Keywords: loss of a parent
Item 80482
Letter to Sarah Tarbox from brother Valentine, Brooksville, 1851
Contributed by: Westport Island History Committee Date: 1851 Location: Westport Island; Belfast; Sedgwick; Brooksville Media: Ink on paper
Item 28472
Civil War letter, George Pepper, 1862
Contributed by: Patten Free Library Date: 1862-05-23 Location: Bath; York Media: Ink on paper
Exhibit
War Through the Eyes of a Young Sailor
Eager to deal with the "Sesech" [Secessionists], young deepwater sailor John Monroe Dillingham of Freeport enlisted in the U.S. Navy as soon as he returned from a long voyage in 1862. His letters and those of his family offer first-hand insight into how one individual viewed the war.
Exhibit
The history of the region now known as Maine did not begin at statehood in 1820. What was Maine before it was a state? How did Maine separate from Massachusetts? How has the Maine we experience today been shaped by thousands of years of history?
Site Page
Surry by the Bay - Phebe Fowler: A Woman of Property
"There is no record of Leila’s passing, other than the Surry book of births, deaths and marriages held in the Town Hall vault."
Site Page
Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Early Settlers
"Her parents, Edwin Norton and Amada Allen, were born here, but Amada would be known as a “Stage Mom”, believing in the talents of her daughter…"
Story
November 1st on Horseshoe Pond
by Susan Mancine
A poem about the loss of three elderly relatives
