Maine Memory Network

Pauper notice of Isiah Emery, Biddeford, 1905

Contributed by: Biddeford Historical Society Date: 1905-05-27 Location: Plymouth; Biddeford Media: Ink on paper

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List of paupers belonging to Town of Cumberland, 1829

Contributed by: Prince Memorial Library Date: 1829 Location: Cumberland Media: Handwritten in ink on rag paper

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Rum, Riot, and Reform - Neal Dow

"… only by spreading everywhere among the people pauperism, poverty, brutality, degradation and crime." - Neal Dow, Speech on his 93rd birthday…"

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.

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Maine's Pauper Laws and the Cumberland Overseers of the Poor

"Maine's Pauper Laws and the Cumberland Overseers of the Poor Overseers seek reimbursementPrince Memorial Library Legal Settlement Maine law in…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Exhibits

"… of North Yarmouth and Cumberland Maine's Pauper Laws and the Cumberland Overseers of the Poor Population Decline in Maine's Coastal…"