Keywords: Barbary War
Item 13203
Blowing Up of the Fireship Intrepid, Tripoli Harbor, 1804
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1804-09-04 Location: Tripoli Media: Ink on paper
Item 101408
John Quincy Adams regarding Adams' esteem for the Wadsworths, Boston, 1809
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1809-07-11 Location: Boston; Portland Media: Ink on paper
Exhibit
These stories -- that stretch from 1999 back to 1759 -- take you from an amusement park to the halls of Congress. There are inventors, artists, showmen, a railway agent, a man whose civic endeavors helped shape Portland, a man devoted to the pursuit of peace and one known for his military exploits, Maine's first novelist, a woman who recorded everyday life in detail, and an Indian who survived a British attack.
Exhibit
Drawing Together: Art of the Longfellows
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow is best know as a poet, but he also was accomplished in drawing and music. He shared his love of drawing with most of his siblings. They all shared the frequent activity of drawing and painting with their children. The extended family included many professional as well as amateur artists, and several architects.
