Keywords: Squire Morgan
Item 18339
Jonathan Morgan, Portland, 1869
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1869-11-16 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print
Item 23436
Tom (Piggy) Huston, Market Square, Portland, 1869
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1869 Location: Portland Media: Cloth, canvas, paint, wood
Exhibit
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.
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Historic Hallowell - A Post-Revolutionary Generation
"Squire Morgan -- A Maine Franklin. Jonathan Morgan, a young lawyer, came from Portland around 1800 “to grow with the town.” A man of great talent and…"
