CELEBRATE THE SEASON WITH MAINE HISTORICAL SOCIETY

November 17 - December 31, 2010

1 Season’s Greetings!

Maine Historical Society welcomes you to “Celebrate the Season with MHS!,” an exciting array of holiday activities and programs scheduled from REGISTERED INVESTMENT ADVISOR REGISTERED INVESTMENT ADVISOR November 17 through December 31. It’s a way for all our friends—sponsors, local businesses, non-profit partners, and more—to join us in making this A WEALTH MANAGEMENT COMPANY season a special one for you and your family. Please visit us on campus at 489 Congress Street in Portland or online at www.mainehistory.org to learn about our full schedule of events.

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24 CITY CENTER 24 CITY CENTER PORTLAND, MAINE 04101-4069 PORTLAND, MAINE 04101-4069 207-774-0022 207-774-0022 WWW.RMDAVIS.COM WWW.RMDAVIS.COM These 19th century brass candlesticks were used by members of the Longfellow family in the Wadsworth-Longfellow House.

2 3 Maine Historical Society TABLE OF CONTENTS Trustees 2010 Greetings from the Executive Director 3

E. Christopher Livesay, President Board of Trustees 4 Katherine Stoddard Pope, 1st VP Roger Gilmore, 2nd V.P. Calendar of Activities 6 Carolyn B. Murray, Secretary Horace W. Horton, Treasurer The Art of December: Original Holiday Cards by Maine Artists from the Mildred Burrage Collection 7

Eleanor G. Ames Longfellow Family in 1850 8 Richard E. Barnes Robert P. BaRoss Christmas with the Longfellows 9-15 Eric Baxter Longfellow Family Christmas 17 Priscilla B. Doucette

Harland H. Eastman Music in the House 18-19 Robert Greene Patrick T. Jackson Museum Shop Holiday Bazaar 20 Philip H. Jordan Peter Merrill Members Holiday Party 21 Peter G. McPheeters MHS Membership 22-23 Preston R. Miller Jr. Margaret Crane Morfit Vintage Maine Images 24 Eldon L. Morrison Neil R. Rolde Zoom In: New Approaches to Maine History 25 Imelda A. Schaefer Admission & Directions to MHS 26 Lendall L. Smith Alan B. Stearns Frederic L. Thompson Jotham A. Trafton Paul A. Wescott Charles D. Whittier II Jean T. Wilkinson Nicholas H. Witte

Richard D’Abate, Executive Director

Maine Historical Society preserves the heritage and history of Maine: the stories of Maine people, the traditions of Maine communities, and the record of Maine’s place in a changing world.

4 5 Calendar of activities The Art of December

MUSEUM ExhibitS Original Holiday Cards by Maine Artists The Art of December: Original Holiday Cards by from the Mildred Burrage Collection Maine Artists from the Mildred Burrage Collection November 17 - December 31 T he Mildred Burrage Collection, donated Monday-Saturday, 10 am - 5 pm to the society in 1993, illustrates the per- sonal life and professional career of Mildred Sunday beginning November 28, 12 Noon - 5 pm Giddings Burrage (1890-1983) through correspondence, ephemera, photographs, Zoom In: New Approaches to Maine History and writings. A powerful art-world figure, June 25, 2010 – May 29, 2011 Mildred shared friendships with many Maine and American artists and craftsmen, museum Christmas with the Longfellows & House Tours curators, and directors. The collection includes an assortment of handmade holiday cards November 27 - December 31 from nationally known artists such as Dahlov Monday-Saturday, 10 am - 5 pm Ipcar, William Thon, and Marguerite Zorach, which were sent during Sunday, 12 Noon - 5 pm the 1960s and 70s, when Mildred’s influence was at its peak. The cards Last tour leaves at 4 pm shown here demonstrate the wide range of artists who called Maine December 24 and December 31, 10 am - 2 pm home, whether seasonally or as lifelong residents, as well as Mildred’s love for the holidays, and of Maine. Last tour leaves at 1 pm

Mildred Giddings Burrage (1890-1983) was a Maine artist well known Museum Shop Holiday Bazaar for her work in the formation of the Maine crafts movement, dedicated November 26 - December 31 to “carrying out ideas of simplicity, suitability and perfect beauty”, as Monday-Saturday, 10 am - 5 pm well as for her work in historic preservation. Mildred lived in Ken- Sunday, 12 Noon - 5 pm nebunkport and Wiscasset, traveling, studying, and lecturing around the world. Her career included an extensive role in the Works Progress MUSIc in the house Administration in the 1930s and 40s, the development of unique style of painting on mica, as well as exhibitions throughout the US, including November 27, 1 - 3 pm New York, San Francisco and Chicago. Her shows in Maine, especially at December 4, 11 & 18, 1 - 3 pm Colby College in Waterville, were particularly important to her. Mildred’s interests in historic preservation led to the establishment of the Lincoln MHS Members Holiday Party County Cultural and Historical Association and the preservation of the December 2, 5 - 7 pm Old Wiscasset Jailhouse in Wiscasset. She continued to work as an artist until her death in 1983, at the age of 92. First friday Artwalk Under the direction of Sally Rand, Earle Shettleworth Jr., and the Port- December 3, 5 - 8 pm land Museum of Art’s collections staff , Mildred G. Burrage’s

LONGfellow family Christmas personal papers were transferred to the Maine Historical Society Library from the PMA in 1993 in order to make the collection December 11, 10 am - 1 pm more accessible to researchers. Through the generosity of Ms. Rand, the collection was processed in 2009 and is now available for research at the Brown Library. Maine Historical Society will be closed

Christmas Day and New Year’s Day. Clockwise from upper left: Stell & William Shevis, Christmas Card, 1963; William Thon, Christmas Card, 1974: Dahlov Ipcar, Holiday Card, undated; Waldo Peirce, New Year’s Postcard, 1962; Sasson Soffer, Holiday Card, undated. Coll. 2494, The Mildred Burrage Collection,Collections of the Maine Historical Society. 6 7 Christmas with the Longfellows

THE M aine Historical Society welcomes you to our annual holiday Longfellow programming at the Wadsworth-Longfellow House. We are especially grateful to our corporate sponsor for Christmas with the Longfellows, Family R.M. Davis, Inc., of Portland. Their generosity makes this program possible for hundreds of visitors to enjoy. in 1850 This year’s interpretation of the house and its inhabitants will focus on the year 1850. Objects added to the rooms of the house aim to illustrate emerging holiday traditions of the period and also to amplify Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882), the poet, living at the character and personality of each individual living in the house at Craigie House in Cambridge in 1850 with his wife and children. the time.

Frances (Fanny) Appleton Longfellow (1817-1861), Henry’s wife. We have based our interpretation this year on letters written between family members in the 1850s. Most of the extra objects that we have placed in the house for December are from the collections Zilpah Wadsworth Longfellow (1778-1851), mother of Henry, of MHS or are on loan; all date to the mid-19th century or earlier. Thanks to Hannah Russell, a Anne, Stephen, and Alexander. long-time volunteer and member of MHS, who transforms the house each season with appropriate floral décor and accessories. Lucia Wadsworth (1783-1864), Zilpah’s sister and Anne and Henry’s aunt. The state of Maine deemed Christmas an official holiday in 1858. In the years leading up to this customs such as gift-giving, visiting Stephen Longfellow V (1805-September 1850): older brother of relatives and friends, charity balls and celebrations, exchanging Henry, Anne, and Alexander; father of Young Hen and Nelly. holiday cards and greetings, Santa Claus, and Christmas trees were intermittently practiced by families and communities. Anne Longfellow Pierce and Lucia Wadsworth would have Anne Longfellow Pierce (1810-1901), sister of Henry, Stephen, and Alexander Longfellow, daughter of Zilpah, niece of Lucia Wadsworth. modestly decorated the house. They did not have a Christ- mas tree in 1850.

Alexander Wadsworth Longfellow (1818-1901), younger brother of Henry, Stephen, and Anne. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882) was at the time living in Cambridge, Massachusetts with his wife Frances Appleton Longfellow (1819-1861), and three of their five children, Henry (Young Hen) Wadsworth Longfellow II (1839-1874): Son of Stephen Longfellow V; Henry, Alexander, and Anne’s Charles (“Charley,” 1844-1893), Ernest (“Erny,” 1845-1921), and Alice nephew; brother to Nelly. Mary (1850-1928). Though not physically present, he was in constant contact with the household via correspondence with his sister, brother, and aunt. The families exchanged Christmas gifts.

Ellen (Nelly) Theodora Longfellow (1838-1927): Daughter of Stephen Longfellow V; Henry, Alexander, and Anne’s niece; In 1850, the Longfellow House was home to six family members and two domestic servants. Fam- sister to Young Hen. ily members kept up with their usual habits and interests throughout the holiday season: Anne Longfellow Pierce (1810-1901) participated in civic involvement and charity work. She enjoyed sewing and taking care of “Young Hen.”

8 9 Zilpah Wadsworth Longfellow (1778-1851) was often confined to her room due to illness. She The Sitting Room had a strong interest in fashion and social gatherings, and was closely engaged with her children and extended family. The family would have gathered here for Christmas dinner. The meal might have included popular 19th Lucia Wadsworth (1783-1864) was interested in political affairs and city life. She is often described century dishes like oysters, soup, root vegetables, and as “walking out” around Portland. Lucia also took care of Young Hen and household matters. roast turkey with dressed celery, followed by a variety of fruits, candies, and pies. Alexander Wadsworth Longfellow, “Alex” (1818-1901), was surveying the US Coast. He enjoyed socializing in Portland and was interested in finding a wife. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow II, The Parlor “Young Hen” (1839-1874) was in school and spent his time with his young friends and playing games. Ellen Theodora Longfellow, “Nelly” (1838-1927), Hen’s older sister, came to visit the family Throughout the season, and after Christmas dinner, that Christmas after their father, Stephen Longfellow IV, passed away. the Longfellows might entertain friends and visiting family members in the parlor. They could push aside The Kitchen furniture for dancing, parlor games, or recitations. They would gather to play and listen to music, and The kitchen was the busiest room in the throughout the 1850s the Christmas carol spread in house, especially so during the Christmas popularity. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s 1866 season. One popular 19th century cookbook poem “Christmas Bells,” reflects this widespread was Miss Beecher’s Domestic Receipt-Book, tradition: written by Catherine E. Beecher in 1846 as a companion to her A Treatise of Domestic I heard the bells on Christmas Day Then from each black, accursed mouth Economy from 1841. In addition to recipes Their old, familiar carols play, The cannon thundered in the South, for dishes like oyster soup, Miss Beecher And wild and sweet And with the sound offers general advice for each category of The words repeat The carols drowned dishes, as well as points of etiquette. The Of peace on earth, good-will to men! Of peace on earth, good-will to men! dining room table is set according to her meticulous instructions. Clockwise from upper left: Wreath on back hallway And thought how, as the day had come, It was as if an earthquake rent door of the Wadsworth-Longfellow House; Drying mittens in the Kitchen; Henry Wadsworth Longfel- The belfries of all Christendom The hearth-stones of a continent, Miss Beecher’s recipe for oyster soup is as low portrait by Charles Octavius Cole, c. 1843. Had rolled along And made forlorn follows: The unbroken song The households born Of peace on earth, good-will to men! Of peace on earth, good-will to men! Oyster Soup Put a gallon of water to a knuckle of veal, boil it to two quarts, strain and add the juice of the oysters you Till, ringing, singing on its way, And in despair I bowed my head; are to use. Add pepper and salt to your taste. Fifteen minutes before taking it up, put in eight rolled crack- The world revolved from night to day, “There is no peace on earth,” I said: ers, and after it stops boiling, add half a pint of milk. A voice, a chime, “For hate is strong, A chant sublime And mocks the song Sara Hasty and Ann Cummings, two women who were hired to assist Anne and Lucia with cook- Of peace on earth, good-will to men! Of peace on earth, good-will to men!” ing and household duties in 1850, had the day off. Anne and Lucia would have taken advantage of the pass-through between the kitchen and dining room when serving the heavy platter of roast Then pealed the bells more loud and deep: turkey—in a letter dated December 24, 1850 to her sister Mary Longfellow Greenleaf, Anne states, “God is not dead; nor doth he sleep! “Today is Christmas—the Irish children have the day, & the turkey waits till tomorrow to be cooked.” The Wrong shall fail, The Right prevail, With peace on earth, good-will to men!” 10 11 Summer Dining Room/Rainy Day Room Despite her ill health, Zilpah remained an attentive and interested mother. This Christmas, Anne describes in a letter to her sister Mary on December 24, 1850, “….Mother has had her fixings and 1850 was a year of transition in the Wadsworth-Longfellow house. According to the 1850 Portland gone to bed—I have read the Hymns & said goodnight--& she is gently dropping asleep—but the coal & Directory and census, Stephen Longfellow V, Anne and Henry’s troubled older brother, was living wood are still burning warmly and tempt me to sit awhile longer & take my pen at last to begin a letter to at the house with Anne and Lucia. Young Hen accompanied his father, who passed away in Sep- you…” And continued in the same letter the next day, “Mother is on the bed, her nap delayed by Alex’s tember of that year. He wasn’t alone for long, though; his sister Ellen “Nell” Longfellow was with coming in….” the family on Christmas Day 1850, along with his friend Bob Allen: “Nelly is passing the day with us, & downstairs Bob Allen & Hen are raising cain by the sound I hear…” Anne Longfellow Pierce Anne’s Room noted to Mary Longfellow Greenleaf, December 24, 1850. Anne was widowed in 1835 after three years of marriage and returned home; letter writing and Hen and Bob Allen very may have been playing popular games like jack straws or dominoes in this arranging visits were amongst her primary tasks in keeping her family connected to one another. room, which would have been rarely used in the winter months and afforded the boys lots of space By 1850, Anne and Lucia shared responsibility for the household. That year, Anne also took in her for making noise. older brother Stephen, who died in September 1850, and became the legal guardian of Young Hen. Throughout the 1850s and 1860s, she took in a number of family members as boarders, including Anne became Young Hen’s legal guardian, and she supported her nephew with help from her broth- nephews Josiah and Lewis Pierce in 1852 and 1863, respectively. er Henry in Cambridge. Hen was a spirited boy, though the next year Anne wrote to her sister after attending a holiday party at her friend the Reverend Ichabod Nichols’ home: “[Hen] behaved like a Anne’s generosity also expressed itself through her community involvement. She was closely con- gentleman & enjoyed very much the children’s party without any romping and acting—then the tree bore a nected to the First Parish Church and was on the board of organizations like the Female Orphan nice book for him, besides lots of confectionary.” Asylum (now Sweetser) and the Association for the Relief of Aged & Indigent Women. She would have been busy during the holidays The Parlor Chamber preparing dresses and accessories for social gatherings and was an accomplished seam- Zilpah Wadsworth Longfellow was very fragile in 1850; she died only a few months later in March stress; she sewed not only for herself and the 1851. Due to her ill health, she often took meals in her room upstairs, and was comforted by her residents of the house but for her brother foot warmer and shawl. Anne and Lucia cared for Zilpah and might have referenced Miss Beecher Henry in Cambridge. for concoctions such as this one: The Children’s Room “A Great Favorite with Invalids — Take one third brisk cider and two thirds water, sweeten it, Santa Claus as we envision today was the and crumb in toasted bread, or toasted crackers, and grate on invention of cartoonist Thomas Nast, first nutmeg. Acid jellies will answer for this, when cider cannot appearing in Harper’s Magazine in 1867 and be obtained.” evolving through the next several decades. Clement Clark Moore’s A Visit From Saint Zilpah may also have been treated by some of the homeo- Nicholas was written in 1823 and first pub- pathic medicines on display. A German physician, Dr. lished in book form in 1848. Samuel Hahneman, had developed homeopathy earlier in Clockwise from upper left: The the 19th century. His theory was “like cures like;” that drugs Sitting Room, set for Christmas Anne and Lucia, despite occasional difficul- which produce symptoms in a healthy person can, when Dinner; Homeopathic Medicine ties raising Young Hen, provided for him Box, c. 1850; the Parlor. given in tiny, diluted amounts, cure those same symptoms in appropriately at Christmas time. In a letter an ill person. dated December 24, 1850, Anne wrote to “Merry Old Santa Claus,” Thomas Nast, Harper’s Weekly, January 1, 1881. Mary Longfellow Greenleaf, “ ‘Santa Claus’ has The kit on display belonged to Dr. Ira Towle from Fryeburg, and was produced by the Boericke & done his mission in Hen’s room—the full stockings Tafel pharmacy in Philadelphia, a firm still in existence today. It includes such substances as arse- dangle at the bedside, ready for the dawn of day…” nic, belladonna, and opium, as well as the more innocuous chamomile. 12 13 Anne, Lucia, and Henry exchanged gifts each season as well. Wrote the poet to his sister from Alex’s situation definitely improved in the next year, and he and Lizzie went on to have a happy Cambridge in a letter dated December 17, 1854, “Dearest Annie, Your Christmas and New Year’s box marriage and five children. Perhaps Alex’s mood is understandable in the context of the family’s ex- of Presents arrived safely, and has given immense satisfaction; particularly the Wax Doll…The tea was periences from 1849-51; both Stephen and Zilpah passed away, and these losses were compounded meant as my New Year’s present to you and Lucia…so I sent ‘Oolong,’ which I fancy is very much the same by the death of Anne, Alex, and Henry’s older brother, Stephen Longfellow V. thing, having the green flavor…The other is ‘English Breakfast’ and I hope will prove good…” Despite these family tragedies, the Wadsworth-Longfellows remained a closely connected and And again to his sister in 1856: “Dearest Annie,…At all events write, and let us know that you and Lu- devoted family, and the house continued to be an anchor for the siblings and their extended families cia are well. Much love to her from Fanny and me, and a thousand thanks from the children for Christmas until Anne Longfellow Pierce’s death in 1901. Box of ginger-bread.*”

*Miss Beecher’s recipe for ginger-bread is as follows:

Best Molasses Gingerbread One even tablespoon of strong ginger, and two if weak. A gill and a half of milk. One heaping tablespoonful saleratus [baking soda], very fine, dissolved in a tablespoonful of hot water, and put into the milk. Half a pint of molasses, and a small tea-cup full of butter.

Take three pints of flour, and rub the butter and ginger into it thoroughly. Then make a hole in the middle, and pour in the molasses and milk, and begin mixing in the flour, and while doing this, put in a great spoonful of strong vinegar, and it is weak, a little more. If not stiff enough to roll out, add a little more flour. Roll it into cards an inch thick, and put it into two buttered square pans. Bake it in a flat tin pan, and put it, if the oven is quite hot, on a muffin ring, to keep it from burning at the bottom, and allow from twenty-five to thirty minutes for baking. When done, set it on its edge, or on a sieve, to cool.”

The Guest Room

The guest room was used by a wide variety of people throughout the house’s history. Henry Wad- Family photograph, Venice, Italy, 1869. Poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, at sworth Longfellow and Fanny Appleton Longfellow spent part of their honeymoon here in 1843. center with beard, and his family. From left, Mary Longfellow Greenleaf (Henry’s In 1850, Anne and Henry’s brother Alexander Wadsworth Longfellow lived in this room. Trained sister), Samuel L. Longfellow (Henry’s brother), Alice Longfellow (Henry’s daugh- in topography, Alex eventually worked on the US Coast Survey team, though in 1850 he was ter), Henry, Thomas Gold Appleton (Henry’s brother-in-law), Ernest (Henry’s son) and his wife, Hattie Spelman Longfellow, Anne Longfellow Pierce (Henry’s sister), between jobs and feeling lonely. He married Elizabeth Clapp Porter, or “Lizzie,” in 1851, but came and Annie Longfellow and Edith Longfellow (Henry’s daughters). home very early on New Year’s Day of that year from a duck supper and wrote to Mary Longfellow Greenleaf in a gloomy state of mind on January 1, 1851:

“Another year has gone—its record to the irrevocable past; would it were worthier. I cannot look back with much satisfaction nor forward with hope. I am disappointed in myself—I don’t seem to have amounted to anything in life, and feel as if I had been rather a waste of the raw materials, so to speak. I am and have been too much alone in the world and such solitude makes one selfish, hopeless, and faithless…I am inclined to think it would have been best for me if I had been married young and poor to a hopeful, loving woman. That might have overcome the intertia of my constitution and aroused some successful actions and energetic life…”

14 15 december 3 - december 24 Longfellow Family Christmas

Adult tickets $25 - $39 | Children under 12 only $12 Discounts for Seniors, Students and Groups Join us at Maine Historical Society on December 11, 2010 from 10 am to 1 pm for the Longfellow Family Christ- mas. Tour the Wadsworth-Longfellow House to learn how Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and his family in Portland celebrated and practiced emerging tradi- tions during Christmas seasons of the 19th century. Discover how children of

| Photos by Darren Setlow Photo illustration Karen Lybrand the era experienced Christmas Eve and morning. Help family and friends create holiday crafts, including tree ornaments, byby garlands and wall hangings, and nine- CharlesCharles teenth-century Christmas cards using DickensDickens a variety of artistic techniques. Hear A Christmas Carol Shown: Cast of A stories and carols related to the season, play games popular with children, and listen to poems by Henry that highlight the cold outside and the warmth inside during the winter months. This is a free “The Christmas Tree,” Godey’s Lady’s Book, c. 1850. event and is open to the public.

PORTLANDSTAGE Tickets: 207.774.0465 Longfellow Family Christmas, 1862. Edith Longfellow (1853-1915), daughter of Henry Wadsworth Longfel- where great theater lives www.portlandstage.org low and Frances Appleton Longfellow, painted this watercolor of a family Christmas scene when she was nine. Collections of Longfellow National Historic Site. 16 17 Music in the House Enjoy music in the Wadsworth-Longfellow House

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow purchased the this holiday season! Chickering square grand piano in 1843 when he David Maxwell will be playing during public tours on Saturday afternoons, came to Portland during his honeymoon with his 1-3 pm, on November 27, and December 4, 11, and 18. second wife, Frances Appleton. He purchased the piano directly from its builder, Jonas Chickering, for a then-princely sum of $450. David Maxwell holds degrees in both piano and organ from the University of Illinois. The piano, made of rosewood in the Empire style, His principal organ instruction was with Jerald Hamilton, and his piano study included was then shipped to Craigie House, the couple’s work with Malcolm Bilson and Dean Sanders. His composition instructors included Edwin home in Cambridge where the poet’s family lived London and Ben Johnston. Dr. Maxwell has played many solo recitals and has performed during his professorship at Harvard University. with several chamber music groups including Musica Tricinia, the Ineluctable Modality (a There, it was played by the poet himself, his family, vocal ensemble which performed avant garde music), the Saint George Chamber Players, and occasionally by his brother, Reverend Samuel and the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra, and the Portland (Maine) Symphony Orchestra. Longfellow. After some years Henry and Frances Having previously taught at Western Illinois University and at the University of Southern Longfellow moved the piano to the poet’s summer Maine, he has served as Minister of Music at State Street Church, UCC, Portland, Maine home in Nahant, Massachusetts. In 1898 it was given to C.P.P. Smith of Lynn, Massachusetts, who since 1981 and teaches and composes in his Scarborough studio. Publishers of his organ later donated it to the Maine Historical Society in 1908 to be used in the poet’s compositions include Concordia Publishing House, MorningStar Music, Warner Brothers childhood home. The piano returned to Portland. Publications, Augsburg Fortress, Wayne Leupold Editions, Inc., and Zimbel Press. He has In March 1926, on the 44th anniversary of the poet’s death, pianist received several awards from ASCAP for his publications. Maurice Dumesnil played the 1843 Chickering piano and broadcast compositions of Beethoven, Mozart, and Chopin by radio.

For decades, the piano stayed in the Longfellow House, but was not played. Its condition eventually deteriorated. Years later, in 2009, the Maine Historical Society received a gift from an anonymous donor to repair the Chickering to its former working condition. The Chickering received much-needed attention by renowned piano restorer Timothy Hamilton of Boston. The piano is now played and enjoyed at private gatherings inside the Wadsworth-Longfellow House.

Cambridge Nov 20 1880.

Dear Mr. Perabo,

Let me thank you for the great pleasure you gave us on Saturday last.

I was delighted with Miss Cheney’s playing. She certainly has a wonderful gift, and shows promise of great excellence. Indeed, one knows not what heights she may reach in her profession.

I sincerely hope you may be able to carry out your plan of sending her to Germany, if you think she can find better instruction there than here. All musical people should come to your aid. An Allemande, Wadsworth-Longfellow Collection, Zilpah and Elizabeth Wadsworth, 1789. Yours very truly An Allemande is a processional couple dance with stately, flowing steps, fashionable in 16th Henry W. Longfellow. century aristocratic circles; also an 18th century figure dance. The earlier dance apparently originated in Germany but became fashionable both at the French Court (whence its name, which in French means “German”) and in England, where it was called alman or almand. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow to Ernst Perabo. November 26, 1880. Letter courtesy of the University of New Hampshire Library.

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22 23 Vintage maine Images Zoom In: New Approaches to Maine History VINTAGE MAINE IMAGES: Give a Gift of Maine

T he exhibit celebrates the launch of Maine History Online, a major new interpretive section of the Maine Memory Network (www.mainememory.net), and explores the rich ways that digital tech- nologies complement and enhance the use of physical objects—and vice versa—in the telling of Maine history.

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DIRECTIONS

Located on a one-acre campus in downtown Portland, Maine Historical Society is comprised of the Longfellow House & Garden, Museum & Shop, Brown Library, and Maine Memory Network.

Directions: Exit I-295 at Exit 7, Franklin Street. Turn right at the top of the hill onto Congress Street. Proceed past Portland City Hall and the Portland Public Library. Archival reproductions of Historic US Costal Surveys, Age of Discovery maps, The Maine Historical Society is on the right, between Preble and Brown streets. Hand-colored vintage Maine maps, Residential geneology maps.

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