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  Arthur Sewall - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Sewall never held elective office, although he was a member of the Democratic National Committee from 1888 to 1896.
Arthur Sewall's main claim to fame had been as a wealthy shipbuilder and New England industrialist.
Arthur Sewall is also one of the few politicians to be an adherent of Swedenborgianism[1].
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Arthur_Sewall   (153 words)

  
 Field, James Gaven   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
He was a lineal descendant of Henry Sewall, mayor of Coventry, England, one of whose grandsons was married to Jane Dummer, and emigrated to Newbury, MA, in 1634.
The father of Arthur Sewall was one of the earliest and most prominent shipbuilder of Bath.
Sewall had supreme faith in the ultimate maritime supremacy of the United States, and lost no opportunity, by public and private effort, to forward this end.
www.math.nps.navy.mil /~bneta/Sewall-arthur.html   (723 words)

  
 Las Vegas SUN:   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Nearly a year ago, then-Officer Arthur Sewall, 31, was arrested after a 36-year-old woman told police that on-duty officer Sewall, while in uniform, threatened to arrest her if she did not perform a sexual act.
Sewall, who resigned from Metro in March -- a month after his arrest -- pleaded innocent to two counts of kidnapping, three counts of sexual assault and three counts of oppression under the color of office.
Sewall was recently offered a plea bargain of two felony counts of oppression under the color of office, said Chuck Thompson, assistant district attorney.
www.lasvegassun.com /sunbin/stories/text/1998/jan/14/506701562.html   (381 words)

  
 Las Vegas SUN: Ex-Metro officer violates probation, will go to prison
Sewall's probation officers in San Diego found a.22-caliber handgun and a knife at Sewall's residence and informed the Clark County Department of Parole and Probation that Sewall had failed to complete required sex offender counseling sessions.
Sewall did catch a break from both the prosecution and Loehrer on Wednesday as it was determined he could serve both of his one- to four-year prison sentences concurrently as opposed to consecutively as he was sentenced in 1999.
Sewall also was ordered to give DNA samples for submission to a sex offender database and was required to perform 16 hours of community service a month.
www.lasvegassun.com /sunbin/stories/lv-crime/2004/sep/16/517520882.html   (417 words)

  
 Genealogy of the Farringtons of Lynn, MA Dedham, MA and Windsor, ME
Sewall Farrington family, of which Colonel Arthur is a descendant.
Sewall Farrington, is located at the Baptist Church Cemetery, Route 32, North Windsor, Me. The Cemetery is on the right side of road going north and the gravestone is at the back left hand corner as you face the Cemetery from the road.
Arthur goes on to say that Putman Farrington, Wisc., may have been the John Putman Farrington who was born at Andover, Me., a son of John and Dolly (Adams) Farrington.
home.earthlink.net /~anderson207/FarrForword.html   (1650 words)

  
 reviewjournal.com -- News: Ex-police officer sent to prison for probation br...
In ordering Sewall to prison, District Judge Sally Loehrer told Sewall that given his former work as a police officer, he fully knew what would constitute a violation of probation.
Sewall originally was arrested in 1997 after police received a tip that he was forcing women to perform sex acts on him while he was on duty.
He said Sewall also failed to complete counseling and pay fees, as was required by his sentence.
www.reviewjournal.com /lvrj_home/2004/Sep-17-Fri-2004/news/24791820.html   (281 words)

  
 Sewall Family Genealogy
Henry Sewall (1544 - 1628) was Mayor of Coventry, England in 1589 and 1606.
Henry Sewall (1614 - 1700) was born in Manchester, England and first immigrated to the America's in 1634.
In 1884 Roosevelt induced Bill Sewall and another Maine woodsman, Wilmot Dow, to become foremen of his new ranch in the Dakota Territories.
www.genealogy.bsewall.com   (656 words)

  
 Arthur Sewall Encyclopedia Article, Definition, History, Biography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
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 House Flags of U.S. Shipping Companies: S
Sabine Transportation Co., Port Arthur, TX The Sabine Transportation Company, from its flag and stack design nicknamed the "Diamond S," was founded in 1908 and has long been a substantial presence in the tug and barge business on the Mississippi-Missouri river system and the coast of the Gulf of Mexico.
The Sewalls were a prominent shipping family in Bath from at least the 1820s, when Arthur Sewall's father William established a building yard.
The firm of E. and A. Sewall was formed in 1854, took over the other family ventures in 1875, and changed its name to Arthur Sewall and Co in 1879.
www.fanshop-online.de /fahnen-flaggen-infos/us~hfsa.html   (2703 words)

  
 Arthur Sewall - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Arthur Sewall - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
This page was last modified 00:04, 10 Apr 2005.
This encyclopedia, history, geography and biography article about Arthur Sewall contains research on
www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/Arthur_Sewall   (94 words)

  
 Ancestry Message Boards [ Sewall ]
Sewall Family Photos ~~ on line ~~ : not a relative -- 8 Oct 2005
Elizabeth Sewall born in Baltimore MD between 1830-1835 : Rob Richmond -- 12 Nov 2004
Re: Jonathan Sewall, 1728~1832 : Murph Sewall -- 10 Oct 2004
boards.ancestry.com /mbexec?htx=board&r=an&p=surnames.sewall   (299 words)

  
 NWHI Carrollton
The Carrollton was built in 1872 by the Arthur Sewall Shipyard in Bath, Maine.
Sewall ships, though not the fastest, were proven economic winners in the long-haul maritime trades of the mid and late 19th century.
In the midst of her career in the Pacific lumber, grain, and coal business, the Carrollton was accidentally lost on December 26th, 1906, when she ran bow-on onto the reef at Midway while en route from NSW Australia to Honolulu with a load of coal.
hawaiireef.noaa.gov /research/MA/carrollton.html   (271 words)

  
 HarpWeek | Elections | 1896 Events
For vice president, delegates chose Arthur Sewall, a pro-silver businessman from Maine.
However, delegates bypassed Democrat Arthur Sewall (considered anti-labor) in the vice-presidential position for Thomas Watson of Georgia, a prominent Populist and former congressman.
The party platform called for the unlimited coinage of silver, a graduated income tax, postal savings banks, government ownership of railroad and telegraph systems, a new homestead act, ballot initiative and referendum, direct election of U.S. senators (rather than by state legislatures), and other reforms.
elections.harpweek.com /1896/Events-1896.htm   (1190 words)

  
 1896: The Democratic Party
Democrats further complicated the campaign by nominating Arthur Sewall of Maine for the Vice-Presidency.
Sewall, a Maine shipbuilding owner, seemed a good choice to attract Eastern votes and balance the Nebraskan presidential nominee.
After the convention, however, Democrats discovered to their chagrin that Sewall had a poor reputation as an employer.
projects.vassar.edu /1896/democrats.html   (1564 words)

  
 uboat.net - Allied Ships hit by U-boats - Arthur Sewall (Steam merchant)
On 29 Dec, 1944, the Arthur Sewall (Master Harold C. Jessen) was travelling in the two column convoy TBC-21 as the fourth ship in the port column (listed as station #18), when the convoy was attacked by U-772 seven miles southeast of Portland Bill Lighthouse.
The two Liberty ships Arthur Sewall and Black Hawk were torpedoed and damaged beyond repair.
The Arthur Sewall was struck by one torpedo on the port side in the engine room.
uboat.net /allies/merchants/3405.html   (306 words)

  
 Plymouth Magazine
The building, known as Montsweag Farm, was originally a barn owned by the Sewall family, who converted the barn into a restaurant in the 1950s before closing it in the early 1990s.
Sumner Sewall was the governor from 1941 to 1945, and his grandfather, Arthur Sewall, ran for vice president in 1896 on the losing Democratic ticket with William Jennings Bryan.
The Sewall family also owned one of the shipyards in Bath and their schooners were some of the most famous sailing ships of their era.
www.plymouth.edu /news/magazine/issue/story.html?id=147   (1990 words)

  
 D/S Arthur W. Sewall - Norwegian Merchant Fleet 1939-1945
Arthur W. Sewall saved a man from the Norwegian ship Tønsbergfjord on March 12-1942, follow the link for more info.
Arthur W. Sewall was voyaging in ballast from Liverpool to Curacao in station 64.
As can be seen, Arthur W. Sewall is listed in Convoy OS 25.
www.warsailors.com /singleships/arthurwsewall.html   (672 words)

  
 Sewall, Arthur/Crooker, Emma Duncan
Sewall, Arthur (1835-1900) of Bath, Sagadahoc County, Maine.
As his sons completed their education they joined their father in business, and Arthur on leaving school was sent in the interests of the firm to Prince Edward Island to buy timber for the shipyard at Bath.
Arthur Sewall died at Smallpoint, ME, Sept. 5, 1900.
www.genealogy.bsewall.com /data/f274.html   (804 words)

  
 AmericanHeritage.com / Magazine
The accession of Chester A. Arthur when James A. Garfield was shot in 1881 replaced one spoilsman in the White House with another.
Arthur, however, almost immediately had the advantage of a public sentiment in favor of civil service reform (hitherto frequently scorned as “snivel service reform”); it was as if the people wanted to expiate the misdeed of Garfield’s assassin, a disappointed office seeker.
Arthur, regarded merely as a party hack from the moment he took office, turned aside from his old connections and performed, if not brilliantly, at least better than adequately.
www.americanheritage.com /articles/magazine/ah/1964/5/1964_5_81.shtml   (5274 words)

  
 1896: Tom Watson
Meanwhile, Watson and the "mid-roaders," as those who opposed fusion with the Democrats were known, demanded that Bryan drop his Democratic Vice Presidential candidate, Arthur Sewall, a conservative businessman who was anathema to die-hard Populists like Watson.
The Democrats refused to budge, for in many Western states, where they were outnumbered by Republicans, deals had been struck with Populist leaders to support the Bryan-Sewall ticket in exchange for support of various Populist candidates for state and congressional offices.
Sewall will, of course, remain on the ticket, and Mr.
projects.vassar.edu /1896/watson.html   (1469 words)

  
 Martin County Board of County Commissioners Minutes: January.27.98   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Blaine Rhodes, Sewall's Point resident, submitted and read a letter into the record regarding his concerns about a proposed wet retention pond on the Gaynor property (Exhibit).
Arthur Herron, Sewall's Point resident, did not want to see this retention area put up next door to him.
She noted the County had hired an engineering firm to do a study of the resolution on Sewall's Point Road--that is the same consultant being hired by the Town of Sewall's Point.
www.martin.fl.us /GOVT/minutes/98minutes/bcc/January.27.98.html   (7776 words)

  
 Biography of William McKinley   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
In 1896, the Republicans again supported McKinley and he was nominated as the Republican presidential contender with Garret Hobart, a New Jersey senator, as his running mate.
The Democratic opponents were William Jennings Bryan, a great orator from Nebraska, whose running mate was Arthur Sewall, a wealthy Maine shipbuilder.
McKinley’s platform was based on the protective tariff and the gold standard, which became the main issue of the campaign.
www.mckinley.lib.oh.us /museum/biography.htm   (2094 words)

  
 Ships of the World: An Historical Encyclopedia - - Kaiulani   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
The last square-rigger to sail in regular commercial service under the American flag, Kaiulani was named for Princess Victoria Kaiulani, the last heir apparent to the Hawaiian throne, who died in 1899, the year of her namesake's launch and one year after the Republic of Hawaii was annexed by the United States.
The white-hulled bark was built by Arthur Sewall, Maine's celebrated "Maritime Prince," for A. Hackfield and Company's Hawaiian (or Planters) Line.
This work was one of the last bastions of sail, and the Alaska Packers maintained a sturdy fleet of iron- and steel-hulled English and American ships, including five from Sewall's yard.
college.hmco.com /history/readerscomp/ships/html/sh_051500_kaiulani.htm   (689 words)

  
 SMU Library Exhibits Collection Of Political Buttons
The library exhibit also highlights political buttons from the election of 1896, one of the most exciting and interesting elections in U.S. history, Williams said.
Money was the issue at stake, with the McKinley-Hobart ticket in favor of the gold standard and the William Jennings Bryan-Arthur Sewall ticket in favor of the silver standard.
The silver standard was seen as the metal for the common man, the laborer, or farmer, while the gold standard appealed to members of the middle class and prosperous Americans.
www.smu.edu /newsinfo/releases/00114.html   (660 words)

  
 Ancestry Message Boards - Message [ Sewall ]
In Reply to: Re: Arthur Perry Sewall b:9/1/1892 by: Tom Sewall
The ** next to Arthur's name was put there by me so you would notice him on the list.
Often the families in a given locality used a particular spelling and it tended to stick.
boards.ancestry.com /mbexec/msg/an/1BHBAIB/95.1.1.1.1.1   (145 words)

  
 Sailing Ships: "Edward Sewall" (1899)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Launched at the shipyard of Arthur Sewall & Co., Bath, ME. The first master was Captain Joseph Ellis Sewall.
Caught fire 1400 miles from Honolulu on voyage Newport News to Honolulu with a cargo of coal.
Left San Francisco for Osaka where she was broken up.
www.bruzelius.info /Nautica/Ships/Fourmast_ships/Edward_Sewall(1899).html   (138 words)

  
 Election of 1896
He and his managers had been working for months to line up the necessary delegates and Bryan had labored long and hard over his speech.
Arthur Sewall, a wealthy shipbuilder from Maine, was selected for the vice-presidential slot in a vain effort to court New England votes.
He drew a number of votes away from the regular nominee of the Democratic party, Arthur Sewall.
www.u-s-history.com /pages/h804.html   (813 words)

  
 1896: The People's Party
When mid-roaders tried to stage a counter-rally, the lights in their meeting hall mysteriously went out--though they were burning brightly fifteen minutes after the group gave and went home.
Mid-roaders did defeat the nomination of Arthur Sewall, Democrats' vice-presidential choice, who was too conservative and anti-labor for the Populist convention to stomach.
Watson and other mid-roaders argued that their party's platform was substantially different from the Democrats' Chicago platform, even if the latter represented a substantial shift for that party.
iberia.vassar.edu /1896/populists.html   (1831 words)

  
 uboat.net - Allied Ships hit by U-boats - Arthur W. Sewall (Steam tanker)
On 12 Mar, 1942, she saved one engineer from the Norwegian steam merchant Tønsbergfjord, which was sunk six days before by the Italian submarine Enrico Tazzoli 200 miles west of Bermuda.
On 1 Aug, 1942, the Arthur W. Sewall (Master Wilhelm Pallesen) left Freetown for Trinidad in a convoy, which was dispersed five days later and she proceeded alone.
At 21.47 hours on 7 Aug, 1942, she was torpedoed and shelled by U-109 and sank the next day.
www.uboat.net /allies/merchants/2011.html   (175 words)

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