Keywords: Phillips, Wendell
Item 10090
Letter from Wendell Phillips to Elizabeth Mountfort, April 19, 1850
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1850-04-19 Location: Portland Media: Ink on paper
Item 10226
Letter from Wendell Phillips to Elizabeth Mountfort, April 19, 1850
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1850-04-19 Location: Portland; Portland Media: Ink on paper
Exhibit
Paper has shaped Maine's economy, molded individual and community identities, and impacted the environment throughout Maine. When Hugh Chisholm opened the Otis Falls Pulp Company in Jay in 1888, the mill was one of the most modern paper-making facilities in the country, and was connected to national and global markets. For the next century, Maine was an international leader in the manufacture of pulp and paper.
Exhibit
The history of the region now known as Maine did not begin at statehood in 1820. What was Maine before it was a state? How did Maine separate from Massachusetts? How has the Maine we experience today been shaped by thousands of years of history?
