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Item 10584

Contributed by: The General Henry Knox Museum Date: circa 1840 Location: Thomaston; Warren; Mercer Media: Oil on canvas

Item 9902

Admiral Henry Knox Thatcher, 1865

Contributed by: The General Henry Knox Museum Date: 1865 Location: Thomaston Media: Ambrotype

Item 16440

Admiral Henry Knox Thatcher, ca. 1850

Contributed by: The General Henry Knox Museum Date: circa 1850 Location: Thomaston Media: Engraving

Tax Records

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Item 60311

4 Larch Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Heir of James B. Mungovan Use: Dwelling - Single family

Item 32123

Assessor's Record, 125 Allen Avenue, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Widow of & Heir of Charles B. Hawes Style: Greek Revival Use: Garage

Item 32362

121-131 Allen Avenue, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Widow of & Heir of Charles B. Hawes Style: Colonial Revival Use: Dwelling - Single family

Architecture & Landscape

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Item 151280

Louis family camp, Cable, Wisconsin, 2010-2011

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 2010–2011 Location: Cable Client: Jeff Louis Architect: Pearson Design Group, Inc.

Online Exhibits

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Popham Colony

George Popham and a group of fellow Englishmen arrived at the mouth of the Kennebec River, hoping to trade with Native Americans, find gold and other valuable minerals, and discover a Northwest passage. In 18 months, the fledgling colony was gone.

Exhibit

Prisoners of War

Mainers have been held prisoners in conflicts fought on Maine and American soil and in those fought overseas. In addition, enemy prisoners from several wars have been brought to Maine soil for the duration of the war.

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The British capture and occupation of Eastport 1814-1818

The War of 1812 ended in December 1814, but Eastport continued to be under British control for another four years. Eastport was the last American territory occupied by the British from the War of 1812 to be returned to the United States. Except for the brief capture of two Aleutian Islands in Alaska by the Japanese in World War II, it was the last time since 2018 that United States soil was occupied by a foreign government.

Site Pages

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Samuel Tyler Savage in his Civil War Uniform

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Second Generation & Permanent Structures at Asticou

"… -- later bought out all of his siblings’ and their heirs’ interests in Lot 67 after his father, John II, died in 1868. Third Generation..."

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Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Who were the Kennebec and Pejepscot Proprietors? - Page 4 of 7

"Sale and division to heirs of the original proprietors meant that by 1750, both the Kennebec and Pejepscot Proprietors consisted of numerous men and…"