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Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - 1925 National Governors' Association Convention

"1925 National Governors' Association Convention View the National Governors' Convention Slideshow, 1925 On Monday June 29, 1925, over 20 of…"

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

"… overwhelmingly attended the Maine Constitutional Convention. Among the important manners discussed were universal suffrage for all men over 21, the…"

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

"In haste, only a small delegation showed up at a convention at the courthouse in Portland. With no delegates from Washington or Hancock counties…"

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

"Despite having some political voice, a growing faction of the District's populace felt unrepresented and burdened by the distant government in Boston."

Maine's Road to Statehood - Maine in the 17th Century

"… increased and altered over the next century, its political position, as well as its people increasingly homogenized with the parent colony, as…"

Maine's Road to Statehood - Turn of the Century to the War of 1812

"… prominent figure in 19th century Maine separation politics and would continue to play a major role in early statehood as Mane's first governor."

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."

Maine's Road to Statehood - The American Revolution and Early Attempts at Separation - Page 2 of 2

"Additionally, as the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia completed its rewriting of the U.S. Constitution, local papers dedicated its…"

Maine's Road to Statehood - The American Revolution and Early Attempts at Separation - Page 1 of 2

"… a meeting to discuss the organization of a future convention regarding independence. Heeding to the call from a newly established committee…"

Maine's Road to Statehood - The Final Vote

"… For several months after the heated Brunswick Convention, separation was only a whisper. Yet by February 1818, the issue was brought up again—and…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Intro: pages 00-29

"… Gate designs 1866 Philadelphia National Union convention Bangor Democratic convention George W. Ladd Sen. James R."

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

"… convention preceded the Democrats' Philadelphia convention, held before the 1866 mid-year elections with the hope of forming a new political party…"

Maine's Road to Statehood - The Coasting Law of 1789

"The Coasting Law of 1789 'Unity' and 'Margaretta,' Machias, 1775 The Coasting Law of 1789 required that merchant ships port and register at…"

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - National Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs

"Many guests arrived over the weekend by train at the Grand Trunk Station on India Street. The convention was held at Portland City Hall (Merrill…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Part 3, pages 38-56

"… Yales Mammoth Tent Penobscot County Democratic Convention Steamer, gun boat Mahoning Congressional excursion to Bangor Bangor McClellan Club Ideal…"

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…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Illustrations

"… erected a large tent in Bangor for a political convention, Martin took his son along and sketched the tent, pacing off its length and width and…"

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection

"This “Maine-first” policy dealt with Maine products, Maine problems, politics, and people from the typical "man on the street," to the Governor of…"

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 - Part 8, pages 135-150

"Blake Cornelius Driscoll Philadelphia Convention George W. Ladd President Johnson Annie Martin performance Solon Wilder Men smoking"

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."

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."

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - "Twenty Nationalities, But All Americans"

""Twenty Nationalities, But All Americans" Twenty Nationalities, But All Americans View Immigration and Americanization slideshow Text by…"

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Along the Waterfront

"Along the Waterfront X The Portland Press Herald and the Evening Express ran a regular column on what was going on on Portland's busy working…"