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Historical Items

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Item 1283

Letter describing burning of Falmouth, 1775

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1775 Location: Portland Media: Ink on paper

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Item 9220

Response to petition for relief from burning of Falmouth, 1775

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1791-03-02 Location: Freeman Media: Ink on paper

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Item 102228

"Falmouth burnt by the Kings troops" journal entry, Falmouth Neck, 1775

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1775 Location: Portland; Falmouth Media: Ink on paper

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Tax Records

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Item 68560

Burn property, Cushing's Island, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: George Burn Use: Cottage

Item 82514

Burns property, Oaklawn Avenue, Peaks Island, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Isabella A. Burns Style: Cottage Use: Summer Dwelling

Item 83147

Burns property, N. Side Seashore Avenue, Peaks Island, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Fred E, Burns Use: Summer Dwelling

Architecture & Landscape

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Item 151892

Satterlee residence plan of garden, Bar Harbor, ca. 1920

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1920 Location: Bar Harbor Client: Louisa Morgan Satterlee Architect: Beatrix Farrand

Item 151338

Maine Building for Louisiana Purchase Exposition, St. Louis, 1903

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1903–1904 Location: St. Louis Client: unknown Architect: John Calvin Stevens

Item 151683

The Samoset, Rockport, 1917

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1917 Location: Rockport Client: The Samoset Architect: John Calvin Stevens and John Howard Stevens Architects

Online Exhibits

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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.

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Luxurious Leisure

From the last decades of the nineteenth century through about the 1920s, vacationers were attracted to large resort hotels that promised a break from the noise, crowds, and pressures of an ever-urbanizing country.

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Student Exhibit: Can You Help Our Free Skowhegan Public Library?

The Skowhegan Free Public Library was built in 1889 with money donated by Abner Coburn and the town of Skowhegan. Mr. Coburn left $30,000 in his will towards the building of the library. In 2005, for the library to fully keep up with their programs need to make some renovations. These changes would allow for more use of technology, more room for children's programs, and provide handicap accessibility.