Keywords: Ship John Hancock
Item 101268
John Hancock on the expansion of military authority, Baltimore, Maryland, 1776
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1776-12-30 Location: Baltimore Media: Ink on paper
Item 26605
Upper Green Street, West Side, Thomaston, 1959
Contributed by: Thomaston Historical Society Date: 1959 Location: Thomaston Media: Photographic print
Exhibit
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
For one hundred years, Acadia National Park has captured the American imagination and stood as the most recognizable symbol of Maine’s important natural history and identity. This exhibit highlights Maine Memory content relating to Acadia and Mount Desert Island.
Site Page
Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Resources
"2001 ed. Ellsworth, Me.: Hancock County Pub., 1898. Print. Westbrook, Perry D. Biography of an Island . South Brunswick: Yoseloff, 1971. Print."
Site Page
Surry by the Bay - Nineteenth Century
"The 1881 edition of Colby's Atlas – Hancock, County, Maine lists five Surry merchants and dealers selling dry and fancy goods, boots, crockery…"
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
Learning to fly and instructing cadets at West Point during WWII
by Vera Cleaves
West Point during World War II
