Keywords: Benjamin Franklin
Item 9222
Samuel Freeman postmaster appointment, 1775
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1775-10-01 Location: Portland; Falmouth Media: Ink on paper
Item 37148
Benjamin Franklin Upton daguerreotype, ca. 1855
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1855 Location: Bath Media: Daguerreotype
Item 52512
79 Franklin Street, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Benjamin Edison Use: Dwelling - Three Family
Item 63265
36-38 Franklin Street, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Heirs of Benjamin F. Chadbourne Use: Dwelling - Two family
Exhibit
Liberty Threatened: Maine in 1775
At Lexington and Concord, on April 19, 1775, British troops attempted to destroy munitions stored by American colonists. The battles were the opening salvos of the American Revolution. Shortly, the conflict would erupt in Maine.
Exhibit
Northern Threads: Mourning Fashions
A themed exhibit vignette within "Northern Threads Part I," featuring 18th and 19th century mourning jewelry and fashions.
Site Page
Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Education
"… Falls Joan Small, Research Librarian - UMF Franklin Journal & Franklin Chronicle Newspapers Richard Mallett's Schools Unpublished history of St…"
Site Page
Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Early Settlers
"… but the branch of Nortons that came to the Franklin County area lived on Martha’s Vineyard. Each generation left its mark on the towns where they…"
Story
A Maine Family's story of being Prisoners of War in Manila
by Nicki Griffin
As a child, born after the war, I would hear these stories - glad they were finally written down
