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  • A History of Peaks Island and Its People. Also A Short History of House Island, Portland, Maine by Nathan Goold

    A History of Peaks Island and Its People. Also A Short History of House Island, Portland, Maine

    Nathan Goold

    84 p., [1] leaf of plate : ill., map ; 20 cm

    Hard cover debossed in gold with "History of Peaks and House Islands".

  • Illustrated History of Kennebec County Maine 1625-1799-1892 (Vol.1) by Henry D. Kingsbury and Simeon L. Deyo

    Illustrated History of Kennebec County Maine 1625-1799-1892 (Vol.1)

    Henry D. Kingsbury and Simeon L. Deyo

    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

  • Illustrated History of Kennebec County Maine 1625-1799-1892 (Vol.2) by Henry D. Kingsbury and Simeon L. Deyo

    Illustrated History of Kennebec County Maine 1625-1799-1892 (Vol.2)

    Henry D. Kingsbury and Simeon L. Deyo

    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

  • History of Androscoggin County, Maine (Illustrated) by Georgia Drew Merrill (Ed.)

    History of Androscoggin County, Maine (Illustrated)

    Georgia Drew Merrill (Ed.)

    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

  • 1786-1886 Centennial Celebration - An Account of the Municipal Celebration of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Incorporation of the Town of Portland , July 4th, 5th and 6th, 1886 by John T. Hull

    1786-1886 Centennial Celebration - An Account of the Municipal Celebration of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Incorporation of the Town of Portland , July 4th, 5th and 6th, 1886

    John T. Hull

    Title Page: "1786-1886 Centennial Celebration - An Account of the Municipal Celebration of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Incorporation of the Town of Portland , July 4th, 5th and 6th, 1886".

    "Edited by John T. Hull under the direction of the Publication Committee of the City Council."

    Blue fabric hard cover debossed in gold with "Centennial Celebration 1786 - 1886. Portland, Me." and with black ornamental trim.

    379 pages, illustrations

  • Miller's Strangers' Guide for the City of New York with Map by James Miller

    Miller's Strangers' Guide for the City of New York with Map

    James Miller

    Full title: Miller's New York as it is, or, Stranger's guide-book to the cities of New York, Brooklyn and adjacent places : comprising notices of every object of interest to strangers ; including public buildings, churches, hotels, places of amusement, literary institutions, etc.

    1 book: 141, 16 pages, [30] leaves of plates (some folded), illustrations, maps

  • Miller's New York As It Is by James Miller

    Miller's New York As It Is

    James Miller

    Full title: Miller's New York As It Is, or, Stranger's Guide-Book to the Cities of New York, Brooklyn and Adjacent Places

  • A Survey of the State of Maine : in reference to its geographical features, statistics and political economy : illustrated by maps by Moses Greenleaf and Shirley & Hyde

    A Survey of the State of Maine : in reference to its geographical features, statistics and political economy : illustrated by maps

    Moses Greenleaf and Shirley & Hyde

    1 atlas: 9-468 pages, 1 leaf, 5 folded maps, 2 folded diagrams

  • A Statistical View of the District of Maine by Moses Greenleaf

    A Statistical View of the District of Maine

    Moses Greenleaf

    Full title: A Statistical View of the District of Maine; more especially with reference to the Value and Importance of its Interior

    Early survey of the District of Maine 1816 by Moses Greenleaf.

    1 book: 154 pages

  • History of the expedition under the command of Captains Lewis and Clark...in Two Volumes (Volume 1) by Abraham H. Inskeep

    History of the expedition under the command of Captains Lewis and Clark...in Two Volumes (Volume 1)

    Abraham H. Inskeep

    Full title: History of the expedition under the command of Captains Lewis and Clark, to the sources of the Missouri thence across the Rocky mountains and down the river Columbia to the Pacific Ocean performed during the years 1804-5-6 by order of the government of the United States prepared for the press by Paul Allen, Esquire in two volumes.

    Two volumes with preface by Thomas Jefferson recounting Meriweather Lewis's life and sudden death. Handwritten in volume one: "John Bird's Book, February 24th A.D. 1819 and the Commonwealth this forty second." Stamped in both volumes inside covers: "Clifton Matheny Monterey, VA."

  • History of the Expedition Under the Command of Captains Lewis and Clark...in Two Volumes (Volume 2) by Abraham H. Inskeep

    History of the Expedition Under the Command of Captains Lewis and Clark...in Two Volumes (Volume 2)

    Abraham H. Inskeep

    Full title: History of the expedition under the command of Captains Lewis and Clark, to the sources of the Missouri thence across the Rocky mountains and down the river Columbia to the Pacific Ocean performed during the years 1804-5-6 by order of the government of the United States prepared for the press by Paul Allen, Esquire in two volumes.

    Volume two includes an appendix by Captain Lewis: Observations and reflections on the present and future state of Upper Louisiana in relation to the government of the Indian nations inhabiting that country, and the trade and intercourse with the same. Handwritten on title page: "John Bird, Jr." Stamped on both volumes inside covers: "Clifton Matheny Monterey, VA."

  • Magnalia Christi Americana by Cotton Mather and Thomas Parkhurst

    Magnalia Christi Americana

    Cotton Mather and Thomas Parkhurst

    Full title: Magnalia Christi Americana: or, the Ecclesiastical history of New-England, from its first planting in the year 1620. unto the year of Our Lord, 1698. In seven books ... By the Reverend and learned Cotton Mather. London: Printed for Thomas Parkhurst, at the Bible and Three Crows in Cheapside. MDCCII.

    Early New England history.

    7 parts in 1 volume

  • A New Discovery of a Vast Country in America by Louis Hennepin and Jacob Tonson

    A New Discovery of a Vast Country in America

    Louis Hennepin and Jacob Tonson

    Full title: A new discovery of a vast country in America, extending above four thousand miles, between New France and New Mexico with a description of the Great Lakes, cataracts, rivers, plants, and animals also, the manners, customs, and languages of the several native Indians, and the advantage of commerce with those different nations with a continuation, giving an account of the attempts of the Sieur de la Salle upon the mines of St. Barbe, &c. : the taking of Quebec by the English, with the advantages of a shorter cut to China and Japan : both parts illustrated with maps and figures, and dedicated to His Majesty K. William by L. Hennepin to which is added, several new discoveries in North-America, not publish'd in the French edition

    An early history in exploration of North America.

    8 volumes: maps, illustrated

 
 
 

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