Person/Organization: Preble, Edward
Item 17993
Commodore Edward Preble, ca. 1805
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1805 Location: Portland Media: Oil on canvas
Item 6155
Bombardment of Tripoli, ca. 1803
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1803 Location: Tripoli Media: Oil on canvas
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George Henry Preble of Portland, nephew of Edward Preble who was known as the father of the U.S. Navy, temporarily lost his command during the Civil War when he was charged with failing to stop a Confederate ship from getting through the Union blockade at Mobile.
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These stories -- that stretch from 1999 back to 1759 -- take you from an amusement park to the halls of Congress. There are inventors, artists, showmen, a railway agent, a man whose civic endeavors helped shape Portland, a man devoted to the pursuit of peace and one known for his military exploits, Maine's first novelist, a woman who recorded everyday life in detail, and an Indian who survived a British attack.
