Maine Memory Network

Patriotism Shared

Post office clerks began collecting strong red, white, and blue string, rolling it onto a ball and passing it on to the next post office to express their support for the Union effort in the Civil War. Accompanying the ball was this paper scroll on which the clerks wrote messages and sometimes drew images.

Rum, Riot, and Reform - Women Leaders and Temperance

"Stevens was born in Dover, Maine and educated at Foxcroft Academy. She taught school, married and settled in the Stroudwater section of Portland."