Maine Memory Network

Sgt. Horace White on Battle of Winchester, 1862

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1862-05-25 Location: Winchester Media: Ink on paper

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Letter from William Haley Jr, in Winchester, VA to his wife Miriam, 1865

Contributed by: Sebago Historical Society Date: 1865-04-01 Location: Winchester; Richmond; Petersburg; Sebago Media: Ink on paper

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12-16 Quincy Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Philip H. Winchester Use: Apartments

Assessor's Record, 12-16 Quincy Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Estate of Mary S. Winchester Use: Apartments

Home Ties: Sebago During the Civil War

Letters to and from Sebago soldiers who served in the Civil War show concern on both sides about farms and other issues at home as well as concern from the home front about soldiers' well-being.

Blue Hill, Maine - Project Sources

"(JF) Fisher, Jonathan, and Winchester, Alice. Versatile Yankee : the Art of Jonathan Fisher, 1768-1847, Pyne Press, 1973. (JF) Hinckley, William P."

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview

"… be incorporated as a town, under the name of Winchester. On January 12, 1789, Long Island, 700 Acre Island, Job’s Island, and the Lime Islands were…"

The Year We Had Two Thanksgiving Days
by John Brooks Howard

The story is about a 1939 trip to Grand Lake Stream and Thanksgiving with Geo W MacArthur and family