The Cruiser, Freeport, April 1859
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The Cruiser, Freeport, April 9, 1859, vol. 1 no. 7.
The hand-written newspaper was prepared by a church group for passing around the small shipbuilding community of South Freeport.
Eight issues were prepared on a semi-monthly basis, and six of these belong to Freeport Historical Society.
Issues include some shipping news, some illustrations, a few advertisements, stories, poems, essays, math problems & word puzzles. Some articles were written under pseudonyms.
Issue No. 8 mentions that the group was suspending operation for the "season;" apparently they never resumed production.
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- Title: The Cruiser, Freeport, April 1859
- Creator: South Freeport Mutual Improvement Society
- Creation Date: 1859-04-09
- Subject Date: 1859
- Town: Freeport, South Freeport
- County: Cumberland
- State: ME
- Media: paper
- Dimensions (cm): 51 x 30.5
- Local Code: Coll. 130
- Collection: The Cruiser, Coll. 130
- Object Type: Text and Image
For more information about this item, contact:
Freeport Historical Society
45 Main Street, Freeport, ME 04032
(207) 865-3170
http://www.freeporthistoricalsociety.org
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LC Subject Headings
South Freeport Mutual Improvement Society--Publications
Freeport (Me.)--History--19th century
Shipping--South Freeport (Me).
Manuscripts
Newspapers--Maine--South Freeport
People
Talbot & Shaw, editors,
Pettibone, Parmenas
Flagg, Nellie
Lambert, Capt.
Freetrader, packet sloop
Agricola,
Other Keywords
Local history
Manners and customs
Shipping
South Freeport Mutual Improvement Society
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