist Church, 110, 315 Washington, George (canal boat), 122 Washington Ave. Methodist Church, 110 Washington Elm, 292 Washington Hotel, 215
Water Company, Portland, 45, 49, 268, 299 Water Front, 38, 43, 51, 52, 157, 259-261
Water power, lack of, 71
Water supply, 45, 49, 299, 313
Waterford, 15, 41, 119, 304
Waterhouse, Grovesnor, 248 Waters, Lt. Kirvin, 231, 278 Waynflete School, 99 WCSH, Station, 117, 206, 207, 238
WEAF Broadcasting Chain, 206 Weather Bureau, 251, 311 Webb, Jonathan, 95 Weber Club, 184 Weeks, Dr. Stephen H., 257
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Weeks, William, 173 Wesleyan Board of Education, Maine, 293 West Church, 107 West Indies trade, 10, 46, 65, 67, 72
Westbrook, Col. Thomas, 29, 30, 65, 72, 120, 249, 297, 301, 306, 309, 310, 313 Westbrook, 3, 30, 301, 305 Junior College, 97, 297 Seminary, 97, 297 Western Cemetery, 266 Promenade, 12, 41, 147, 262
WGAN, Station, 206, 207, 240
Whales near Casco Bay, 17
Wharves, 38, 43, 44, 47, 52, 260, 261
White, Elder E. G., 115
White, Elise Fellows, 191
White, Ellen Gould Harmon, 271
White, Nicholas, 9
White Head, 10
White Memorial Church, 115, 271
White Mountains, 13, 42
Whitefield, 'Great,' 105
Whitehouse, Florence Brooks, 162
Whitman, Jason, 112, 158
Wilde, Samuel, 295
Wilde Memorial Chapel, 295
Williams, Roger, 111
Willis, Nathaniel, Jr, 155, 169, 171, 172
Willis, Nathaniel Parker ('N.P.'), 44, 155, 172-173, 246 Willis, Sarah (Fanny Fern), 44, 155, 156, 172, 246
Willis, William, 7, 36, 103, 159, 173, 224, 239, 244, 252, 277
Williston Church, 107, 108, 136, 262
Wilmot, Richard, 27
Wilmot Street, 27
Wilson, Arthur, 187
Wind-Mill Lane, 71 Wind velocity, 13 Windmill Hill, 234
Wingate, Joshua, Jr., 173
Winslow, Edward B., 288 Winslow, John T., 288
Winslow, Nathan, 73 Winslow and Company, 288
Winslow Park, 288
Winter, John, 7, 20, 21, 22, 24, 65, 78, 86 Winter Harbor, 19
Wireless Club, Portland, 300
Wiswall, John, 32, 33, 106, 241
Witchcraft, 104 Woman's Literary Union, 165, 234 Women's Christain Temperance Union,
241, 272, 306, 307
Women's Club, Portland, 187
W1FCE, radio station, 208, 259
W1KVI, radio station, 300
Wood, General Abiel, 151
Wood, John T., 132
Wood, Madame Sally, 151
Wood pulp, 69
Woodfords, 288-300
Club, 292 Congregational Church, 107, 292 Congregational Parish House, 148
Woolson, Moses, 98
Woolson Primary School, 98
Work Projects Administration, 52, 164
Works Progress Administration, 52, 165, 204
World in a Nut Shell, The (newspaper), 174
World War, 50, 68, 123
WPFU, radio station, 207
Wright, Rev. Abiel Holmes, 283
Wright Memorial Church, 107, 283
Yacht Club, Portland, 261
Yankee (magazine), 168 Yankee (privateer), 39
YD Club, 242
Yankee Network, 207
Yankee stock, 59, 61
York, Edwad H., 276
York, 7, 19 York & Cumberland R. R., 42, 124
Y. M. C. A., 101, 148, 238, 242 Young People's Christian Endeavor, 108, 262 Y. W. C. A., 234 Youth's Companion (magazine), 172
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