Keywords: Mayflower
Item 102757
Society of Mayflower descendants seal, ca. 1867
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1897 Media: Wax
Item 11445
Pilgrim descendents, Hallowell, 1982
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1982-11-24 Location: Hallowell Media: Photographic print
Exhibit
Immigration is one of the most debated topics in Maine. Controversy aside, immigration is also America's oldest tradition, and along with religious tolerance, what our nation was built upon. Since the first people--the Wabanaki--permitted Europeans to settle in the land now known as Maine, we have been a state of immigrants.
Exhibit
Home: The Wadsworth-Longfellow House and Portland - The Wadsworth Era: 1786-1807
"… who were among the Pilgrims who sailed on the Mayflower. Her grandson, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, later wrote a famous poem about his Pilgrim…"
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Colby College Special Collections
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Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington
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Story
A Note from a Maine-American
by William Dow Turner
With 7 generations before statehood, and 5 generations since, Maine DNA carries on.
Story
My 41 year career in Maine paper mills
by Mike Luciano
Generations of paper workers, families, immigrants, jobs in the mill, labor strikes, and changes
