Montpelier: The Home of General Henry Knox

The article is a history of the origin, construction, deterioration and loss of the mansion Montpelier build by General Henry Knox

Walter G. Morrill: The Fighting Colonel of the Twentieth Maine

An article on Walter G. Morrill\u27s role in the Civil War by James B. Vickery published in the University of Maine Studies, Second Series, No. 88, A Handful of Spice: A Miscellany of Maine Literature and History, edited by Richard S. Sprague, 1968

The Brief Career of Eliza Poe

Review of The Brief Career of Eliza Poe by Geddith Smit

Orono: The Great Sachem

This article is a summary of the known facts of the life of Sachem Orono

List of Town Registers

List of Town Registers in the state of Main

Jock Darling: The Notorious “Outlaw” of the Maine Woods

Jim Vickery began work on this article shortly before he died in 1997. He had been researching Jock Darling for several years, and at my urging he set down his thoughts on the “old outlaw” under an arrangement by which he would compose the article on one of his infamous yellow pads,” and I would transcribe the results on my computer and return a clean copy to him for editing and proofreading. He would also fill in the blanks where I could not decipher his handwriting. Before we could complete this project, Jim was hospitalized with the condition that finally resulted in his death. Over the intervening years, I have worked on the manuscript, having at hand the original draft and all of the newspaper copies Jim used to compose it. The result is somewhat problematic. Since Jim’s draft was nowhere near finished, I have taken a heavy hand with the editing, and have filled in gaps in the story as J imagined Jim would have done it. Since Jim did not have an opportunity to compile footnote references, I was not able to finish the manuscript with standard notation. The bibliography, however, contains references to all the materials in Jim’s “Jock Darling” file (deposited with the Vickery Papers in Special Collections, Fogler Library at the University of Maine). It is with a great sense of satisfaction—and relief—that this project finally comes to fruition. Richard W. Jud

Book Reviews

Reviews of the following books: North for Union: John Appleton\u27s Journal of a Tour to New England Made by President Polk in June or July 1847 edited by Wayne Cutler; Storehouses of Time: Historic Barns of the Northeast by Philip C. Ziegler

James B. Vickery Correspondence

Entries include a typed introductory letter to Vickery from the Maine State Library and a letter typed on receipt of a gift of Vickery\u27s book, the celebrated An Illustrated History of the City of Bangor for the Maine Author Collection