Title

Letter from the Mayor of Bangor to the Mayor of Portland

Authors

A. G. Wakefield

Format of original

Letters (correspondence)

Date Digital

09/09/2014

Language

English

Repository

Portland Public Library Special Collections & Archives

Files

Identifier

ME1-N

Description

This letter accompanied a donation of $50 which was given by a minstrel troupe that had been scheduled to perform in Portland the night of the fire.

Publication Date

7-9-1866

Keywords

Great Fire -- Portland (Me.) – 1866, Fires – Maine – Portland, Disaster relief – Maine – Portland

Transcript

July 9 1866

Hon A E Stevens

Mayor

Dear Sir

Enclosed you have fifty dollars for the sufferers by the late fire in your city, donated by Morris Brothers and Trowbridge Minstrels.

They were in Portland, preparing to perform at the time of the fire, and the fire prevented them, which to them, was a serious loss, the whole company being an expense, etc.

I think that under

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The circumstances, the donation is quite liberal.

I am very respectfully yr

AG Wakefield

Recommended Citation

Wakefield, A. G., "Letter from the Mayor of Bangor to the Mayor of Portland" (1866). Relief for the Portland Sufferers : The Great Fire, 1866. 12.
https://digitalcommons.portlandlibrary.com/great_fire_relief/12