A list of names and births of Seward Porters Family.
by [Maine.] [Manuscript Family Register: Porter.]
- Used
- fair
- Condition
- Fair
- Seller
-
Scarborough, Maine, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Family Register of Seward Porter, circa 1800
A nicely accomplished, though primitive, family register of the Seward and Eleanor Porter family. Two colorful plants with birds in their top branches fill the sides of the register. At the top hover two angel-like figures, one bearing an hour glass, the other blowing a horn.
Condition: Approximately 14 x 10." Iron gall ink on wove sheet with colored decorations. The sheet is mounted on a ca. 1815 newspaper and strips of wallpaper about 1" wide have been applied along the left and right sides. The piece is in fair condition with overall cockling and some water damage. There is a small puncture on the left edge. The ink notations of the birth dates and locations are faded but legible.
[ICN 3198.]
A nicely accomplished, though primitive, family register of the Seward and Eleanor Porter family. Two colorful plants with birds in their top branches fill the sides of the register. At the top hover two angel-like figures, one bearing an hour glass, the other blowing a horn.
Seward and Eleanor Porter were from Weymouth, Massachusetts, but relocated to Falmouth in the District of Maine in about 1777, and then to Freeport in about 1782. This family register lists the names, birth places and birth dates of the Porter's 13 children from 1778 to 1797.
Their fourth son on the list -- also named Seward Porter -- would become a prominent Maine mariner and entrepreneur. He brought the first steamboat to Maine in 1823. In 1837 he published a now-highly-prized set of charts of the Maine coast. For Seward Porter (the son), see: Tooley's Dictionary of Mapmakers: Vol 3, p. 453, and Guthorn, United States Coastal Charts 1783-1861: p. 29.Condition: Approximately 14 x 10." Iron gall ink on wove sheet with colored decorations. The sheet is mounted on a ca. 1815 newspaper and strips of wallpaper about 1" wide have been applied along the left and right sides. The piece is in fair condition with overall cockling and some water damage. There is a small puncture on the left edge. The ink notations of the birth dates and locations are faded but legible.
[ICN 3198.]
Reviews
(Log in or Create an Account first!)
Details
- Seller
- BICKERSTAFF'S BOOKS, MAPS &C. (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 3722
- Title
- A list of names and births of Seward Porters Family.
- Author
- [Maine.] [Manuscript Family Register: Porter.]
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Place of Publication
- Freeport, Maine, assumed.
- Date Published
- Circa 1800.
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Maine, family register,
Terms of Sale
BICKERSTAFF'S BOOKS, MAPS &C.
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
BICKERSTAFF'S BOOKS, MAPS &C.
Biblio member since 2020
Scarborough, Maine
About BICKERSTAFF'S BOOKS, MAPS &C.
Since 1980 we have had the pleasure of offering interesting American books, maps and ephemera to discerning collectors and institutional clients. We would be happy to assist in fulfilling your collecting or acquisition needs. Please let us know how we can help.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....