Keywords: discharge papers
Item 15535
Samuel E. Stone of Brewer, military discharge paper, 1865
Contributed by: Brewer Public Library Date: 1895-05-13 Location: Portland Media: Ink on paper
Item 13648
George H. Sweet discharge papers, Bucksport, 1866
Contributed by: Bucksport Historical Society Date: 1866-07-05 Location: Bucksport 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
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.
Site Page
Western Maine Foothills Region - Mt. Zircon Reservoir - Page 3 of 3
"… was filled February 25th, 1915 so as to first discharge over the overflow”. The Safe Drinking Water Act of the 1990’s made open reservoirs, unless…"
Site Page
Lincoln, Maine - Ariel G. Edwards, WW II soldier, Lincoln, 1943
"He was discharged September 15, 1945. View additional information about this item on the Maine Memory Network."
Story
Welcome home Sgt. Cunningham
by Donald C Cunningham
It was great to be back in Maine.
Story
Florence Ahlquist Link's WWII service in the WAVES
by Earlene Ahlquist Chadbourne
Florence Ahlquist, age 20, was trained to repair the new aeronautical cameras by the US Navy in WWII
