1875 antique MAINE BUSINESS DIRECTORY w FOLDOUT MAP history ads genealogy For Sale

1875 antique MAINE BUSINESS DIRECTORY w FOLDOUT MAP history ads genealogy
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Original 1875 Maine State Year-Book and Legislative Manual, also identified on the binding as the Maine Register 1875, prepared by Edmund S. Hoyt and published in Portland, Maine by Hoyt, Fogg & Donham, 193 Middle Street. The volume measures approximately 6.75 x 4.75 inches and contains 538 pages. This is an exceptionally information-dense Maine reference volume covering the year 1875–1876, with extensive state, county, town, government, business, transportation, institutional, and statistical information.

A particularly desirable feature is the large folding color map of Maine, titled Colton\'s Maine, published for Hoyt, Fogg & Donham. The map is present and retains attractive period color, showing Maine divided into counties and towns, together with transportation and geographic information. The reverse includes extensive railroad, steamboat and telegraph information, including the Boston & Maine Railroad and other routes.

The title page identifies the book as the \"Maine State Year-Book, and Legislative Manual, for the Year 1875-6, From May 1, 1875, to May 1, 1876.\" It was prepared pursuant to orders of the Maine Legislature. The volume includes an enormous amount of material useful to collectors, historians and genealogical researchers, including:

• Maine Constitution and state government information
• Legislature of 1875, including Senate and legislative membership
• County and town directories
• Town populations, valuations, polls and estate statistics
• Town officials, postmasters, selectmen, clerks, treasurers and other officeholders
• Lawyers, physicians, merchants, manufacturers and tradespeople
• Churches, schools, hotels, businesses and organizations
• Maine newspaper directory, listing newspapers, publishers, political/other character and publication days
• Railroad and transportation information
• Postal rates and international mail information
• Banks and financial institutions
• State and federal government material
• Courts and judicial directories
• Colleges and educational institutions, including Bates College
• Historical and political statistics
• Extensive alphabetical index to Maine towns

The advertising material is also outstanding and gives the book considerable appeal as a piece of 1870s Maine commercial history. Visible advertisements include Wheeler & Wilson sewing machines, Portland & Worcester Line, Small & Bailey bookbinders, Portland Cement Drain Pipe Company, F. O. Bailey & Co. show cases and roll-top desks, J. B. Brown & Sons bankers, Bailey & Noyes publishers/booksellers and piano dealers, Hussey\'s Premium Plows, Hoyt, Fogg & Donham, and others.

Of special interest to local-history researchers are entries for individual Maine communities. The photographed pages, for example, include detailed listings for Unity, Waldo and Winterport, naming local officials, professionals, merchants, manufacturers, organizations and hotels. With hundreds of Maine towns represented, this can be an excellent genealogy and family-history research source for locating residents and occupations in the mid-1870s.

Authentic period piece related to family, historyor local heritage - well-suited for historical collections, genealogical /genealogy research, or museum acquisition.Vintage or Antique.

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