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NPS, Longfellow House-Washington's Headquarters Historic Site

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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Henry Knox: Wharf, Store and Blacksmith Shop

"Thomaston Historical Society This complex, located near the modern-day bridge to Cushing at the end of Wadsworth Street, was a thriving business…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Henry Knox: Lime Works

"… just upriver of where the Waterfront Market on Wadsworth Street now stands. Knox’s wastebook is riddled with references to his lime burning…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Stimpson House

"Captain Rider’s son, Thomas, was also a joiner, who, among others, built his own house on Wadsworth Street."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Early 1800s

"… of Bath, who owned the Knox Wharf at the foot of Wadsworth Street, the Limestone Hill quarry and other valuable property mortgaged to him by Lucy…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Maine State Prison

"Looking southeast toward Wadsworth Street Bridge, Thomaston, ca. 1890Thomaston Historical Society King was politically active as early as 1795 as a…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Early Wharves and Yards - 1795 to 1825

"Currently, this is the site of the Lyman Morse Boatbuilding Co. wharf, east of the Wadsworth Street bridge."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Thomaston Narrative

"… from England to establish a trading post on lower Wadsworth Street, specifically for trading with the Wawenock, Tarratine and Penobscot Indians."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Notable Residents

"… former site of the Paine store at the corner of Wadsworth and Main Streets, in which the new George's National Bank and Georges Insurance Offices…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Shipbuilding Industry Expands - 1850 to 1857

"… (a narrowing of the river northwest of the Wadsworth Street bridge) near John Paine’s original wharf, in what was earlier General Knox’s pasture…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - The Humphrey House

"He built the impressive Monk Humphrey House on Wadsworth Street, a grand three-storey Federal style house, which was dismantled around 1940."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - The Carr O'Brien Block

"… Carr O’Brien Block at the Upper Corner (corner of Wadsworth and Main Streets) on the site of the former Paine Store."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - The Paine House

"He carried on a successful trade in a store on the site of the Prison Store at the corner of Wadsworth Street."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Edward O'Brien moves to Thomaston - 1850s

"It is now at the intersection of Route One/Main Street and Wadsworth Streets, and currently serves as the Prison Store. <-Prev."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - The Fales Edgarton House

"… of the early 1630 trading post at the base of Wadsworth Street, and only a handful of 18th century homes survive within the village."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Prison Industries

"… brick building on the opposite corner of Wadsworth Street and Route One, directly adjacent to the prison grounds, was built in 1852 as a bank."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Thomaston Expands - 1805 to 1846

"… Upper Corner, the intersection of County Road and Wadsworth Street, stood on the southwest corner until it was destroyed by fire in 1849."

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

"… Peleg Wadsworth, grandfather of the noted poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, put forth an effort to place a separation bill in front of the General…"

Historic Clothing Collection - 1800-1830 - Page 1 of 2

"… wore in mourning for her brother, Henry Wadsworth, who was killed in naval action with Corsairs at Tripoli in September 1804."

Historic Clothing Collection - Eighteenth Century - Page 2 of 3

"Lucia Wadsworth's "assembly dress," Portland, ca. 1799Maine Historical Society Reflective of eighteenth-century political upheavals, social change…"

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

"… line.[33] Initiated by Speaker of the House Henry Clay, the Missouri Compromise, as it was known, was tough to swallow for many Mainers."

Historic Clothing Collection - 1930-1940 - Page 4 of 4

"Mrs. Rines, wife of Henri Rines, founder of Maine Broadcasting System, is said to have worn the dress to their daughter Mary (Rines) Thompson's…"

Early Maine Photography - Art - Page 1 of 2

"A daguerreotype of each of these portraits was made for family members. Stephen’s daguerreotype copy is part of the Wadsworth-Longfellow House…"

Parsonsfield-Porter Historical Society

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