Contributed by Maine Historical Society
Description
John Marshall Brown, son of sugar magnate John Bundy Brown of Portland, wrote to Alida Carroll, his fiance, in Maryland, to tell her about the aftermath of the July 4 fire that burned a swath of Portland, including the Brown's Sugar House.
He wrote, on July 7, "Father's courage is superb he hasn't lost heart for a moment although his pecuniary loss is enormous. He has already begun to build on some of the burnt lots & others are following his example."
The couple planned to be married soon and Brown was overseeing construction of a home for them in Portland. He wrote, "the workmen begin again on the house tomorrow ... I shall hurry them now as much as I can."
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About This Item
- Title: J.M. Brown to Alida Carroll, July 1866
- Creator: John Marshall Brown
- Creation Date: 1866-07-08
- Subject Date: 1866-07-04
- Location: Portland, Cumberland County, ME
- Media: Ink on paper
- Dimensions: 27.4 cm x 21.4 cm
- Local Code: Coll. 183, Box 1/8
- Collection: John Marshall Brown papers
- Object Type: Text
Cross Reference Searches
Standardized Subject Headings
- Bramhall (Dwelling)
- Brown family
- Brown's Sugar Refinery (Portland, Me.)
- Brown, J. B. (John Bundy), 1805-1881
- Brown, John Marshall, 1838-1907--Correspondence
- Carroll family
- Carroll, Alida Catherine, b. 1844
- Courtship
- Disasters--Maine--Portland
- Fires--Maine--Portland
- Fireworks--Accidents and injuries
- Great Fire, Portland, Me., 1866
- J.B. Brown & Sons
- J.B. Brown Company
- Love letters
- Manufacturing industry--Maine--Portland
- Portland (Me.)--Fire, 1866
- Portland Sugar Company
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