Maine Memory Network

Lewis and Thomas Pierce, Portland, 1879

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1879 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print

Lewis Island Passamaquoddy village, Schoodic Lake, ca. 1866

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1866 Media: Pencil and ink on paper

Lewis property, Woodland Road, Cliff Island, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Willie R. Lewis Use: Shed

Lewis property, S. E. Side Dunham's Cove, Woodland Road, Cliff Island, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Willie R. Lewis Use: Summer Dwelling

Lewis Chase cottage on Squirrel Island, Southport, ca. 1900

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Location: Southport Client: Lewis Chase Architect: John Calvin Stevens
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Redact: Obscuring the Maine Constitution

In 2015, Maliseet Representative Henry Bear drew the Maine legislature’s attention to a historic redaction of the Maine Constitution. Through legislation drafted in February 1875, approved by voters in September 1875, and enacted on January 1, 1876, the Sections 1, 2, and 5 of Article X (ten) of the Maine Constitution ceased to be printed. Since 1876, these sections are redacted from the document. Although they are obscured, they retain their validity.

Princeton: Woods and Water Built This Town

Princeton benefited from its location on a river -- the St. Croix -- that was useful for transportation of people and lumber and for powering mills as well as on its proximity to forests.

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Historical Overview - Page 1 of 4

"… the Council for New England granted Thomas Lewis and Captain Richard Bonython a four-mile-wide tract of land extending eastward from the mouth of…"

Historic Hallowell - Hallowell Floods

"Written by William Lewis In 1936, a major flood came upon the Kennebec River. The flood was a total disaster to the surrounding areas."

Civil War Soldier comes home after 158 years
by Jamison McAlister

Civil War Soldier comes home after 158 years

Pandemic ruminations and the death of Rose Cleveland
by Tilly Laskey

Correlations between the 1918 and 2020 Pandemics