Keywords: Guano
Item 9611
Contributed by: Pejepscot History Center Date: 1860-04-03 Location: Antwerp Media: Ink on paper
Item 9630
Contributed by: Pejepscot History Center Date: 1863 Location: Callao; Cork; Queenstown Media: Ink on paper
Exhibit
War Through the Eyes of a Young Sailor
Eager to deal with the "Sesech" [Secessionists], young deepwater sailor John Monroe Dillingham of Freeport enlisted in the U.S. Navy as soon as he returned from a long voyage in 1862. His letters and those of his family offer first-hand insight into how one individual viewed the war.
Exhibit
Begin Again: reckoning with intolerance in Maine
BEGIN AGAIN explores Maine's historic role, going back 528 years, in crisis that brought about the pandemic, social and economic inequities, and the Black Lives Matter movement in 2020.
Site Page
Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 2 of 4
"… cotton from India to England, and bird guano from South America to Europe. The stately federal-style houses that grace the shaded village streets…"
Site Page
"… from Boston, as well as sugar, molasses, rum, guano, coffee, fruit and spices from the West Indies."
