Bowditch, Charles P. (Charles Pickering), 1842-1921

Abstract Journal of Henry Ingersoll Bowditch recording a trip he took from Aug. 9 to Aug. 25, 1856, from Bangor, Maine, to Moosehead Lake, then down the West Branch of the Penobscot River to Mount Katahdin. Accompanying Bowditch were John W. Browne, a lawyer; Bowditch's son, Nathaniel Bowditch; and his nephews E. Francis Bowditch, Henry Bowditch and Charles P. Bowditch. A letter, June 14, 1856, to Henry Bowditch from James C. White, accompanying the journal, describes the journey and its arrangements...