Maine Memory Network

Early Maine Photography - Art

"… government and represented the town in the state legislature. In contrast to the Treadwell and Chapman portraits, the elegant mid-nineteenth…"

Early Maine Photography - Famous People - Page 2 of 3

"He was elected as a Congressman in 1843 and as U.S. Senator in 1848. During the 1856 campaign, he won the governorship of Maine as a Republican, but…"

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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Maine's Road to Statehood - The Missouri Compromise: A Moral Dilemma

"… the legislative branch and representation in the legislature from small towns.[32] Throughout the waning months of 1819, the delegates continued to…"

Maine's Road to Statehood - 1790s: A Growing Movement

"… read: "Shall application be made to the Legislature for their consent to a separation of the District of Maine from the Commonwealth of…"

Maine's Road to Statehood - Overview: Road to Statehood

"… States, the District still had no autonomous legislature or executive, but instead sent delegates from incorporated towns to the Massachusetts…"

Maine State Archives

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Maine Historic Preservation Commission

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Maine State Museum

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Eastern Maine Medical Center

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Maine Conservation Corps

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Guilford, Maine - Guilford Schools

"#4 In 1947 the Maine State Legislature passed a law intending to create regional high schools. Superintendent Frank Kent placed the wheels in motion…"

Lubec, Maine - Timeline

"… chosen by people of Seward’s Neck to petition the legislature in Boston to be set off from Moose Island and to be a town by itself 1811 • Jonathan…"

Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"… petition presented to the Massachusetts legislature, it became incorporated as the 188th town in Maine."

Lincoln, Maine - Jacob Stinchfield

"This is the the life of Jacob Stinchfield, one of the first founding fathers of Lincoln, Maine. The reason why this is important to the town’s…"

Lincoln, Maine - Aaron Huntress

"… offices, and in 1848 Aaron was sent to the Maine Legislature. His son, Warren, was involved with the Aroostook War and the Civil War."

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - Narrative History: Maine Swedish Colony

"… immigration had been laid in the state's legislature with several failed proposals, but finally the plan was pushed through. W.W. Thomas, Jr."

Lubec, Maine - Myron Avery, Lubec, and the Appalachian Trail

"… death on July 26, 1952, an act of the Maine Legislature renamed East Peak on Bigelow Mountain as Myron Avery Peak."

Blue Hill, Maine - Educating Blue Hill

"A surveyor from the town rode on horseback to the Legislature of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts with the request for an academy."

Guilford, Maine - Pre-Settlement And The First 100 Years

"The legislature in its wisdom did not approve the name Fluvanna, changed it to Guilford, and passed the act on February 8th."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Mexico - Page 1 of 3

"… became incorporated with the act passed by the legislature of the State of Massachusetts. The name Mexico was chosen in admiration for the country…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Mexico - Page 2 of 3

"… and in 1875 was Representative to the State Legislature. Mr. Park was an active temperance worker and an able correspondent of the local papers."

Malaga Island: a story best left untold - Maine State documents and Proclamations

"… Herb Adams of Portland, in 2010, the 124th Legislature of Maine formally expressed “profound regret” for the eviction of the Malaga residents…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Mt. Zircon Reservoir - Page 1 of 3

"… (Mexico later withdrew) was approved by the Maine Legislature in September, 1911. The engineering firm of Metcalf & Eddy, of Boston, was hired to…"