Collections and Proceedings of the Maine Historical Society, Vol. 3
Author: Maine Historical Society
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Published: 2015-07-28
Total Pages: 516
ISBN-13: 9781332052349
DOWNLOAD EBOOKExcerpt from Collections and Proceedings of the Maine Historical Society, Vol. 3: Second Series Edward Henry Elwell was born in Portland, December 14, 1825, and resided nearly all his life in his native city and in the adjoining town of Deering. During one year only did he live elsewhere. His boyhood and youth were spent here, and to Portland he loyally gave the full strength of his maturer years. He was born in an ancient house that formerly stood at the foot of Free street, near the corner of Cross street. His father, Charles Elwell, was a master mariner who sailed from this port, as did his father before him. Captain Charles Elwell died before his son, the subject of this sketch, was old enough to remember him. He inherited from his ancestors a yearning for the sea which he found it difficult to resist. But as the dutiful son of a widowed mother, he yielded to her wish, and remained by her side. Young Elwell received a good education in the Portland public schools, was an apt scholar and a favorite with his teacher and his schoolmates. 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.