The Popham Colony

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.