The Burning Of Falmouth And Related Material

Document, possibly written by William Willis, describing Jacob Bailey and mentioning a letter on Bailey's views of the burning of Falmouth (now Portland), Me., by the British in 1775; letter was furnished to the Maine Historical Society by Rev. William S. Bartlet. Attached to this document is a letter to Willis, 1856 May 1, Chelsea, Mass., from Bartlet, concerning circumstances under which the document was written. Also attached is a second letter to Willis, 1857 Feb. 27, Cambridge, Mass., written by John Langdon Sibley about a report of Henry Mowat and where that report might be found. Other persons represented include Henry Mowat.