Word: portlands
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...gentlemen in England who placed the memorial of Longfellow in Westminster Abbey, remembering the friends of the poet in this country, have generously sent two copies of the bust of the poet, one to Harvard College and the other to the Maine Historical Society of Portland, the city where he was born. These replicas left Liverpool about the middle of December on the Canard line, which will forward them free of expense, and ought soon to be here. Meanwhile a letter from the Prince of Wales has been received by the president, announcing the gift. It is as follows...
...Bowdoin college crew was defeated last Saturday by the Dirigo crew of Portland...
...Bowdoin four-oared crew will row the winners of the Dirigo race, tomorrow at Portland...
...annual meeting of the Dartmouth Athletic Association was held on Monday, and the following named officers elected: President, Richard Webb of Portland; vice president, W. K. Ferguson of Malone, N. Y.; treasurer, F. H. Weston of Windsor, Vt.; secretary, H. H. Hanson of Dover; directors, E. A. Bayley of Newbury, Vt., John P. Tucker, Jr., of Boston, W. W. Bradley of St. Johnsbury, Vt., S. E. Cavery of Strafford, Vt. The field meeting will be held...
...Edward Y. Hincks of Portland, Maine, and the Rev. John. P. Taylor of New London, Conn., were inducted into the chairs of the two new professorships of the Andover Theological School last evening...