The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1891-12-11
MEETING OF THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY
Beautiful Tribute to the Late VIII
lam Mitchell Sargent.
Long List OF Donations ana EA-
changes Lately Received.
Interesting Papers discovered o,
Hon. Joseph Williamson

room, Baxter building, afternoon and eve
ming. Hon. George F. Talbot was elected
| chairman, owing TO the absence Of the
president, Hon. James P. Baxter. Mr.. a.
| w. Bryant, the librarian, read the follow
ing report of donations received since the
annual meeting 10 June:
Four hundred and seventy-fige bound
volumes and 225 pamphlets have been re-
ceived and included among them are the
| following:
McClintock's history of New Hampshire from
j. j. w. Reeves.
Drummond, who has also given several import
| ant state documents wanting 10 one set.
| The Cutler Family Memorial from John L.
| Cutler.
Tne Sessions family in America from Francis
| Sessions.
Morrison,s scotch-Irish and Rambles 10 Eu-
rope from Oscar Holway.
A printed list Of residents of Falmouth 177l
MItchslps history Of Bridgewater from Mrs.
Memorial Of Joel Parker from Mrs. Parker.
Memorials Of the M issaehusetts Society OF
the Cincianati from the standing committee,
Seyenty-fve miscellaneous works from Mrs.
George II. Fowler
The Bench ana Bar OF Wisconsin from Parker
NJ. Reed.
Recollectlons Of Charles j. Ingersoll from his
son.
SIX uncommon little volumes from Clement
several bound volumes Of early magazines
from Mrs. CHARLES Davis, Jr.
Sketch OF the Moravian settlement OF Broad
Bay, Maine, from the author, John w. Jordan
Lapham.
Several volumes In the EsquImaux tongue
Things, new and old, Memoir of Elder John
Peak and sundry other items Of interest from
Edward w. Hall.
Books and pamphlets from:
Stephen Berry, NJ s. Gibson.
II. W. Bailey, Tnos. B. Mosher,
Mm. @. Burrage, j. A. SpaldiDg,
VIM: a. Courtenay, 4. L. StanwoOd, Jr..
G.. NJ. DOnham, Fred L. Tower,
J. E. Dewitt, w. s. Webb,
Nathan Good.
The Portland Advertiser and Gazette Of
Maine, fron 1889 to lS49, bound in two vol
umes.
A large photograph portrait OF General Grant
from llf-, from B. A. Kinney.
Old documents, cards, ct cetera of local in
terest, are received from Mrs. l., ID. N. Sweat
Green.
Uniform, sword aud chapeau, from Mrs, III. j.,
Chist olm.
Two leather fire buckets. from Ferguson
HaineS.
large painting on wood of the lombard
Bearce.
Commission OF John Small as captain in
Pownal, l760, t0 frame, from Alfred L. Small.
Bust OF George Evans, from Miss Anna I. w.
Evans.
Newspapers, war maps aud broadsides, from
James M. Stafford. RzS
Autograph letter Of President Jefferson to
Senator John Holmes, from Mrs. Anna nj. Ba-
con.
The following have been added by ex-
change and purchase:
Babson's History Of Gloucester.
Salem Press Historical Record.
Puritans IN England and the Pilgrim Fathers.
The British Neptuae.
Doyie's Eng ish 4 America.
Soldiers 10 Kilg Philips war.
Letters Of brunswick and Hessian officers Of
the Revolution,
Barrow's Life Of Sir Francis Drake, volume
Is. Granite Monthly.
Life of Paul Revere.
American Naval battles.
Histories Of Weare, FitZWilliam. Hayerhill
and Walpole, N. III.
Our renewed thanks are due to DIR. John
+. Pratt of Chelsea for additional docu-
ments concerning the building of Fort
Richmond In 1740; to DR.. W.. B. Laplam
for an instaiinaant es rI~u~S-~r n--~>--a- =
be Published in quarterly; to Mr.. Nathan
from Falmouth aud vicinity. copied from
the Massachusetts archives, and to Hon.
Josiah Crosby Of Dexter who kindly calls
attention to a remarkable mound Ia the
town Of SanPeryille, near Dexter.
A letter was read from George NJ. Han
son. Esq, Of Calais, in regakd to our treaty
relations with the Passamaquoddles, and
the various treaties made with them. The
Indians are now claiming that these treat
les give them exemption from our game
laws. Mr.. Hanson promises to give the
society the benefit Of hrs researches later.
The first paper for the meeting. a me-
moir OF the late William NJ. Sargent, pre-
pared by Dr. Charles E. Banks, U. S. M.
FL. s., was read by DIR. H. s. Burrage 1t
was finished and scholarly production,
giving the history of Mr. Sargent's life In
pleasant style OF narrative, quite foreign
to the usual run of biographical articles.
Mr.. Talbot aided a brief word to DIR.
Banks's paper, aud vote Of thanks was
given to DIR. Banks.
The second paper, "The Dukedom of
Sagadahoc," was read by Mr.. Parker Nc
Cobb Reed Of Bath. The dukedom extend
ed from the Kennebec river east to the
Bay Of Fundy. 1t was suecessively under
the rule of the French. Indians and Eng
lish, in the latter period being under the
OOhslOi VI kuc LUKE Ol L DIX. lQ lOZ4 the
province was divided into thirds and given
to Earl Arundel, the Duke of Lenuox and
| Sir Ferdinando Gorges. Mr.. Reed re-
| ceiyed vote of thanks.
The third paper was biographical no.
tice of Joseph Dane! OF KennebunB, by
| Mr. Edward T.. Burnham. Mr.. Dane was
born in Beverly, Mass, and commenced
| practice In 1902, at which time there were
| oulY IL lawyers in York county, including
Prentiss Mellen of Biddeford, Cyrus King
| of Sacp, Nicholas Emery OF ParsOnsficld.
| John Holmes of Alfred and Judah Dana
OF FIyeburg. then part OF York county.
| Mt. Dane was one OF the members of the
| committee which drew up the constitution
| OF Maine. BE was the first representa-
tive in Congress from Maine, being chosen
to succeed John Holmes, who was elected
| Senator. Mr.. Dane was for many years
| In the state legislature. The Inscription
| on his tombstone describes him in a few
words. 1t Isl: Faithful to every trust,
and exemplary in his private life,"
Sketches of the earlier ministers OF
Maine by w. ID. williamson, with an in
PRODUCTION concerning the Williamson
manuscripts by Joseph Williamson was
the fourth paper. Mr.. Williamson said
that when the historian Williamson died
none OF his family were present In Bangor
and many Of the papers which
he left were lost or mutiated
by autograph hunters. OF late
some OF them have been found In the attic
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