Keywords: Property interests
Item 76131
Introduction of A.P. Dillingham to Gen. Shepley, Augusta, 1863
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1863 Location: Augusta; Waterville; New Orleans Media: Ink on paper
Item 10022
James A. Thompson to Gov. King, 1837
Contributed by: Patten Free Library Date: 1837-01-04 Location: Bath; Augusta Media: Ink on paper
Item 42176
Assessor's Record, 475-477 Cumberland Avenue, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Adelaide F Hall
Item 86306
Fish House, Commercial Wharf, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Pauline Willis (1/8 interest) Use: Fish House
Item 151579
Waterford Library, Waterford, 1937
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1930–1937 Location: Waterford Client: unknown Architect: John Calvin Stevens and John Howard Stevens Architects
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John Hancock's Relation to Maine
The president of the Continental Congress and the Declaration's most notable signatory, John Hancock, has ties to Maine through politics, and commercial businesses, substantial property, vacations, and family.
Exhibit
Britain was especially interested in occupying Maine during the Colonial era to take advantage of the timber resources. The tall, straight, old growth white pines were perfect for ships' masts to help supply the growing Royal Navy.
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"This reminds me of events detailed in Saxine’s Properties of Empire (2019) where the General Court in Boston sided with the Penobscots in the 1730s…"
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"… in living and settling on the company's Maine property. Watts focused his attention on Arrowsic Island and the improvement and fortification of the…"
Story
Welimahskil: Sweet grass
by Suzanne Greenlaw
Weaving Indigenous Knowledge (IK) and western science around Sweetgrass
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Vietnam Memoirs
by David Chessey
MY PERSONAL EXPERIENCES AND MY OBSERVATION OF NATIONWIDE OPINIONS CONCERNING THE “VIET NAM" WAR
