Jonathan Morgan diary, Portland, 1867-1869
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Maine Historical Society
The fire, started by a firecracker, burned buildings on 56 streets in the waterfront and eastern end of the city.
The Customs House, Post Office, City Hall, churches, hotels, bookstores, dry goods houses, and manufacturing firms burned. Steamships could not come into the harbor.
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