Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-10-25
Editorial Comment
Vol. II of WilIiamson's History.
(Republlcan Journal, BelfastD


Mr.. Alfred Johnson left for his home
/ in Boston on Wednesdays boat after
! spending a week in town looking up
matters for the second volume of Will
| liamson's History of Belfast The COM
mittee in charge of the publication
hope to have the book ready for the
! printer very soon. Miss Caroline w.
Fields Mrs. James c. Durham and
! Miss Margaret HazeItine, all former
! Wellesley College students, have kind
! ly consented to aid in collecting GER
4 tain missing data relative to the vital
records of the city and schools and the
college graduates and students, and
any help that can be given them will
, be greatly appreciated by those havins
| the publication in hand, as we'll as by
all the subscribers To the History.
This is a matter of public interest,
and every one who has the welfare of
Belfast at heart whether as a present
or former resident, should be willing to
lend a hand in putting her record in
permanent form.
On the shelves of the large library at
the New England Historic Geneaiogi-
cal Society of Boston, the headquart-
ers and principal depository for such
literature in this country the first vol
ume of Williamson's History has held
for a third of century an honored
place and the officers of the society
consider il one of the very best books
of it's kind in existence. 1t IS hoped
that the second volume may soon take
its place beside the first in worthy
form. The speedy Accomplishment OF
this should be a matter of civic pride.
Mr.. Alfred johnson, in whose hands
the manuscript has been for the past
two months. and who will see II
through the press and index it, has
worked in the archives of the New
England Historic Genealogical Society,
from time to ume, looking up and ar
ranging historic and genealogical data
for years.. and has recently been elect
ed a life member of the Society.
we repeat here the cali for college
graduates and would urge all those
who can to send in any information
they have on the subject. the
greater part of the replies received
have come from distance, and few oil
those at home have sent in their
names. The exact facts required are
difUCUll 10 obldth AANih 'tA+
persons themselves, or their families.
So far as we know there is no printed
list of them anywhere, and it IS easy
To understand from Mr.. williamson
precise habits, and his accurate sehol-
arship, that he should have put OIL
writing this chapter until he had col
lected all the data; Which he did not
live to do.
Belfast has sent some bright stud
ents To our higher institutions oil
learning. and it would be a great pity
10 find after the book had been printed
that any name which ought 10 De on
the list had been left out, simply pc
cause it had not been brought to the
attention of the committee.
So we would again urge every per
son who studied at any college or pro.
fessional or technical school TO sena
his ar her name to The Journal once
~ once. Single names or lists OF col
lege students sent in by relatives or
friends would be greatly appreciated,
as then the exact dates could be found
bv writing to the persons themselves
What is wanted is the full name Vi
the college graduate, year OF gfada'
tion fun name of the institution anu
tho nature of the degree received =
any. =. a.,
These data are required FOR the
raising chapter xiv which was TO con-
tain list of ali college students lfoi''
Belfast, during the years lSf9-i'oV.