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Keywords: John A. French

Historical Items

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Item 34153

John French letter to brother, 1862

Contributed by: Fifth Maine Regiment Museum Date: 1862-01-25 Location: Albion Media: Ink on paper

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Item 34124

John French letter on enlistment, 1861

Contributed by: Fifth Maine Regiment Museum Date: 1861-04-30 Location: Portland; Albion Media: Ink on paper

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Item 34140

John French letter to his family, July 1861

Contributed by: Fifth Maine Regiment Museum Date: 1861-07-25 Location: Albion Media: Ink on paper

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Tax Records

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Item 32059

60-66 Alba Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: John F Tilton Style: French Colonial Use: Dwelling - Single family

Architecture & Landscape

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Item 151316

Westbrook library, Westbrook, 1892

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1892 Location: Westbrook Client: unknown Architect: John Calvin Stevens

Online Exhibits

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La St-Jean in Lewiston-Auburn

St-Jean-Baptiste Day -- June 24th -- in Lewiston-Auburn was a very public display of ethnic pride for nearly a century. Since about 1830, French Canadians had used St. John the Baptist's birthdate as a demonstration of French-Canadian nationalism.

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The Barns of the St. John River Valley: Maine's Crowning Jewels

Maine's St. John River Valley boasts a unique architectural landscape. A number of historical factors led to the proliferation of a local architectural style, the Madawaska twin barn, as well as a number of building techniques rarely seen elsewhere. Today, these are in danger of being lost to time.

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Westbrook Seminary: Educating Women

Westbrook Seminary, built on Stevens Plain in 1831, was founded to educate young men and young women. Seminaries traditionally were a form of advanced secondary education. Westbrook Seminary served an important function in admitting women students, for whom education was less available in the early and mid nineteenth century.

Site Pages

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John Martin: Expert Observer - Third Parish Church, Bangor, 1865

"The church was on French Street, opposite the Hammatt Block. John D. Towle of Boston designed the Italianate structure."

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John Martin: Expert Observer - Intro: pages 65-83

"Coombs Eben French Court House Maine Charity School Bangor House Peter Edes Bangor-Old Town railroad Mount Hope Cemetery North Bangor (Veazie) Bangor…"

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John Martin: Expert Observer - Interior plans, Third Parish Church, Bangor, 1865

"… gallery vestibule of the Third Parish Church on French Street in Bangor are part of a journal that John Martin (1823-1904) of Bangor wrote and…"

My Maine Stories

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John Coyne from Waterville Enlists as a Railroad Man in WWI
by Mary D. Coyne

Description of conditions railroad men endured and family background on John Coyne.

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John Conroy: proud heir of a 4-generation business
by Biddeford Cultural & Heritage Center

The evolution of a family business providing funeral services

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Biddeford and Maine Franco-American Hall of Fame Award recipient
by Biddeford Cultural & Heritage Center

With options to be a college French professor, became a lawyer, mayor, DA & District Court Judge