Keywords: 1860 Census
Item 71042
Letter to Col. Shepley on circumstances in New Orleans, 1862
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1862-06-02 Location: New Orleans Media: Ink on paper
Item 100078
John Young Merrill diary, Leeds, 1860
Contributed by: Leeds Historical Society Date: 1860–1861 Location: Leeds Media: Ink on paper
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Home: The Wadsworth-Longfellow House and Portland - Census, Timeline
"… page, PortlandMaine Historical Society 1860 census, PortlandMaine Historical Society 1880 census page, PortlandMaine Historical Society…"
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Presque Isle and the Civil War
Presque Isle had fewer than 1,000 residents in 1860, but it still felt the impact of the Civil War. About half of the town's men went off to war. Of those, a third died. The effects of the war were widespread in the small community.
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"… factors, heavy Irish and Canadian immigration occurred. The 1830 and 1860 Biddeford census show a rise from 1,995 residents to 9,349 residents."
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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - 1850 to 1870
"After an initial drop in census numbers to 3600 in 1860, due to the separation of South Thomaston and Rockland in 1848, the population leveled off…"