Keywords: folly
Item 25216
J.M. Brown from Folly Island, South Carolina, 1863
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1863 Location: Folly Island Media: Ink on paper
Item 25220
J.M. Brown to sister, Folly Island, South Carolina, 1864
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1864 Location: Folly Island; Portland Media: Ink on paper
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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.
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One Hundred Years of Caring -- EMMC
In 1892 five physicians -- William H. Simmons, William C. Mason, Walter H. Hunt, Everett T. Nealey, and William E. Baxter -- realized the need for a hospital in the city of Bangor had become urgent and they set about providing one.
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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - …next came the artists and rusticators.
"… us out of the garden is our own ignorance and folly. . . . May we at times turn from the ordinary pursuits of life to the pure enjoyment of rural…"
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