Keywords: Carrying Place Plantation
Item 8997
Through Carrying Place Rips, ca. 1928
Contributed by: Skowhegan History House Date: 1928 Location: Carrying Place Twp. Media: Photographic print
Item 11470
Ichabod Bucknam to Samuel Cook regarding road building, 1827
Contributed by: Cary Library Date: 1827 Location: Houlton; Baring; Littleton; Monticello Media: Ink on paper
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George F. Shepley: Lawyer, Soldier, Administrator
George F. Shepley of Portland had achieved renown as a lawyer and as U.S. Attorney for Maine when, at age 42 he formed the 12th Maine Infantry and went off to war. Shepley became military governor of Louisiana early in 1862 and remained in the military for the duration of the war.
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This Rebellion: Maine and the Civil War
For Mainers like many other people in both the North and the South, the Civil War, which lasted from 1861-1865, had a profound effect on their lives. Letters, artifacts, relics, and other items saved by participants at home and on the battlefield help illuminate the nature of the Civil War experience for Mainers.
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"In 1834, Swan’s Island was organized as a plantation, and in 1847 John Dodge divided unappropriated lands into lots of fifty acres each to be sold at…"
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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Caring For Our Families and Friends
"… “aids the (Maine coastal or island) town or plantation in finding and supporting a nurse or physician” including “removing sick people to mainland…"
