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Author : George Fox Bacon
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 214 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 1891
Category : Portland (Me.)
ISBN : NYPL:33433081783270
Author : George F Bacon
Publisher : Legare Street Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2023-07-18
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1019911387
George Fox Bacon's 'Portland ME Its Representative Business Men and Its Points of Interest' is a comprehensive guide to the city of Portland, Maine. The book includes information on the city's history, its main attractions, and the businesses that have shaped Portland into the thriving city it is today. The book will be of interest to tourists, history buffs, and anyone curious about the city of Portland. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Author : George Fox Bacon
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 1891
Category : Portland (Me.)
ISBN : OCLC:1050770294
Author : George F. Bacon
Publisher : Forgotten Books
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2015-06-17
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1330871065
Excerpt from Portland Its Representative Business Men and Its Points of Interest The most important dates in the history of Portland are 1632, when the first settlement was made within the present city limits; 1786, when the town of Portland was incorporated; and 1832, when a city charter was granted. Some idea of the courage and persistency of those who have made Portland what she is, is afforded by the fact that the first two periods in her history close with the total destruction of the town, - first, by the Indians in 1690, and, second, by the English naval officer, Mowatt, in 1775. Add to this the havoc wrought by the great fire of 1866 - a fire which destroyed fifteen hundred buildings and ten millions of property, and rendered ten thousand people homeless - and it becomes evident that the wealth and prosperity of the present Portland cannot rightly be attributed to good fortune, but rather to the industry, determination, and business ability of her citizens. The advantages of location possessed by the city are in some respects so obvious that they cannot be questioned by even the most prejudiced. For instance: it is undeniable that Portland is half a day's sail nearer England than any other port in the United States. Now this is a very important advantage, and its importance is increased many fold by the fact that Portland lies at the eastern extremity of the shortest line of rail to the Pacific coast. A gazetteer published at as early a date in the history of steam-boating as 1850, says: "The harbor is one of the best on the Atlantic coast, the anchorage being protected on every side by land, the communication with the ocean easy and direct, and the depth sufficient for the largest ships. Although in a northern latitude, it is never closed by ice except in the most extreme cold weather, and then only for a few days." To the powerful steamers of the present day it is never closed, broad channels, navigable for every variety of vessel, being kept open even in the severest weather, and it is the simple truth that the wharves of Portland are more easily reached from the ocean at all times of year than those of Boston or of New York. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author : George Fox Bacon
Publisher : Palala Press
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2016-05-24
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1359115293
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Author : George F. (George Fox) Bacon
Publisher : Wentworth Press
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2016-08-29
Category : History
ISBN : 1374580414
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Author : J. North Conway
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2019-07-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781493039791
The SS Portland was a solid and luxurious ship, and its loss in 1898 in a violent storm with some 200 people aboard was later remembered as “New England’s Titanic.” The Portland was one of New England's largest and most luxurious paddle steamers, and after nine years' solid performance, she had earned a reputation as a safe and dependable vessel. In November 1898, a perfect storm formed off the New England coast. Conditions would produce a blizzard with 100 miles per hour winds and 60-foot waves that pummeled the coast. At the time there was no radio communication between ships and shore, no sonar to navigate by, and no vastly sophisticated weather forecasting capacity. The luxurious SS Portland, a sidewheel steamer furnished with chandeliers, red velvet carpets and fine china, was carrying more than 200 passengers from Boston to Portland, Maine, over Thanksgiving weekend when it ran headlong into a monstrous, violent gale off Cade Cod. It was never seen again. All passengers and crew were lost at sea. More than half the crew on board were African Americans from Portland. Their deaths decimated the Maine African American community. Before the storm abated it became one of the worst ever recorded in New England waters. The storm, now known as “The Portland Gale,” killed 400 people along the coast and sent more than 200 ships to the bottom, including the doomed Portland. To this day it is not known exactly how many passengers were aboard or even who many of them were. The only passenger list was aboard the vessel. As a result of this tragedy, ships would thereafter leave a passenger manifest ashore. The disaster has been blamed on the hubris of the captain of the Portland, Hollis Blanchard, who decided to leave the safety of Boston Harbor despite knowing that a severe storm was hurtling up the coast. Blanchard, a long-time mariner, had been passed over for a promotion for a younger captain. He decided he wanted to show the steamship company that they had made a mistake by getting the Portland safely into port ahead of the imminent storm. Author J. North Conway has created here a personal, visceral account of the sinking and the times and the people involved, with stories to bring readers onto the Portland that day: Here is Eben Heuston, the chief steward onboard the ill-fated ship. More than half of the crew of the ship were African Americans. Hueston was an African American who lived in the Portland community of Munjoy Hill and was a member of the Abyssinian Church. After the sinking of the Portland the African American community disappeared and the church closed. And Emily Cobb a nineteen year old singer from Portland’s First Parish Church who was scheduled to give her first recital at the church on that Sunday. And Hope Thomas who came to Boston to shop for Christmas and because she decided to exchange some shoes she purchased missed taking the ill-fated Portland. Because of the lack of communications from Maine to Cape Cod, it was days before anyone was able to get word about the fate of the ship or survivors. Author J. North Conway has painstakingly recreated the events, using first-hand sources and testimonies to weave a dramatic, can’t-put-it down narrative in the tradition of Erik Larson’s Isaac’s Storm and Walter Lord’s enduring classic, A Night to Remember. He brings the tragedy to life with contemporaneous accounts the Coast Guard, from Boston newspapers such as the Globe, Herald, and Journal, and from The New York Times and the Brooklyn DailyEagle.
Author : Library of Congress,American Library Association. Committee on Resources of American Libraries. National Union Catalog Subcommittee
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 712 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 1969
Category : Catalogs, Union
ISBN : UOM:39015082905467
Author : George F. Bacon
Publisher : Forgotten Books
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2017-09-12
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1528452089
Excerpt from Portland Its Representative Business Men and Its Points of Interest Were it not for the fact that the ocean carrying trade of the world has passed under the entire control of foreign nations, owing to causes of which it is not within our province to treat, there is no doubt but that Portland would be a vastly more important commercial centre than she now is; and even under the present conditions, the transit trade of the port is several times as great as that of all other United States ports combined. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author : Richard F. Miller
Publisher : UPNE
Page : 777 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2013-11-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9781611683240
While many Civil War reference books exist, there is no single compendium that contains important details about the combatant states (and territories) that Civil War researchers can readily access for their work. People looking for information about the organization, activities, economies, demographics, and prominent personalities of Civil War states and state governments must assemble data from a variety of sources, and many key sources remain unavailable online. This volume, the first of six, provides a crucial reference book for Civil War scholars and historians, professional or amateur, seeking information about individual states or groups of states. Its principal sources include the Official Records, state adjutant-general reports, legislative journals, state and federal legislation, federal and state executive speeches and proclamations, and the general and special orders issued by the military authorities of both governments. Designed and organized for easy use, this book can be read in two ways: by individual state, with each chapter offering a stand-alone skeletal history of an individual stateÕs war years, or across states, comparing reactions to the same event or solutions to the same problems.
Author : George Fox Bacon
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 158 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 1892
Category : Cambridge (Mass.)
ISBN : UIUC:30112112385726
Author : R.R. Bowker Company. Department of Bibliography
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 864 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 1980
Category : United States
ISBN : STANFORD:36105117841085
Author : George Fox Bacon
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2014-04-27
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1462228658
Hardcover reprint of the original 1891 edition - beautifully bound in brown cloth covers featuring titles stamped in gold, 8vo - 6x9". No adjustments have been made to the original text, giving readers the full antiquarian experience. For quality purposes, all text and images are printed as black and white. This item is printed on demand. Book Information: Bacon, George F. George Fox. Portland Me. Its Representative Business Men And Its Points Of Interest. Indiana: Repressed Publishing LLC, 2012. Original Publishing: Bacon, George F. George Fox. Portland Me. Its Representative Business Men And Its Points Of Interest, . Newark, N.J., Glenwood Publishing Company, 1891. Subject: Portland (Me.), Description and travel
Author : John D. Austin
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 736 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Bedford (England)
ISBN : 0930270304
The tracing of the descendants of the Mayflower passengers.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 434 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : American literature
ISBN : UVA:X004795659