Contributed by Maine State Archives
Description
John Burt Foster, a native of Massachusetts, moved to Bangor in 1837 and joined the firm of Howard and Jenkins as a clerk in 1839. He soon became became managing partner.
Following a trip to France and elsewhere because of ill health, he returned to Bangor. He became a partner in several of BangorÂ’'s lumber firms, a large real estate dealer and one of the leading underwriters of marine insurance in Maine, having founded his own company in 1851 and spending twenty years as its president.
Foster held several posts in city government, served two terms in the Maine House in 1865 and 1866 and was twice elected to the Senate.
About This Item
- Title: John B. Foster, Bangor, 1873
- Creation Date: circa 1873
- Subject Date: circa 1873
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Locations:
- Augusta, Kennebec County, ME
- Bangor, Penobscot County, ME
- Media: Carte de visite
- Dimensions: 7.6 cm x 5 cm
- Object Type: Image
Cross Reference Searches
Standardized Subject Headings
- Foster, John B.--Portrait photographs
- Legislators--Maine
- Maine. Legislature. Senate
- Maine. Politics and government
People
For more information about this item, contact:
Maine State Archives84 State House Station, Augusta, ME 04333-0084
(207) 287-5790
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