Bonus Material and Sources for “His Insanity was Inherited: Granville M. Holt”
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Annual Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Maine for the Year Ending December 31, 1866 (Stevens & Sayward Printers: Augusta, Maine, 1867).
“Noah Mayo Obituary,” Bath Daily Times, Bath, Maine, June 21, 1898.
U.S. Census Records, 1850-1900.
“The Draft for Sagadahoc County,” The Daily Sentinel and Times, Bath, Maine, July 18, 1863.
U.S. Pension Application File, Granville M. Holt.
J.C. Stinchfield, History of the Town of Leeds, Androscoggin County, Maine, from its Settlement June 10, 1780 (Press of Lewiston Journal: Lewiston, Maine, 1901).
Rev. Stephen Allen, Rev. W.H. Pilsbury, History of Methodism in Maine, 1793-1886 (Press of Charles E. Nash: Augusta, Maine, 1887).
Will Grunewald, “Maine Gets Its Northern Crown,” Down East, February 2020.
Charles F. Whitman, A History of Norway, Maine from the Earliest Settlements to the Close of the Year 1922 (Lewiston Journal Company: Norway, Maine, 1924).
“Darius Holt Death Notice,” Portland Press Herald, Portland, Maine, August 14, 1854.
“Bro. D. B. Holt,” Portland Press Herald, Portland, Maine, December 13, 1856.
“Mechanic Falls,” Maine Temperance Advocate, Portland, Maine, January 24, 1857.
“Synopsis of a Pleasant Talk Upon this Theme to Bridgton High School Pupils by Rev. D.B. Holt,” Bridgton News, Bridgton, Maine, January 26, 1900.
“Letter from Rev. D.B. Holt, Mechanic Falls, ME—Written for the Benefit of Suffers from Rheumatism and Neuralgia,” The Bath Daily Times, Bath, Maine, May 9, 1874.
Muster Roll entry from the Compiled Military Service Record (CMSR), Company D, Third Maine Infantry Regiment, Granville Holt.
Third Regiment Maine Volunteer Infantry: Timeline with Historical Information, Compiled by Craig Young, 2001, https://www.thirdmaine.org/PDF/3rdMEshort-hist.pdf
William B. Jordan, Jr., Red Diamond Regiment: The 17th Maine Infantry, 1862-1865 (White Mane Publishing Company: Shippensburg, PA, 1996).
Horace H. Shaw, The First Maine Heavy Artillery, 1862-1865 (Portland, Maine, 1903).
James R. Holt, Letter to His Sister Annie, June 27, 186- (Courtesy of Karyn Brown).
James R. Holt, Unpublished entries from his Civil War diary, 1862-1864 (Courtesy of Karyn Brown)
William E.S. Whitman, Maine in the War for the Union: A History of the Part Borne by Maine Troops in the Suppression of the American Rebellion (Nelson Dingley Jr. & Co. Publishers: Lewiston, Maine, 1865).
E.J. Goodspeed, History of the Great Fires in Chicago and the West, With a History of Chicago, the “Young Giant” (E.J. Goodspeed: New York, 1871).
Donald L. Miller, City of the Century: The Epic of Chicago and the Making of America (Simon & Schuster: New York, New York, 2003).
Charles E. Waterman, The Town of Mechanic Falls (Ledger Publishing Company: Mechanic Falls, Maine, 1894).
“Dissolution of Co-partnership,” Sun-Journal, Lewiston, Maine, November 5, 1872.
“Smallpox in Mechanic Falls,” Sun-Journal, Lewiston, Maine, March 31, 1876.
“Mechanic Falls News,” Sun-Journal, Lewiston, Maine, March 31, 1876.
“Mechanic Falls, March 27, Sun Journal, Lewiston, Maine, March 28, 1876.
“Wedding Notice,” Chicago Tribune, Chicago, Illinois, April 16, 1882.
James S. Cushing, The Genealogy of the Cushing Family, An Account of the Ancestors and Descendants of Matthew Cushing, Who Came to America in 1638 (The Perrault Printing Company: Montreal, 1905).
“Denounces Mrs. Holt: She is Charged with Persecution,” Chicago Herald, Chicago, Illinois, August 12, 1890.
“Death of G.M. Holt,” Forest and Stream: A Weekly Journal of the Rod and Gun, New York, New York, July 1, 1899.
Jill Norgren, Rebels at the Bar: The Fascinating, Forgotten Stories of America’s First Women Lawyers (New York University Press: New York, New York, 2013).
“Mrs. Charlotte C. Holt,” WBAI 75th Anniversary Book, 1858.
“The Woman’s Protective Agency,” The Daily Inter Ocean, Chicago, Illinois, October 19, 1889.
Henrietta Holt, Unpublished Remembrances of Her Family, 1970 (courtesy of Robert Koss).
“The Deposition of D.B. Holt,” Sun-Journal, Lewiston, Maine, February 11, 1897.
“The Story of Murder,” Sun-Journal, Lewiston, Maine, February 9, 1897.
“On Trial: Joseph B. Holt, the Mechanic Falls Child-Slayer in Court,” Lewiston Evening Journal, Lewiston, Maine, February 8, 1897.
“Gone to Jury,” Sun-Journal, Lewiston, Maine, February 12, 1897.
“What is Insanity!” Sun-Journal, Lewiston, Maine, February 11, 1897.
“A Sensational Opening,” Chicago Tribune, Chicago, Illinois, January 19, 1889.
“Desperate Mrs. Rawson,” Chicago Tribune, Chicago, Illinois, June 2, 1888.
“Mrs. Rawson’s Story,” The Inter Ocean, Chicago, Illinois, January 24, 1889.
“Treatment of the Insane,” The Inter Ocean, Chicago, Illinois, May 17, 1889.
“Sad Condition of Affairs,” The Inter Ocean, Chicago, Illinois, May 14, 1889.
“Mrs. Rawson Acquitted,” The New York Times, New York, New York, January 31, 1889.
“Funeral Rites Held for Mrs. Heineman,” The Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, California, July 20, 1931.
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