The Second War with England by Rev H C Thayer
A compact study of British impressment in the early 1800s, detailing British naval practices, the forced enlistment of American sailors, and President Madison’s 1812 message. The piece cites press gangs, the king's orders, and Dartmoor as a prison for American prisoners, with figures on impressed seamen and casualties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Europe
United States
Admiralty
Shanghai
Madison
Cmparison
Niles Register
Baltimore
Halifax
Botany Bay
Baltic
Cape Horn
Nassau
Jamaica
America
U. S. Navy
Dartmoor
Plymouth
Woolwich
David G. Stinson
Nequasset
Chatham
Murder at Five Islands Shocks Bath County
Samuel T. Hinkley shot Charles Barnes a Five Islands resident while pursuing him by a roadside rock. Hinkley says the gun fired accidentally as he chased Barnes. Barnes died later on a boat near Westport Junction. Sheriffs carried Hinkley to Bath. authorities note grudges and suspected insanity. Frank Gallison, Portland visitor, notes election results.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Five Islands
Charles Barnes
Samuel T. Hinkley
Hinkley
Barnes
Bath
Aderton
Oliver
Elton Fields
Sylvia Fields
Flinkley
Curtis
Launching of the Albert H. Willis Event of the Week
The article details the launching of the Albert H. Willis, with Misses Maggie MacDonald and Minnie Wallace among attendees and a minor accident involving an automobile near Winneganee bridge. It notes community figures, local travel, and preparations for the event, with logistical and social details from Bath to Phippsburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert H. Willis
Phippsburg
Maggie MacDonald
Minnie Wallace
Miss Wallace
Bath
Winneganee Bridge
Miss MacDonald
William Pond
Donald
Charles Smith
Siet i
Frank Hardy
Stillman B. Lawrence
Bangor
Henry Heald
Frank Goddard
Dingley
Silouan
R. E. Fletcher
Arthur Roderick
Harry Roderick
Harry Roderick Has A Position In Mr. Witherbee
Shirley Foster
Jack Wade
Capt. Fletcher
Grace Dickinson
Under-the-Lee
J. H. Hill
Portland
Walter Bowker
New Meadows Inn
F. B. Williams
Winchester
Keene
G. G. Deering
Frank Deering
Walter Rogers
Calvin Rogers
Carol Deering
Emma Campbell
Hemple
Harry Deering
Capt
Chaney
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H. C. Thayer
John M. Clark Undertaking
Conducted BY
Wm. C. Chadbourne
Front St
Tel
Samuel T. Hinckley
Lands
Frank Gallison
William Butler
Bowker
Frank Allegrin
Walter Kingsbury
Madelyn
Topsham
Arthur Percy
Percy
Cox's Head
Fairview
N. J
Lynn
Thomas L. Paine
Eingreyes Ab
Popham Beach
Gant
Mark Iy Peres
James E. Percy
Margaret Percy
William Perry
Doris
Cora Campbell
Asbury Campbell
Alvina Oliver
Edmund Briggs
Adesso E
Larss
Frank Bowker
Albert Willis
Henry Minott
Minott
Ruby Frazee
Ethel Custian
Braunswik
Christine Cutting
Maine
Kents’ Hill
Dromore
Willimson -Perrs
Agnes Oliver
Hebron
Locke
William Oliver
William Roderick
Lillian
John
Frank Clark
McLellan
Francs M
Dasa
Brien Cella
Tess Pere
Merry Meeting Bay
Hoppe
Johnson Bros. Co
Bath, Maine
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