Welcome to Hallowell, Maine
Honorable Elias Dudley and Some of His Political Correspondence.
REPORT OF UNDERTAKER. City of Hallowell, Kennebec County, Me.: Municipal Year Ending March 1, 1887.
City Agency. City of Hallowell, Kennebec County, Me.: Municipal Year Ending March 1, 1887.
Public Buildings. City of Hallowell, Kennebec County, Me.: Municipal Year Ending March 1, 1887.
Reverend Jacob Abbott, D.D., of Hallowell, Me,
author.
Sprague's Journal of Maine History
Vol. 7, No. 1
1919
Published by John Francis Sprague, Dover, Maine
page 51-52
..."But this a rambling digression from an intended mention of two
oldish books. One is "New England And Her Institutions, By One Of Her Sons." It
is well known that the author was Jacob Abbot. It was published by R.B. Seeley and W.
Burnside, Fleet Street, London, in 1835.
Reverend Jacob Abbott, D.D., was born in Hallowell, Me., Nov. 14th, 1803. He was a
graduate of Bowdoin and for a time was a professor at Amherst. In 1839, he became a
permanent resident of Farmington, Maine. His death occurred Oct. 3, 1879. He was an author
of note, a prolific writer of juvenile books as well as some works on American history and
biography. In all he wrote more than 200 volumes.
This book evidently was written mainly for the purpose of giving English readers as view
of country life in New England.
It vividly describes scenes, places and customs in the newly settled country which must
have been exceedingly entertaining to people in the old world. Much of it relates to
observations made while traveling by carriage along the highways, and one can readily
recognize trips that he made in the state of Maine:
At intervals of a few miles, the log louse of some enterprising settler would attract the
eye, as we rode along, feasting upon the novelty of the scenes before us, till we came
suddenly to the borders of a beautiful pond; which was literally encircled with mountains,
from whose distant and rocky summit we looked down upon the beautiful valley.
No one will expect to find in regions so distant, and in society so new, the artificial
courtesies and ceremonies which regulate intercourse in fashionable circles. In the
dwelling of the farmer you will generally find plain, frank, manly sense, with a good
degree of intelligence respecting the general state of the world, and the political
conditions of his own country.
The topics treated upon in the book are the farmer; ecclesiastical organizations; the
church and religious revivals, slavery, holidays, college life, district schools, etc.
In his chapter on holidays he names only three, Thanksgiving, Independence Day and Fast
Day, making no mention whatever of Christmas, showing that, even as late as 1835, the
Puritan's ancient dislike of that holiday still survived in New England...."
| The Query Manager database allows real-time entry and search of queries. Prior to October 20, 1998, Queries, Surnames and Resource Volunteers were added manually to these pages. The "Query Manager" system, is a centralized, automated database system that allows users to post their own queries. These queries, surnames and resources are then immediately available for anyone else to view. The queries posted prior to October 20, 1998, are available for viewing and response, but all new queries, surnames and resources will be posted to the "Query Manager". | |
Kennebec County Genealogical Databases |
|
| View Kennebec County Surname
Directory & 1998 Queries January 1,
1998- June 6, 1998. View Kennebec County Surname Directory & 1998 Queries June 7, 1998- August 22, 1998 View Kennebec County Surname Directory and 1998 Queries August 23, 1998 - October 20, 1998.
|
You are the 7373 visitor to stop at Hallowell, Kennebec County, ME.
This page was last updated on -- Sunday, 05-Dec-1999 07:23:55 MST
Thanks to ROOTSWEB Genealogical Data Cooperative for Server Space and a great deal of support! Help support them in their mission to make massive amounts of genealogical data available to us!
and maintained by: Tina
Smith Vickery
Maine Author, David Colby Young