The Popham Colony / a discussion of its historical claims, with a bibliography of the subject

BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE POPHAM COLONY.

DOCUMENTS CIRCULATED BEFORE AND AT THE FIRST CELEBRATION, AUGUST 29, 1862.

"English Colonization in America. " Public Celebration." A brief sketch of the Colony, and of the proposed Celebration, by Mr. John A. Poor; which was sent to invited guests. July, 1862.

"Historical Celebration at Fort Popham, August 29, 1862." Programme of the Celebration.

"An Order for Morning Prayer" [read by Bishop Burgess]. 8vo, 8 pp.

[Thirty-Four] "Toasts " for the " Historical Celebration. " To be arranged hereafter in appropriate order." 8vo, 4 pp.

Cards (4½ by 7½ inches):—

1. Latin Inscription for the Memorial Stone. On the reverse, an English Translation.

2. Latin Inscription as before. On the reverse, "The First Colony " on the Shores of New England " was Founded here, " August 19th, O. S., 1607 " under " George Popham."

A printed circular headed "Public Historical Celebration," dated August 12, 1862; which was sent to invited guests, with a "Private Explanatory Note," stating that the Celebration "is held under the auspices of the Maine Historical Society, which proposes to print a full report in the form of a Memorial Volume."

NEWSPAPER ARTICLES WITH REFERENCE TO THE FIRST CELEBRATION.

Bath Sentinel and Times, July 10, 1862. Mr. B. C. Bailey recommends calling a public meeting, to make arrangements for a Celebration.

The same, July 22, 1862. The Mayor of Bath calls the meeting, for Monday, July 28.

The same, July 29. Report of the meeting.

Portland Press, July 30. Report of the meeting, List of Committees, etc.

Daily Evening Globe, St. John, N. B., August 23, 1862. "The First English Settlement in New England;" by John Wilkinson.

Portland Advertiser, August 28, 1862. The Order of the Celebration.

The same, August 30. 1862. An Account of the Celebration; with Mr. John A. Poor's Oration.

The same, September 3, 1862. Mr. Poor's Oration reprinted with corrections. Mr. T. D. McGee's Address, and Mr. R. K. Sewall's Response to a Toast.

Bath Times, September 1, 1862. An Account of the Celebration.

Portland Press, September 6. Mr. John Neal complains of the arrangements of the Celebration.

Portland Advertiser, September 8. Mr. Charles J. Gilman, the Chief Marshal, replies.

Portland Transcript, September 4. An account of the Celebration.

Brunswick Telegraph, September 6. An Account of the Celebration.

Christian Mirror, Portland, September 9. "A Sermon preached at Phipsburg, Me., on the Sabbath after the Celebration, by Rev. Francis Norwood."

The same, September 16. Mr. John A. Poor reviews Mr. Norwood's Sermon.

The same, October 7. "Popham Discussion:" Mr. Norwood replies to Mr. Poor; and "Popham Errata:" Mr. John Wingate Thornton reviews Mr. Poor's article of September 16.

New York Journal of Commerce, November 6. Report of the October Meeting of the New York Historical Society. Remarks concerning the Popham Celebration by Mr. George Folsom and Mr. J. R. Brodhead.

New York Christian Times, November 20. Fuller report of the same.

Boston Evening Traveller, November 21. Correspondence of Rev. William S. Bartlett, of Chelsea, and Prof. Emory Washburn, of Cambridge, concerning the Speech of the latter at the Popham Celebration.

Congregational Quarterly, Boston, April, 1863, Vol. v., p. 143-160. "Colonial Schemes of Popham and Gorges. By John Wingate Thornton, Esq., Boston." A Speech at the First Popham Celebration, with twelve and a half pages of "Notes and Authorities appended as proofs."

A few copies of this article were printed, with the following title page, as—

A Pamphlet. "Colonial Schemes of Popham and Gorges. " Speech " of " John Wingate Thornton, Esq., " at the " Fort Popham Celebration, " August 29, 1862, " under the auspices of the " Maine Historical Society. " Boston, 1863." 8vo, 20 pp. [This Speech is not contained in the Popham "Memorial Volume."]

The above was noticed and discussed in—

North American Review, July 1863, Vol. xcvii., p. 288.

Christian Examiner, July 1863, Vol. lxxv., p. 143.

Historical Collections of the Essex Institute, August, 1863, Vol. v. pp. 175-192; by Mr. A. C. Goodell.

Boston Review, November, 1863, Vol. iii, p. 641.

Historical Magazine, New York, 1863, Vol. vii., p. 231.

Christian Mirror, Portland, April 28, 1863.

Boston Journal, August 11, 1863.

Boston Evening Transcript, April 24, 1863.

Portland Transcript, May 9, 1863.

A Pamphlet. "The Connection " of the " Church of England " with Early " American Discovery " and " Colonization. " By the Rev. William Stevens Perry, M. A. " Portland, Maine. " 1863." 8vo, 7 pp.

Messrs. Bailey and Noyes, of Portland, Publishers, in April, 1863, issued a circular Prospectus for the publication of the "Memorial Volume;" soliciting Subscriptions.

"Memorial Volume " of the " Popham Celebration, " August 29, 1862: " commemorative of the Planting of the " Popham Colony on the Peninsula of Sabino, " August 19, O. S., 1607, " establishing the Title of England to the Continent. " Published under the direction of the " Rev. Edward Ballard, " Secretary of the Executive Committee of the Celebration. " Portland: " Bailey and Noyes. " 1863." 8vo, 368 pp.

Bound with the same:—

"English Colonization in America. " A " Vindication of the Claims " of " Sir Ferdinando Gorges, " as the " Father of English Colonization in America. " By John A. Poor. " (Delivered before the Historical Societies of Maine, and New York.) " New York: D. Appleton and Company. " 1862." 8vo, [Address, 92 pp. Appendix, 52 pp.,] 144 pp.

"Popham Celebration " at " Sabino, " August, 1863." Programme in broadside.

The Popham Celebration of August 29, 1863, Mr. George Folsom, Orator, was reported in—

Portland Daily Advertiser, August 31, 1863.

Portland Daily Press, August 31, and September 3, 1863.

Brunswick Telegraph, September 4, 1863.

Boston Witness and Advocate, September 11, 1863.

Boston Courier, September 2, 1863.

Portland Daily Press, September 30, 1863: "Popham—Settlement—Memorial and Celebrations." Signed "P." [Mr. George Prince.]

A Pamphlet. "The Beginning of America " A " Discourse " delivered before the " New York Historical Society "on its Fifty-ninth Anniversary " Tuesday November 17, 1863 " By " Erastus C. Benedict " New York " 1864." 8vo, 64 pp.

Portland Daily Press, January 29, 1864. Notice of Meeting of the Maine Historical Society, and of Judge Bourne's Reply to Mr. Thornton's Pamphlet.

A Pamphlet. "An " Address " on the " Character of the Colony " founded by " George Popham, " at the " Mouth of the Kennebec River August 19th, [O. S.] 1607. " Delivered in Bath, " on the Two hundred and fifty-seventh Anniversary " of that Event. " By Hon. Edward E. Bourne, " of Kennebunk. " Delivered and Published at the request of the Committee on the Commemoration. " Portland: " 1864." 8vo, 60 pp.

The above was noticed and discussed in—

Christian Mirror, Portland, February 21, 1865.

Boston Evening Transcript, February 13, 1865; by Rev. George E. Ellis, D. D.

Bath Daily Sentinel and Times, August 30, 31, September 1, 1864.

The same, March 16, 1865. "Fort Popham Colony."

The same, March 16, 1865. "The Popham Settlement;" by Rev. Edward Ballard.

The same, March 30, 1865.

The same, July 7, 1865.

The same, September 1, 1865.

The same, September 2, 1865; by Mr. George Prince.

Brunswick Telegraph, September, 1864.

Boston Journal, August 2, 1865.

Bath Daily Sentinel and Times, May 3, 1864. "The Fort Popham Controversy," as to when and where Religious Services were first held in New England. Signed "D. Q. C." [Rev. D. Cushman.]

The same, May 5, 1864. "The First Worship in Popham Colony;" by Rev. Edward Ballard.

The same, September 2, 1864. "The First Sermon in New England." Signed "Candid" [Mr. George Prince].

The same, September 8, 1864. Reply by Rev. Edward Ballard.

The same, August 16, 17, 18, 24, 1865. "The Virginia Company's Northern Plantation;" by Mr. J. Wingate Thornton.

The same, August 23, 1865. Reply by Rev. Edward Ballard.

A Pamphlet. "Remarks " on the " Popham Celebration " of the " Maine Historical Society. " Read before the American Antiquarian Society, " April 26, 1865. " By S. F. Haven. " Boston, " 1865." 8vo, 32 pp. [Mr. Haven's Remarks previously appeared in the Proceedings of the American Antiquarian Society, at the Semi-Annual Meeting held at Boston, April 26, 1865; pp. 31-60.]

The above was noticed and discussed in—

Boston Daily Advertiser, April 27, 1865.

The same, August 2, 1865. "Popham Exhumed and Re-interred"; by Rev. Edward E. Hale.

The same, August 26, 1865: "The Popham Colony," by Mr. Charles F. Dunbar.

The same, same date: "The Popham Celebration;" by Rev. Edward Ballard.

Portland Daily Press, August 4, 1865.

The Celebration of August 29, 1865, was reported and discussed in—

Portland Argus, August 31, 1865.

Portland Daily Press, August 21, 30, 1865.

Bath Daily Sentinel and Times, August 23, 1865; by Rev. Edward Ballard.

The same, August 24, 1865.

The same, August 30, 1865.

Boston Journal, August 4, 1865.

Brunswick Telegraph, September 1, 1865.

A Pamphlet. "Responsibilities of the Founders of Republics: " An " Address " on the " Peninsula of Sabino, " on the Two-Hundred and Fifty-Eighth Anniversary " of the " Planting of the Popham Colony, " August 29, 1865. " By Hon. James W. Patterson. " Delivered and published at the request of the Committee on the " Commemoration. " Boston: " John K. Wiggin, " 1865." 8vo, 38 pp.

The above was noticed and discussed in—

Boston Daily Advertiser, April 11, 1866: "The Last Popham Address;" by Mr. William F. Poole.

The same, April 21, 1866: "'The Last Popham Address,'" by Rev. Edward Ballard, D. D.

Portland Advertiser, April 26, 1866: "'The Last Popham Address;'" by Mr. Frederic Kidder.

Boston Daily Advertiser, May 31, 1866: "Popham Again and Finally;" by Mr. William F. Poole.

The same, July 28, 1866: "The Popham Colony, 'Finally;'" by Rev. Edward Ballard, D. D.

The same, July 28, 1866: "A Running Review of the 'Popham Again and Finally;'" by Mr. Frederic Kidder.

Christian Era, Boston, June 28, 1866; "The Popham Memorial;" by Rev. J. D. Fulton.

The Episcopalian, New York, May 19, 1866.

Boston Daily Advertiser, August 4, 1866: Report of the Meeting of the Maine Historical Society of August 2, containing a letter by Mr. John A. Poor, with regard to new evidences found in Carayon's Relations.

The Popham Celebration of August 29, 1866, was reported in—

Boston Daily Advertiser, September 1, 1866.

Boston Journal, September 1, 1866.

New York Times, September 4, 1866.

New York Christian Intelligencer, September, 1866.

Brunswick Telegraph, September 14, 1866.

A Pamphlet. "The Popham Colony " A Discussion of its Historical Claims " With a " Bibliography of the Subject " Boston " Wiggin and Lunt 13 School Street 1866." 8vo, 72 pp.

FOOTNOTES:

[1] This Letter is reprinted entire on page 10.

[2] Strachey says, "the chief shipwright was one Digby, of London." He also speaks of "the carpenters."—Chap. x.

[3] Briefe Narration, Chap. ii.

[4] Hist. U. S., Vol. ii. p. 191.—Ed. 1837.

[5] Political Annals, p. 46.

[6] Fuller information, gained from the military letters of Biard and Masse, shows that the treatment referred to was connected with an occupation of the same location, by the English, in the year after the Popham Colony had departed.—Reports, edited by Carayon.

[7] Briefe Relation.

[8] For the date of Popham's death, we have followed Foss rather than Campbell. The latter fixes the date as June 1, 1607, only one day after the colonists sailed. Campbell has fallen into a mistake in making Popham's age seventy-two; for Campbell himself, and the other authorities, give the date of his birth as 1531.

Transcriber's Notes:

Obvious typographical errors were repaired, but older style spellings retained.

Hyphenation variants were resolved to most frequently used.

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