The Cruiser, Freeport, April 1859
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The Cruiser, Freeport, April 30, 1859, vol. 1 no. 8.
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.
Issues include some shipping news, some illustrations, a few advertisements, stories, poems, essays, math problems and word puzzles. Some articles are 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: 1859-04-30
- 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
Shipping--South Freeport (Me).
Manuscripts
Newspapers--Maine--South Freeport
Freeport (Me.)--History--19th century
People
Talbot & Shaw, editors,
Pettibone, Parmenas
Hagar,
Cook, Eliza
Shaw, F W
Agricola,
Other Keywords
Local history
Manners and customs
ShippingSouth Freeport Mutual Improvement Society
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