Horatio Bridge
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Horatio Bridge was an officer of the United States Navy who, as Chief of the Bureau of Provisions, served for many years as head of the Navy's supply organization. Appointed by his former college mate
After a portrait by Eastman Johnson
Kennebec Journal
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The Kennebec Journal is a six-day morning daily newspaper published in Augusta, Maine. KJ covers Augusta and the surrounding capital area, as well as southern Kennebec County. It is also known as the
Horatio Bridge
…would have done credit to a man in the prime of life. He was also noted for his military bearing and elastic step. Concerning his fine character, the Kennebec Journal said: "Commodore Bridge was a man of sterling principles and rugged honesty, with a strong mind and a warm heart; a gentleman of the old school in all…
Newspaper offices in the 19th century, when James G. Blaine was editor