Keywords: Governor's Point
Item 80337
The Old Reed Place, Grand Lake Stream, ca. 1900
Contributed by: Princeton Public Library Date: circa 1900 Location: Grand Lake Stream Media: Photographic print
Item 76531
Surgeon Thompson to Gen. Shepley, Point Lookout, MD, 1863
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1863 Location: Point Lookout; New Orleans Media: Ink on paper
Item 151532
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1922 Location: Bath; Phippsburg Client: William D Sewall Architect: John Calvin Stevens and John Howard Stevens Architects
Item 151680
Emery house, Ellsworth, ca. 1895
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1895 Location: Ellsworth; Hancock Client: L. A. Emery Architect: John Calvin Stevens
Exhibit
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.
Exhibit
Colonial Cartography: The Plymouth Company Maps
The Plymouth Company (1749-1816) managed one of the very early land grants in Maine along the Kennebec River. The maps from the Plymouth Company's collection of records constitute some of the earliest cartographic works of colonial America.
Site Page
Bath's Historic Downtown - History Overview
"… convention in 1819 and becoming the State’s first governor in 1820 (see King exhibit at www.mainememory.net.) Boom Times for the City of Ships…"
Site Page
Bath's Historic Downtown - The Sagadahock House and The Sagadahoc Block
"… hotel was built by Captain John Patten, on Shaw's Point. According to the [pride of bath] article, the four story building, with 80 rooms, cost…"
