Maine Memory Network

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

"… while Federalists had opposed it, it was Republicans who overwhelmingly attended the Maine Constitutional Convention."

Maine's Road to Statehood - After the War: The First Victory for Separationists

"If it passed, a convention would be held in Brunswick later that month to draw up a new Maine constitution."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Senator James Doolittle, Bangor, 1866

"… betrayal of our republican party." The Bangor convention preceded the Democrats' Philadelphia convention, held before the 1866 mid-year elections…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - George Francis Train, Bangor, 1866

"John Martin, a committed Republican, attended the convention at Davenport Square and made illustrations of some of the speakers."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Intro: pages 108-128

"… Marcellus Emery George Francis Train Democratic convention, Baltimore Hastings Strickland Grant & Wilson Club, Bangor E. E. Small R."

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

"… over separation fell along party lines, with Republicans (Jeffersonians) supporting an independent Maine and the minority Federalists making up the…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Dr. George W. Ladd, Bangor, ca. 1866

"He wrote that the event was known as the "padlock convention," because it was held behind closed doors and no proceedings were printed."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Scrapbook 3: 1867-

"… 29 Horse racing, plans of gates, 1866 Democratic Convention, politicians   Part 2, pages 30-47 Profiles of political figures, including…"