Portland, Maine in 1826 Vol 2 pg 260 Sprague's Journal of Maine History In 1826 what is now the city of Portland, Maine, was then a town and its Selectmen were Isaac Adanis, Chairman, the other members of the board being Joshua Richardson, Robert Ilsley, Ben- jamin Ilsley and John Williams. It had four banks, viz: The Cumberland and Merchants in Exchange street, and the Bank of Portland and the Casco Bank in Middle street. The first Academies in Maine were incorporated in Portland, February, 1784, and Hallowell, March T79I ; South Berwick, March, 1791 ; Fryeburg, February 9, 1792; and Machias, March, 1792. The Collectors of Customs for the ports of Maine in 1826 were: Isaac Ilsley, Portland and Falmouth; Daniel Granger, Saco: George Wheelwright, Kennebunk; Thomas Savage, York; Stephen Thatcher, Passamaquoddy; Samuel A. Morse, Machias; Edward S. Jarvis, Frenchman's Bay; Daniel Lane, Belfast; Denny McCabb, Waldoborough,; Francis Cook, Wiscasset; J. B. Swanton, Bath. In 1826 Maine had three Indian Agents, Samuel Hussey of Port- land, Samuel Call of Bangor and Peter Goulding of Perry. (c) 1998 Courtesy of the Androscoggin Historical Society ************************************************* * * * * NOTICE: Printing the files within by non-commercial individuals and libraries is encouraged, as long as all notices and submitter information is included. Any other use, including copying files to other sites requires permission from the submitters PRIOR to uploading to any other sites. We encourage links to the state and county table of contents. * * * * The USGenWeb Project makes no claims or estimates of the validity of the information submitted and reminds you that each new piece of information must be researched and proved or disproved by weight of evidence. It is always best to consult the original material for verification.