James Phinney Baxter, 1831 - 1921

• Known For: Businessman, philanthropist
• Maine Connection: Born in Gorham, ME; entrepreneur - canning and packing business pioneer; 6 times mayor of Portland, ME; Baxter Boulevard, Portland named for him; donated Baxter Memorial Library to Gorham, ME

Resources

Selected Books by James Phinney Baxter

• The Pioneers of New France in New England, with contemporary letters and documents, 1999
• George Cleeve of Casco Bay 1630-1667: with collateral documents, c1998
• Christoper Levett of York: the Pioneer Colonist in Casco Bay, 1998
• Sir Fernando Gorges and his Province of Maine. Including the brief relation, the brief narration, his defence, the charter granted to him, his will and his letters, 1967.
• Historical Addresses, 1926.

Related Websites

• The Baxter Project
• Maine Memory Network
• Baxter Memorial Library