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Remarkable Americans : the Washburn family / Kerck Kelsey.

Title
Remarkable Americans : the Washburn family / Kerck Kelsey.
Author
Kelsey, Kerck
Publication
Gardiner, Me. : Tilbury House Publishers, 2008.

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xiii, 402 p. : ill., map; 24 cm.
Summary
Israel Washburn (1784–1876) married Martha Benjamin, daughter of Samuel Benjamin, in 1812 in Livermore. Maine. They had eleven children. Descendants and relatives lived mainly in Maine, Illinois and Minnesota.
Subject
  • Washburn family
  • Brothers > United States > Biography
  • Legislators > United States > Biography
  • Businessmen > United States > Biography
  • Livermore (Me.) > Biography
Genre/Form
Biographies
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 366-376) and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Introduction : the Washburns of Livermore -- Was it the water? -- Barefoot and homespun -- Lawyers and land agents -- Changing the country -- Sod roofs to crystal chandeliers -- To save the Union -- Under siege in Paraguay and Paris -- Lumber, lignite, and feeding the world -- Gilded age finale -- On giants seen from a distance -- Postscript : five defining moments -- Appendix A : the next generation - Appendix B : famous cousins -- Appendix C : Washburn books at Norlands.
ISBN
9780884482994 (hardcover : alk. paper)
LCCN
^^2007027266
OCLC
  • 153773225
  • SCSB-11120084
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Harvard Library