The Carriage Journal
The Carriage Journal

Author: Jill Ryder

Publisher: Carriage Assoc. of America

Published: 2004-05-01

Total Pages: 56

ISBN-13:

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Features 2nd Leiden Coach and Carriage Exhibition 99 Rolling Extravagance: Circus Parade Wagons 102 Mrs. Winmill's Tom Thumb Coach 110 Whip Basics 112 Hatchett's White Horse Cellars ··················· 113 Chauncey Thomas: Down East to Down Town 117 Artillery Harness 127 Departments The View from the Box 98 Memories Mostly Horsy 106 Letters to the Editor 111 How I Got Hooked: Roger and Sue Murray 116 The Road Behind: Carriage Restoration 121 Tack Room Talk: Which Whip to Use? 126 The Carriage Trade 131

Fifty Five Years at Sea
Fifty Five Years at Sea

Author: Monica Ruth Pattangall

Publisher: Monica Ruth Pattangall

Published: 2016-01-28

Total Pages: 397

ISBN-13: 0692628568

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Fifty Five Years at Sea is the story of the author's great-great-grandfather, Captain William Sewall Nickels ((1836-1920). For fifty-five years, he had no fixed address. He was one of the hundreds of nineteenth century master mariners from Prospect, now Searsport, Maine. Captain Nickels spent fifty-five years of his life on merchant sailing vessels, forty-five of them as commander. His wife followed him to sea, and his daughters were raised on his ships.In words and pictures, it covers seven generations of Captain Nickels' family from the time his great-grandparents first settled on the shores of Penobscot Bay, before the American Revolution. It follows his early years on a farm in Prospect (now Searsport), Maine; his fifty-five years as a merchant mariner; his retirement to Sailors' Snug Harbor in Staten Island, New York; the fates of his children and grandchildren, and the births of his great-grandchildren in the years before his death. It is a memorial to a simple man, an uncelebrated mariner, who lived long, worked hard, loved deeply, and spent fifty-five years at sea.

States at War, Volume 1
States at War, Volume 1

Author: Richard F. Miller

Publisher: UPNE

Published: 2013-11-05

Total Pages: 777

ISBN-13: 1611683246

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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.

Bangor in Vintage Postcards
Bangor in Vintage Postcards

Author: Richard R. Shaw

Publisher: Arcadia Publishing

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 136

ISBN-13: 9780738536040

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The lighted clock tower of Union Station, the marquee of the Bijou Theater, and the spacious lobby of the Penobscot Exchange Hotel are memorable images from Bangor's past. Settled in 1769, Bangor boomed as the lumbering capital of the world in the nineteenth century and as a retail hub in the twentieth century. For one hundred years, picture postcards have showcased West Broadway's mansions and the steamboat and railroad terminals along the Penobscot riverfront. Bangor in Vintage Postcards includes images from the city's past, ranging from a World War I victory parade to the 1923 flood.

Shipmates
Shipmates

Author: Gary Burns

Publisher: McFarland

Published: 2016-10-04

Total Pages: 270

ISBN-13: 1476626464

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In late 1944, 78 U.S. Navy sailors and officers climbed aboard a ship just 150 feet long and 23 feet wide, and headed toward the sound of gunfire. One of a class of gunboats known as "mighty midgets," LCS 52 carried an arsenal equal to ships twice its size. Yet its shallow draft enabled it to maneuver to within a few hundred feet of any beach. Packed inside the tiny craft, the diverse crew were farmers, students, cooks and teachers. They ranged from age 17 to middle-aged--a few had seen combat in the Atlantic and the Pacific. This book tells the story of the ship's extensive service in World War II's Pacific Theater. Most of the crew survived the war, as did LCS 52 itself, serving in the U.S. Navy and Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force until 1958, when it was decommissioned and used for artillery practice. A roll call of crew members is included, with biographical information when available.

Legendary Locals of Bangor
Legendary Locals of Bangor

Author: Richard R. Shaw

Publisher: Arcadia Publishing

Published: 2015-06-08

Total Pages: 128

ISBN-13: 143965171X

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Since its settlement in 1769, Bangor's greatest resource has been its people. Long before 1834, when the town on the Penobscot became a city, future legends were born who transformed it into a world-class community. Hannibal Hamlin served as Abraham Lincoln's first vice president. Timber tycoon Sam Hersey financed urban development while less affluent folk such as Molly Molasses also made their mark. When philanthropists Stephen and Tabitha King are not writing best-selling novels, they are spreading their wealth throughout the community. Bangor's melting pot includes the Italian Baldacci family and the Jewish baker Reuben Cohen, who, with his wife Clara, raised their son Bill, a US senator and defense secretary. More infamous but equally legendary is brothel keeper Fanny Jones. Paul Bunyan earned a statue on Main Street. Airport troop greeters Kay Lebowitz and Bill Knight round out the list of notables. They are all jewels in Bangor's crown, and each in their own way is a bona fide legend.

Bulletin
Bulletin

Author: Boston Public Library

Publisher:

Published: 1891

Total Pages: 530

ISBN-13:

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Quarterly accession lists; beginning with Apr. 1893, the bulletin is limited to "subject lists, special bibliographies, and reprints or facsimiles of original documents, prints and manuscripts in the Library," the accessions being recorded in a separate classified list, Jan.-Apr. 1893, a weekly bulletin Apr. 1893-Apr. 1894, as well as a classified list of later accessions in the last number published of the bulletin itself (Jan. 1896)