Contracts. Letter from the Secretary of War, Transmitting Statements of Contracts Made Under Authority of That Department During the Year 1845
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Weather Station History and Introduced Variability in Climate Data
Historical Climate Variability and Impacts in North America Lesley-Ann Dupigny-Giroux · Cary J. Mock Editors Historical Climate Variability and Impacts in North America 123 Editors Dr. Lesley-Ann Dupigny-Giroux Dr.CaryJ.Mock University of Vermont University of South Carolina Department of Geography Department of Geography 94 University Place Columbia SC 29208 Burlington VT 05405-0114 USA USA [email protected] [email protected] ISBN 978-90-481-2827-3 e-ISBN 978-90-481-2828-0 DOI 10.1007/978-90-481-2828-0 Springer Dordrecht Heidelberg London New York Library of Congress Control Number: 2009933459 © Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2009 No part of this work may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, microfilming, recording or otherwise, without written permission from the Publisher, with the exception of any material supplied specifically for the purpose of being entered and executed on a computer system, for exclusive use by the purchaser of the work. Cover illustration: (left) Rooftop Instruments on the Alaska Building, Seattle, Washington, between 1905 and 1911 (courtesy of Pemco Webster & Stevens Collection, Museum of History & Industry); (center) The logbook from the HMS Racoon in 1813, photo from The National Archives, U.K. Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com) Preface When we decided to create Historical Climate Variability and Impacts in North America, we had several goals in mind. The first was to address a gap in the literature about the methods for and the value of using documentary data such as diaries and ships’ logs in augmenting and enriching the instrumental record dating back to the 1600s in North America. -
Fortifications on Maine's Northeast Boundary, 1828-1845
Maine History Volume 29 Number 3 Winter-Spring 1990; Vol. 29, No. 3 & 4 Article 2 1-1-1990 Fortifications on Maine’s Northeast Boundary, 1828-1845 Geraldine Tidd Scott Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/mainehistoryjournal Part of the Military History Commons, and the United States History Commons Recommended Citation Tidd Scott, Geraldine. "Fortifications on Maine’s Northeast Boundary, 1828-1845." Maine History 29, 3 (1990): 118-141. https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/mainehistoryjournal/vol29/iss3/2 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by DigitalCommons@UMaine. It has been accepted for inclusion in Maine History by an authorized administrator of DigitalCommons@UMaine. For more information, please contact [email protected]. GERALDINE TIDD SCOTT FORTIFICATIONS ON MAINE’S NORTHEAST BOUNDARY, 1828-1845 In the second quarter of the nineteenth century, tensions along Maine’s northeastern border almost triggered a third war with Great Britain. Three concurrent expeditions — United States Army troops between 1828 and 1845; the Maine Land Agent’s “civil posse” from 1834 to 1841; and two detachments of Maine Militia between February and May 1839 — raised a series of frontier forts. Their architectural styles and construc tion techniques demonstrate the ingenuity necessary to build a defense system along an extensive and isolated wilderness border. In 1827, Governor Enoch Lincoln spoke of Maine’s six million acres of largely unsettled disputed territory,1 and expressed indignation concerning the dilatory process of nego tiation between Great Britain and the United States. Of imme diate concern was the great quantity of timber located upon the Aroostook River and its tributaries on lands granted to private owners and institutions, that was being cut and driven down the St. -
Doc. No. 51. LETTER the SECRETARY of WAR
29th CoNGREss, Doc. No. 51. Ho. OF REPS. 1st ·Session. War Dept. WAR DEPARTMEIST-CONTRACTS. LETTER FROM THE SECRETARY OF WAR, TRANSMITTING Statements of contracts made under authority of that department dvring the year 1845. JANUARY 8, 1846. Read, and laid upon the table. WAR DEPARTMENT, January 6, 1846. SIR: In compliance with the requirements of the acts of April 21, 1808 and March 3, 1809, I transmit to Congress, herewith, statements, numbered from 1 to R, showing what contracts have been made under the authority of this department during the year 1845. Very respectfully, your obedient servant, W. L. MARCY, Secretary of.. War. Hon. JoHN W. DAvis, ~peaker of the House of Representatives. 2 Doc. No. 51. No. 1.-Contract for stationery for the War Department, made with Wm. Fischer, ojter public advertisement, for the fiscal year 1845-'46. Papers made of linen stock. Amount. Total. 1--------- 2 reams folio post, ruled, machine-made, weighiilg 17 pounds - per ream $6 00 $12 00 24 reams single cap ~ ruled;machine-made, weighing 12 p~mnds · - do 3 00 72 00 8 reams single cap, hand-made, weigh- ing 12 pounds do 4 00 32 00 6 reams quarto post, plain, hand-made, weighing 8!- pounds - - do 3 75 22 50 40 reams quarto post, plain, machine-made, weighing 8!- pounds - - do 3 00 120 00 190 reams quarto post, ruled, machine-made, weighing 8! pounds do 3 00 570 00 10 reams quarto post, ruled, hand-made, weighing 8! pounds do 4 00 40 00 12 reams note paper do 2 00 24 00 3 reams copying paper- do 2 50 7 50 2 reams blotting paper - - do 4 00 8 00 56 reams envelope paper, buff or yellow, - ~~ ~ 3 25 182 00 . -
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INFORMATION TO USERS This manuscript has been reproduced from the microfilm master. UMI films the text directly from the original or copy submitted. Thus, some thesis and dissertation copies are in typewriter face, while others may be from any type o f computer printer. The quality of this reproduction is dependent upon the quality of the copy submitted. Broken or indistinct print, colored or poor quality illustrations and photographs, print bleedthrough, substandard margins, and improper alignment can adversely affect reproduction. In the unlikely event that the author did not send UMI a complete manuscript and there are missing pages, these will be noted. Also, if unauthorized copyright material had to be removed, a note will indicate the deletion. Oversize materials (e.g., maps, drawings, charts) are reproduced by sectioning the original, beginning at the upper left-hand comer and continuing from left to right in equal sections with small overlaps. Each original is also photographed in one exposure and is included in reduced form at the back of the book. Photographs included in the original manuscript have been reproduced xerographically in this copy. Higher quality 6” x 9” black and white photographic prints are available for any photographs or illustrations appearing in this copy for an additional charge. Contact UMI directly to order. UMI A Bell & Howell Information Company 300 North Zed) Road, Ann Arbor MI 48106-1346 USA 313/761-4700 800/521-0600 “A LINGERING WAR MUST BE PREVENTED:” THE DEFENSE OF THE NORTHERN FRONTIER, 1812-1871 DISSERTATION Presented in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree Doctor of Philosophy in the Graduate School of The Ohio State University By Joseph M. -
"A Class of Men”: United States Army Recruits in Maine, 1822-1860
Maine History Volume 30 Number 2 Article 3 9-1-1990 "A Class of Men”: United States Army Recruits in Maine, 1822-1860 Dale R. Steinhaurer Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/mainehistoryjournal Part of the Military History Commons, and the United States History Commons Recommended Citation Steinhaurer, Dale R.. ""A Class of Men”: United States Army Recruits in Maine, 1822-1860." Maine History 30, 2 (1990): 92-119. https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/mainehistoryjournal/vol30/iss2/3 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by DigitalCommons@UMaine. It has been accepted for inclusion in Maine History by an authorized administrator of DigitalCommons@UMaine. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Dale R. Steinhauer "A CLASS OF MEN'S”: UNITED STATES ARMY RECRUITS IN MAINE, 182201860 “For the Army. From 45 to 50 Able-bodied American citizens, from 18 to 35 years o f age, are required to complete the four companies o f the army which are destined to constitute the Garrison at Houlton Planta tion. With this advertisement in the Eastern Argus in the spring of 1828, Capt ain Greenleaf Dearborn announced the opening of a recruiting rendezvous on Union Street in Portland. Recent incidents zilong Maine’s disputed border with New Brunswick had angered many Downeasters, who felt that protecting the state against external aggression was a matter of honor. The establishment in 1928 of a military post on the northeastern frontier manned by Captain Dearborn’s Second Infantry Regi ment meant that the army needed a substantial number of Maine recruits. -
HOULTON PIONEER TIMES Over a Century
Press Run Over A Century 4400 Copies Of Service 2 Sections In Aroostook 12 Pages HOULTON PIONEER TIMES County The Only Newspaper in the World Interested in Houlton, Maine 05 NO. 35 Houlton, Maine, Thursday, August 29, 1963 TEN CENTS Sugar Beet Group District Schools Open Meets Here Friday With 2,140 Students wen* off by only one student in their estimate of expected enroll- A meeting for Aroostook farmers to kick off the mem ublic schools. Schools opened Tuesday with a total of 1,763 pupils bership campaign for the Maine Sugar Beet (Jrowers Asso ■ more than the original estimate of 1,762. elation will be held tonight in Monticello, and another meet ing is scheduled for Friday night at the Northland Hotel ion in Littleton was er 169 were registered Houlton. allo and 22 entered They are aim opening day in Ham- Rubinoff Will County-wide met Council Votes ing held during tion hopes to reci bers. Members of i To Borrow must pledge* 7iMH sugar beets before considered for a s All-Das Extra $100,000 by the culture. Paul for the J uniors, School Subsidy Now tension will be held Goes Directly To SAD Ro\. The formation of the new School Administrative District has creat giving this Jl’ST A START — Work has begun on erecting a 10-foot high cedar stockade around Gar ed one more financial problem for 6 students. Steering Committee or an officer rison Hill, and is the first, step In a program' that when completed will see the reconstruction of the Town, which the Council of the Maine Sugar Beet Growers solved Monday night by authoriz the former military installation.