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Thomas Brackett Reed is a monumental statue located on the Western Promenade in Portland, Maine, United States. Dedicated in 1910, the statue was designed by sculptor Burr Churchill Miller and honors Thomas Brackett Reed, a politician from Maine who served for several years as the speaker of the United States House of Representatives.
References
- Ilion Citizen, July 27, 1900, page 6
- San Francisco Call, Volume 87, Number 136, 15 April 1902
- American Art Directory, Volume 10, R.R. Bowker, 1913
- Burr Churchill Miller at Find a Grave
- Geni.com entry
- Public Art Portland: Thomas Brackett Reed
- Installation of the Gen. Nicholas Herkimer Monument
- History of the Mohawk Valley: Gateway to the West 1614-1925, ed. Nelson Greene, Chicago: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company, 1925, Vol. II, p. 1783
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