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Vol. XIII MARCH, 1911 No. 1 



Manly Hardy. 



Manly Hardy, one of the older and most widely known natur- 

 alists of Maine, an honorary member of the Maine Ornithological 

 Society, died at his home in Brewer, Maine, December 9, 19 10, at 

 the age of 78 years and 28 days. 



He was born in Hampden, Maine, November 11, 1832, the only 

 child of Jonathan Titcomb and Catherine Sears (Atwood) Hardy. 

 When four years old his parents moved to Brewer, and seven years 

 later they bought the house which has ever since been his home. 



His father, Jonathan T. Hardy, was one of the progressive 

 business men of the Penobscot Valley, and had interests in shipping, 

 lumbering, timber lands and general trade, but particularly in the 

 fur trade. He had a wide acquaintance with those who dwelt in 

 the wilds, both whites and Indians. The son, Manly Hardy, was 

 sent to the public schools, and for the acquirement of the classics 

 and higher studies to the private school conducted by the Rev. 

 George W. Field, D. I)., in Bangor. Ill health and a very serious 

 affection of the optic nerves compelled him to abandon both his col- 

 lege course and his desire for service in the field of missions, though 



