Maine Church History: Catholic Church in Eastern Maine & Maine Ministers by Joseph W. Porter of the Bangor Historical Magazine printed in John Sprague's Journal of Maine History (1913) Vol 1 #2, 66-72; 137-143; & 185-191 Courtesy of Androscoggin Historical (c) 1998 Wayfarer's Notes [The late Hon. Joseph W. Porter of Bangor, from 1885 to 1893, pub- lished "The Bangor Historical Magazine," and after its discontinuance and for a few years prior to his decease, he contributed to the Bangor Commer- cial a series of exceedingly valuable papers relating to the early history of eastern Maine. These were all written by Mr. Porter and published under the nom de plume of "Wayfarer" and known as "Wayfarer's Notes," Like all of his historical research these notes are of inestimable value for their accuracy and the care with which they were prepared. By courtesy of Mr. Samuel L. Boardman, a former well known editorial writer of Bangor and Augusta newspapers, we have been able to secure copies of them and shall hereafter publish these notes in future editions of the Journal, believing that they will be one of its features that will be highly appreciated and prized by our readers.] Notes of the Early History of the Catholic Church in Eastern Maine Champlain found the Indians here; the first of which I find any record of on Penobscot River. He had many conferences with them, and like a good Catholic he taught them how to live as Christians live, they having never seen any before. This was the first Christian missionary work in New England, in what is now Bangor or Brewer, a fact which the historians have overlooked. The Indians gave Champlain venison and among other things he gave them "pater-nosters. " From the time 1604 to the present the Indians have been Catholics and never "without the sign" although they may have been without priests at times. In 1606 another expedition came over which was a failure. In 1611 a third expedition came but from some cause returned to France, leaving two priests, Fr. Pierre Biard and Fr. Enernond Masse at Fort Royal, Nova Scotia. These priests determined to find a location for a Christian town, and while voyaging along the coast of Maine, they came to Penobscot river, and followed it up WAYFARER'S NOTES 67 to Kadesjuit (now Bangor), where they found the location they wanted and determined to locate here. They also found the Indians. They returned to Port Royal where another expedition arrived June 12, 1613, with other priests and settlers. In a few clays they sailed for Kadesjuit (Kenduskeag), taking on board Fr. Biard and Fr. Masse. After several days in a Passamaquoddy fog, they came in sight of Mt. Desert Island. The crew rebelled and said their contract was up, but they were pacified, and the vessel kept on and came to the easterly coast of the island, where they came to anchor "in a fine large harbor," where they redeemed their vows, raised the Cross, sang praises to God and celebrated the Holy Mass. This place they named St. Savior. The historians have located this landing at Bar Harbor, but that place never had a "fine large harbor, " only a small harbor for fishing vessels behind the bar that makes from the main island over to Rodick's Island. Even now in a fresh breeze steamers and other vessels have run up to the main land for safety. I call Southwest Harbor the ancient St. Savior. There they found some Indian-, who told them that Asticou, three leagues distant, was a better site. In spite of the protests of the priests it was determined to settle there. The founder of the mission at what is now Old Town was the Abbe, Louis P. Thury, who was sent there in 1687. He built the first church there in 1688 or 1689. He had great influence over the Indians. He left Old Town in 1695. He died at Chebucto, N. S., June 3, 1699, much lamented. I-le was succeeded on the Penobscot by Fr. Gaulin and Fr. Ragoet (Bigot). Fr. Elzear de St, Florentine was ten years at St. Peter's Fort at Pentagoet. I think this was what is now Castine. In 1697, the priests were at Pentagoet. The general court appointed Captain John Alden, Jr., and Major James Converse commissioners to make a treaty with the Penobscot and other eastern Indians. They met at Pentagoet October 14, 1697. They had much dis- cussion pro and con but finally the commissioners insisted upon the release of all prisoners and the banishment of the French priests. 68 SPRAGUE'S JOURNAL OF MAINE HISTORY The Indians offered to set free the prisoners who should take their own choice, to go home or stay with their Indian friends, but they would not agree to drive away the "good missionaries. " To which the commissioners agreed, and the old chronicler adds, "that the Indians sang the songs of Peace. " Fr. Joseph Aubrey was a missionary at Pentagoet prior to 1709. Fr. Syresne, a Catholic missionary, was on the Penobscot River prior to 1718. The old voyagers and historians have not made it plain where the great Indian settlement was on Penobscot River. It was at Old Town or Passadumkeag. Louis XIV, king of France, gave money to build a church at Medoctic near Eel River on the St. John in 1718, where many Maine Indians attended. It is said that the king sent over a French architect to build a chapel for worship on the Penobscot River. Reverend Jonathan Greenleaf of Wells in his historical sketches of 1821, says it was at Indian Old Town. Mr. Greenleaf was familiar with the Penobscot Indians and their traditions, having visited them many times. In 1718, Fr. (Pierre) Laverjat was here on Penobscot River. His chapel was burned, probably in 1723; he went to France the same year to get assistance for his church. He probably went afterward to Medoctic on the St. John River. He was at Passa- wamske on Penobscot River in 1727; this, I think, was Passadum- keag. "After the retirement of Fr. Syresne and Fr. Laverjat, there is no evidence of any resident pastor of the Catholic Missions of Maine" for many years, unless it was Fr. Francois E. Lesuer. The Bangor Theological Seminary Mrs. Abigail Bailey was the wife of the Newcastle minister, Rev. Kiah Bailey, and was the first person that I learn of who suggested a theological seminary in Bangor. Prior to this time she bad this matter of religious education in her mind. WAYFARER'S NOTES 69 Reverend David 1. Cushman, successor of Reverend Kiah Bailey, in his history of Newcastle, gives her full credit. She was a woman of great ability. In 1814 she wrote to Mrs. Jacob McGaw, urging her to make an effort to collect a Sabbath school in Bangor for the benefit of the children and youth. Mrs. MeGaw was a Godly woman and she employed Miss Martha Allen as superintendent of the Sabbath school in Bangor and this was the first in the town. I believe at the suggestion of Mrs. Bailey, that Reverend Kiah Bailey, Reverend John Sawyer, who had moved to Bangor from Boothbay, and Reverend Jotham Sewall of Chesterville, all more or less missionaries, had conferences about the needs of the newer part of the State in 1810-11. Their first thought was to form a religious education society, rather than a seminary. This matter was talked over with other Maine ministers and the result was a petition to the General Court, and an act, just what they wanted, drawn by that ever fast friend of the seminary, Samuel E. Dutton, Esquire, of Bangor, was passed- "An Act to Incorporate the Society for Theological Education. Ap- proved 27 Feb., 1812. To assist those well disposed young men that are desirous of entering into the gospel ministry but by a deficiency of pecuniary resources are unable to qualify themselves for a station so im- portant and useful. " The corporators were: Rev. John Sawyer, 'Bangor, 1806-1813; Rev. Eliphalet Gillett, Hallowell, 1793-1827; Rev. Kiah Bailey, Newcastle, 1797- 1823; Rev. Jotham Sewall, Chesterville, 1786-1849; Rev. Francis Brown, Yarmouth, 1810-1815, President Dartmouth college; Rev. William Jenks, Bath, 1808-1812; Rev. Asa Rand, Gorham, 1809-1822; Rev. Edward Payson, Portland, 1807-1827; Rev. Asa Lyman, Bath, Windham; , Rev. David Thurston, Winthrop, 1807-1851; General Henry Sewall of Augusta; Doctor Ammi R. Mitchell, North Yarmouth. This act did not prove to be satisfactory and the same parties came to the conclusion that a school or seminary was needed to carry out the purposes set forth in the act. Another charter was asked, and granted by the General Court in 1814, which was as follows: "An Act to Incorporate the Maine Charity School in the county of Hancock. Approved Feb. 25, 1814. To establish a literary seminary." Names of trustees in the act were: Rev. John Sawyer of Bangor, Rev. Kiah Bailey of Woolwich, Rev. Eliphalet Gillett of Hallowell, Rev. William Jenks of Bath, Rev. Mighill Blood of Bucksport, Rev. Asa Lyman of 70 SPRAGUE'S JOURNAL OF MAINE HISTORY Windham, Rev. David Thurston of Winthrop, Rev. Harvey Loomis of Ban- gor, Hon. Ammi R. Mitchell of North Yarmouth, Samuel E. Dutton, Esquire, of Bangor. This was an honest attempt to provide a seminary of learning for poor men, to fit them to preach in the newer settlements. The early trustees were most of them college graduates, but had not what would now be called a theological education. They studied theology with ministers of note. In this last act "Father Sewall" dropped out as trustee, probably at his own request. The scheme moved slowly, the war was on, and the people were poor. It was not organized for two years. Reverend Doctor Enoch Pond in his historical address, July 2, 1870, says that the first meeting of the trustees "was held at the house of Major Samuel Moor in Montville, in May, 1816." Why the meeting was held there is a puzzle. Mr. Joseph Williamson of Belfast writes me that Moor's name does not appear on the town books, and that the town clerk never heard of him. Mr. Williamson adds, "neither the list of military officers nor of tavern keepers include him." At that period, Montville was not on any thoroughfare; in fact there was no stage route through it from Belfast to Augusta until much later. I can- not conceive why the trustees of the school should organize there unless to combine the interests of Lincoln, Kennebec and Hancock Counties. Nevertheless, Samuel Moor of Davistown (Montville), had lived there in January, 1800, and in Searsport in 1816, so Hancock records say. Allen's biographical dictionary says that one Samuel Moor died in Albion, October 21, 1854, aged nearly one hundred and six. The officers chosen were: Reverend Edward Payson of Port- land, president; Reverend Eliphalet Gillett of Hallowell, vice presi- dent; Reverend Kiah Bailey of Newcastle, secretary; and Samuel E. Dutton, Esquire, of Bangor, treasurer. At this time Hampden was the largest town on Penobscot River. (In 1820 it was larger than Bangor.) General John Crosby of Hampden was one of the merchant princes of the State. At one time he imported more goods from the West Indies than any other man in the State. If the sails of WAYFARER'S NOTES 71 his ships did not whiten every sea they came Dearer to it than any other Maine man. A kinsman of mine, who was captain of one of his ships, was in France during one of the French revolutions, 1792-1794, and staved there with his ship for nearly two years. General Crosby worked hard to remove the shire town of Han- cock County from Castine to Hampden, and barely missed success. Under all these circumstances and with the powerful influence of General Crosby in its behalf, it was thought best to locate in Hampden. The academy there was incorporated, March 7, 1803, and was the first of its kind on the Penobscot River. Its building bad just been completed and a room was hired in it for the use of the students and for which rent was paid. The seminary was opened in October, 1816. The first year it had one professor, Reverend Jehudi Ashmun. In 1817, the Reverend Abijah Wines was added. He graduated at Dartmouth College in 1794, and a third was also added, Ebenezer Cheever, who graduated at Bowdoin College in 1817. In 1817, Mr. Dutton resigned the office of treasurer and Eliashib Adams was chosen in his stead, November 26. He held the office nineteen years. (His grandson is now the treasurer.) The same day it was voted to pay General Crosby twenty dollars, probably for the rent of the academy building. In 1818 the trustees voted to change the location and give it to the town that would subscribe the largest sum for the mainte- nance of the institution. Reverend Mighill Blood of Bucksport, Samuel E. Dutton of Bangor and Thomas Adams of Castine were appointed a committee to receive subscriptions. As near as I can see they were as follows. Castine $7644 Bucksport 6200 Hampden 7751 Brewer 8468 Bangor 8960 And Bangor got it. I fear that not all the subscriptions were paid. In the autumn of 1819 the seminary was removed to Bangor. Recitations were held in the Court House, afterward the (old) City 72 SPRAGUE'S JOURNAL OF MAINE HISTORY Hall, and in a room in the house of Alexander Savage at the corner of Main and Water Streets. The same year the old professors or teachers resigned: Reverend Professor Ashmun went to Deer Isle, 1819 to 1831. He died at Worcester, February 11, 1833, aged sixty-seven. Professor Wines went to Africa as an agent for a colonization society. He returned and died in New Haven, August 25, 1828, aged thirty years. Professor Cheever was minister at several places. He was a somewhat remarkable man. He died in Michigan, December 31, 1860. Upon the opening of the seminary in 1820 Reverend John Smith was appointed professor with a salary of seven hundred dollars, "if the treasurer thought necessary for his support," and Reverend Bancroft Fowler was appointed a professor at a salary of eight hundred dollars. They were inaugurated in March, 1820. March 8, 1820, the treasurer was authorized to "pay tuition for students at Bangor Young Ladies' Academy." I am at a loss to know what this meant unless it was for a foundation of the "English Course," we have heard so much of in later years. Isaac Danforth of Milton, Massachusetts, gave June 11, 1821, the seminary, "a lot of land near the village of Bangor containing about seven and one-half acres," for the permanent establishment of the institution as founded and organized, with some other con- ditions. "If the trustees at any time fail in the performance of the conditions of the deed it shall be null and void."' Mr. Davenport was an old fashioned Orthodox Unitarian, but be believed that the institution should be permanent. He owned most all of the John Dennett estate lying on the westerly side of Union Street. He gave a lot for the Independent Congregational Unitarian Church, where their meeting-house now stands. (a) Hancock Registry of Deeds, Vol. 7. Wayfarer's Notes The Bangor Theological Seminary (Continued from page 72.) The Bangor House, and many other notable houses, as well as parks are on the same estate. WAYFARER'S NOTES 137 Mr. Davenport and the writer of this were born in the same town, not far apart in distance, but in years many. I take pleasure in writing of his benevolences. Some discussion has been going on of late regarding the removal of the institution to Orono or Brunswick. It is said to be an easy matter to remove $300,000 worth of trust funds! Nowadays it seems that a man can hardly be sure of making his own trust deed or will. A most eminent lawyer of this State lately informed me that it seemed about impossible for a man to make his own will and have it carried out. "It would seem the better and surer way to give while living." The first class who graduated at the seminary in 1820 were: 1. Nathaniel Chapman, from Exeter, New Hampshire; min- ister at Bristol, Boothbay, Bremen, Camden, Thomaston, Warren, Unity ; died in Pittston, April 1, 1858. 2. Ira Dunning, from New York; minister at Williamsburg, then to Detroit, Michigan. 3. Abraham Jackson, from Plymouth, Massachusetts; minis- ter at Machias, 1821 ; Kingston, Massachusetts, and other places. Died at Fall River, 12 April, 1874. 4. Elijah Jones, from Brewer (Holden); minister at Minot. 5. Thomas Simpson, from Deerfield, New Hampshire; minis- ter at Edgcomb, and other places. 6. Samuel Stowe from Barre, Vermont; minister at Cumber- land, Warren, York and other places. He died in Falmouth. 7. Moses Welch is named; probably did not graduate but took a partial course; minister at Williamsburg, Amesbury, Massa- chusetts, and other places. Died in Wenham, Massachusetts. Neither of these students were graduates of any college. The first building erected was a chapel in 1823, which was occupied for a preparatory school, and for recitations and worship. This building was where the garden of the Hanilin homestead is. It was burned in a few years. The second building was called "The Commons," built in 1827, for a boarding house and for study and dormitories. This is the house now occupied by Profes- sors Beckwith and Ropes. a The large brick building was erected in 1833; in August, 138 SPRAGUE'S JOURNAL OF MAINE HISTORY Reverend Jotham Sewall laid a corner stone (or a stone in the wall) with trowel and mortar reminding him of his old trade." In 1835 a committee was appointed "to lay out the ground given by Mr. Isaac Davenport as a site for the seminary into lots and to furnish a plan of buildings thereafter to be erected." The first money paid into the treasury of the seminary was collected by Mrs. Kiah Bailev from the members of the church in Newcastle. This church voted May 1, 1823, "unanimously to pay fifty cents a year for each member of the church, and if any member was not able it should be paid by the other members." At that time the church had about fifty-four members. This Newcastle church kept up its interest in the seminary for many years. On the church records is the following item: November 7, 1852, Deacon George A. Thatcher, treasurer of the seminary, was present at a conference. Deacon Thatcher thanked the brethren who had recently- subscribed five hundred dollars toward the endowment of two professorships. It has had agents at different times to collect funds. Among the first was the Reverend Jotham Sewall of Chester- ville, who was one of the founders, (and grandfather of Professor Sewall, now of the seminary.) In 1822 he went South and West, and I have heard that his first subscriber in Boston was the father of Professor Ropes. In Washington, John Quincy Adams was the largest donor. He was then secretary of state and a few years later President of the United States. I may add that he was an old school Unitarian and a great friend of Mr. Isaac Davenport. The institution has had many donors, among whom were Doctor Jacob Haves of Charlestown, Massachusetts ; the two great East Indian merchants, Hiram and William Fogg, and also Mr. Hiram Hai-es Fogg of Bangor, all cousins, and all gave their money at the request or solicitation of another cousin, the Reverend Samuel AV. Haves, a graduate of the seminary, in 1843, who loved it as "the apple of his eve." WAYFARER'S NOTES 139 The First Trustees I give them as they are on the records ; Reverend John Sawyer (?) was born in Hebron, Connecticut, October 9, 1755 ; when he was a child his father moved to Orford in northern New Hampshire. There he worked on his father's farm until twenty-four years of age. He was said to have been a Revolutionary soldier and at the battle of Saratoga. He attended school at Hanover, New Hampshire, and entered Dartmouth college, graduating in 1785. He very soon after began to preach and was ordained minister at Orford, 1787, the place of his residence from childhood. He re- moved to Boothbay, Maine, where he was ordained minister of the Presbyterian church there, October 31, 1798. He seems to have varied his pastoral labors with missionary work. I herewith print an extract from the report of the Massa- chusetts Missionary Society for 1801. "The Rev. John Sawyer commenced his mission to the settlements east of the Kennebec river in the province of Maine, August 23, 1800. During his mission he preached at Ballstown, Sheepscot, Passamaquoddy, Dennysville, Robbinston, Moose Island. The settlements on the west side of Schoodic river, Pennamaquan, Pleasant Point. "The settlements on Penobscot and Kennebec rivers, (as far up as Camden on the former river, and West Barnardston on the latter) and at Corneville. He returned from his mission on 31st of October, having spent ten weeks in the service to which he was appointed, during which time he preached 63 sermons. "Mr. Sawyer was very kindly received in general ; but felt great inconvenience from the great disproportion between the time he had to spend, and the great extent of new settlements. He thinks there is great need of Missionaries, and a good prospect of usefulness in the eastern portion of our country. "About this time the church became Orthodox Congrega- tional. He was dismissed there Dec. 7, 1805. He came to Bangor about 1806, where he preached and taught school until 140 SPRAGUE'S JOURNAL OF MAINE HISTORY 1812-13, when he moved to Garland, Me., where he made his home for many years. "In one of the years he was in Bangor, between 1806-12, he attended about 100 funerals here and in the vicinity ; an epidemic raged at that time which the inhabitants called 'Black death.' Mr. Sawyer preached in many towns in the vicinity of his residence and on the upper Penobscot river. He was much interested in the Bangor Theological Seminary, and was entitled to be called one of the founders of that institution. "On his one hundredth birthday, Oct. 1855, he made an address in the Central church in Bangor. The house was crowded and Rev. Enoch Pond, D. D., who conducted the services, re- marked, 'that no one in that great assembly had ever known such an assembly before; and no one would probably ever see the like again." Some years previous Mr. Sawyer had returned to Bangor where he died October 14, 1858. 2. Rev. Kiah Bailey was born at Brookfield, Mass., 11 March, 1774. He graduated at Dartmouth college 1793. He settled at Newcastle, 4 Oct., 1797 ; dismissed Sept. 24, 1823. Overseer of Bowdoin college, 1800 to 1816. Removed to Ver- mont, where he died at Hardwick 17 Aug. 1857. (To be continued see page 185) WAYFARER'S NOTES 185 Wayfarer's Notes The Bangor Theological Seminary The First Trustees (Continued from Page 140.) 3. Rev. Eliphalet Gillett, 1). D., was b. at Colchester, Conn., 19 Nov., 1768 ; graduated Dartmouth college 1791 ; min- ister at Hallowell ; ordained 12 Aug., 1795 ; dismissed 19, May, 1827. Overseer Bowdoin college, 1798-1816. Secretary of the Maine Missionary society 1837-1848. He died in Hallowell 19 Oct., 1848. 4. Rev. William Jenks, D. D., was born in Newton, Mass., 25 Nov., 1778 graduated Harvard college 1797. Minister at Bath 1805-1817 professor in Bowdoin college ; overseer Bowdoin college 1806-1811. Removed to Boston 1826; died 13 Nov., 1866. 5. Rev. Mighill Blood ; born Hollis, N. H., 13 Dec. 1777 was graduated Dartmouth college 1800 ; ordained minister at Bucksport May 12, 1803 , dismissed 24 Sept. 1840 ; died there 2 April, 1852. 6. Rev. Asa Lyman was born Lebanon, Conn., Feb., 1777 graduated Yale college, 1797. Minister at Bath, Jan. 1, 1806 to March 9, 1808 ; at Windham, 1809. Trustee of Bowdoin college 1814-1816 ; overseer 1806-1813. Died in Clinton, N. Y., Jan. 20, 1836. 7. Rev. David Thurston, 1). D., was born in Rowley, Mass., 6 Feb., 1779; graduated Dartmouth college 1804. Overseer of Bowdoin college 1832-1864. Minister at Winthrop 1807-1851. Died in Litchfield 7 May, 1865. 8. Rev. Harvey Loomis was born in Torringford, Conn., 1785 ; graduated Williams college 1809 ; settled minister at Ban- gor from Nov. 27, 1811, until his death 2 Jan. 1825. 9. Hon. Ammi R. Mitchell was born in North Yarmouth 8 May, 1762. Physician. Overseer Bowdoin college, 1796-1824. He died 14 May, 1824. He was a distinguished citizen of his native town. 186 SPRAGUE'S JOURNAL OF MAINE HISTORY 10. Samuel E. Dutton, Esquire, was born in Hallowell, 16 June, 1774. He had a common school education ; studied law, and was admitted to the Bar in 1800. In 1801 he came to Ban- gor and settled, being the second lawyer in the town, Allen Gilman being the first. It is quite remarkable that there is no allusion to him in Willis' History of the Courts and Lawyers of Maine. He was a sound lawyer ; the first judge of probate for Penobscot county ; president of the Bangor bank, and one of the founders of the Bangor Theological Seminary. He was a civil engineer, and was agent for many landed proprietors. The town of Dutton (now Glenburn) was named for him. He was a conspicuous and prom- inent citizen of Bangor. He wore small clothes, silk stockings to the knees, and coat of the olden time, with square tails, which reached nearly to the ground. He joined the first church in Bangor, May 13, 1812. He died Feb. 16, 1830, aged 56, or in 1831, aged 57, accounts differ. He was a fast friend for many years of the Seminary. 11. Rev. Jonathan Fisher was born in New Braintree, Mass., 7 Oct., 1768, graduated Harvard college 1792. Minister at Blue Hill 1796-1837. Trustee 1814 to 1845. His frequent journeys to the Seminary, 40 miles, were made on foot. He died 22, Sept. 1847. 12. Rev. Daniel Lovejoy was born in Amherst, N. H., 31 March, 1776. Preached in Litcbfield, Robbinston, Unity, Albion and other places. He died Oct. 11, 1833. 1 do not find that he was a graduate of any college. 13. Rev. Edward Payson, D. D., was born Rindge, N. H., 25 Jan. 1783 ; graduated Harvard college 1803. Minister at Portland 1807 to his death 22 Oct., 1827. D. D. Bowdoin col- lege 1821 ; trustee also 1824-1827. 14. Rev. Thomas Williams was born S. Weymouth, Mass., 11 March, 1787 ; graduated Brown university 1809. Minister at Brewer 1813 ; Foxcroft 1823 ; Poland 1.835 ; died there 24 Nov., 1846. Overseer of Bowdoin college 1826-1846. 15. Rev. David M. Mitchell was born 9 May, 1788, in North Yarmouth ; graduated Yale college 1811 ; Andover Theological Seminary 1814. Minister at Waldoboro 1816-1842. Died Waltham, Mass., 27 Nov., 1869. WAYFARER'S NOTES 187 16. Dea. Eliashib Adams was born at Canterbury, Conn., 6 June, 1773 ; came to Bucksport 1803, and to Bangor 1813. Treasurer of the Seminary many years, and grandfather of the present treasurer, John L. Crosby. He died 28 Aug. 1855. 17. Thomas Adams, Esquire, was born in Pembroke, N. H., 9 July, 1753 ; settled in Castine 1815, and was an eminent citizen and merchant there. He died in Roxbury, Mass., 31 Dec., 1847. 18. Rev. John W. Ellinwood, D. D., was born in Beverly, Mass., 2 May, 1782,; graduated Andover Theological Seminary 1812; Williams college 1816. Minister at Bath 1812-1843. Bowdoin college gave him the degree of D. D. 1851. Overseer Bowdoin college 1816-1860. Died 19 Aug. 1860. 19. Daniel Pike, Esquire, was born in Byfield, Mass., 5 May, 1785 ; came to Bangor about 1810. He was a prominent and useful citizen. He died 6 May, 1832. In 1852 the late Honorable Joseph W. Porter (Wayfarer) received the following letter from Oliver Wendell Holmes. "Dear Sir: "My terms for a lecture where I stay over night are these: Fifteen dollars for my expenses; a room with a Are in it, in a public house, and a mattress to sleep on, not a feather bed. As you write in your individual capacity, I tell you at once all my I am afraid to sleep in a cold room, I can't sleep on a habitu al exi genies. feather bed will not go to private houses, and I have fixed on the sum mentioned as what it is worth to me to go away for the night to places that cannot pay more. Yours truly, 0. W. HOLMES." Bangor, Maine, November 28, 1913. To the Editor of Sprague's Journal of Maine History. May I suggest that if you should make any corrections at the end of your first volume that you change the spelling of Sewell to Sewall, this name occurring twice on page 138 of the fourth nunmber. I think if you look at the newspaper article you will find that the name was spelled Sewall ; and that is the way that this family spell the name. Mr. Joseph W. 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