HI: If you go to the USGenWeb search mechanism at: and click on the abbreviation of Maine then type Hinds into the box - 35 hits are found. One of them is this article below. Regards, Nan [email protected] --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/ifetch2?/u1/data/me+index+136328028401 +F CNIDR Isearch-cgi 1.20.06 (File: sj7p123.txt) EVOLUTION OF POSTAL SERVICE in Maine Sprague's Journal of Maine History VII NOV. DEC. 1919, JAN. 1920 No. 3 pages 123-131 EVOLUTION OF POSTAL SERVICE The Evolution of the American Postal Service. Something About its History in Maine (ADDRESS OF HON. CARTER B. KEENE, BEFORE THE MAINE PRESS ASSOCIATION AT PORTLAND, MAINE, OCTOBER 10, 1919.) (This is just one paragraph from the middle of the speech- Nan) Your association in later years has been represented in Washing- ton public life by two men of conspicuous ability Asher C. Hinds of Portland and Herbert M. Lord of Rockland. The work of one has ended and time is still recording the achievements of the other. Maine has been generous in recognizing the real worth of her sons and daughters. But I sometimes wonder whether the intellectual strength and high character of Asher Hinds are appreciated in the State at large as they were in the National Capital. If not, it is because self-effacement, which characterized his life and work, has obscured at home the sterling qualities of the editor-statesman. His chosen work in Washington was done alone and only when the product of his brain and industry forced him into the light did the public appraise his full measure of ability. As a parliamentarian lie was the peer of any man, living or dead, and the wonderful com- pilation of parliamentary precedents which bears his name will guide Congressional action for all time. In mid-life, his great frame and brain broke under self-imposed public duty. Asher Hinds was truly great.