Keywords: Coffin
Item 15455
Harold Coffin, Portland, ca. 1900
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Location: Portland Media: Glass Negative
Item 15454
Esther Coffin, Portland, ca. 1900
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Location: Bangor Media: Glass Negative
Item 85333
Coffin property, Waymouth Street, Great Diamond Island, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Anna P. Coffin Use: Summer Dwelling
Item 82535
Coffin property, Winding Way, Peaks Island, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Alice P. Coffin Style: Cottage Use: Summer Dwelling
Item 150107
Butler Manufacturing Buildings in various towns, Bangor, 1949-1951
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1949–1951 Location: Bangor Clients: Charles W. Tenbroeck; Butler Manufacturing Architect: Eaton W. Tarbell
Item 151812
New York Botanical Garden ornamental conifer collections, Bronx, New York, 1946-1999
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1946–1999 Location: Bronx Client: New York Botanical Gardens Architect: Patrick Chasse; Landscape Design Associates
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Maine and the Civil War - Headstone, unknown Confederate soldier, Gray, 1979
"… In 1862 a grieving Gray family opened a coffin that was supposed to contain the body of their son."
Exhibit
Enemies at Sea, Companions in Death
Lt. William Burrows and Commander Samuel Blyth, commanders of the USS Enterprise and the HMS Boxer, led their ships and crews in Battle in Muscongus Bay on Sept. 5, 1813. The American ship was victorious, but both captains were killed. Portland staged a large and regal joint burial.
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Surry by the Bay - History of Surry
"… the house of Isaac Lord in East Surry, Nathaniel Coffin was chosen as an agent to petition that Township #6 be incorporated as a town to be called…"
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"Resources BOOKS Bonsey, Osmond C. Surry, Maine: An informal History, Surry Historical Society, 2003. Jellison, Connee."
