Maine Memory Network

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Caring For Our Families and Friends

"… financially supported the medical welfare of its general public. Town reports from the early 20th century record payment of care for those that…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Lobstering

"… on younger fishermen and the lobster fishery in general. The current trap limit continues to be 475."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - IV. Transitions and troubles: Private enterprise shoulders an island’s needs

"The first wave of visitors were generalized as "preachers and teachers," those who had the free time to spend an entire summer on the island."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - V. Changing times: the Swan’s Island Ferry

"… on younger fishermen and the lobster fishery in general. The current trap limit continues to be 475."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - II. Pinkies, wherries, skiffs and chebaccos: Early Settlement

"According to local history, Swan's close friend General Henry Knox used this structure as a model for the Knox Mansion in Thomaston."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Architecture

"… men who had a tendency to overbuild structures in order to withstand harsh elements, both on land and on sea. Their survival depended on it."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Shipbuilding During and after the Civil War - 1861 to 1900

"… two ships were produced, one appropriately named “General McLellan,” after the popular major general, who reorganized the Union troops in 1861."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Henry Knox

"Montpelier, Home of General Henry KnoxThe General Henry Knox Museum Consequently, what gets less attention is Knox's involvement in the development…"

Historic Hallowell - Industry and Immigrants-A Changing Community

"… mill and The Heart Cure Co., a large mail order patent-medicine concern. The largest single employer, established after the Civil War, was the…"

Maine State Archives

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Lubec, Maine - The Blizzard of '34 - Page 1 of 2

"… in the streets and highways.” Town officials ordered “a general alarm blown on the fire whistle to call out all available men in town to help…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - JP Cilley Ledger From Post

"… major battles of the Civil War in alphabetical order, and provide links to sites about them. "Civil War Battle Summaries by State." National Park…"

Maine Maritime Museum

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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Thomaston Narrative

"… stopped here before returning to England in order to load their hulls with masts from the local forests for the King’s fleet of ships back in…"

Life on a Tidal River - Three Civil War Letters - Page 2 of 4

"Major General George McClellan General George B. McClellan's organizational skills transformed the Army of the Potomac into a well-drilled military…"

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

"… which was split equally at eleven states each. In order to avoid a sectional crisis, Southern senators were able to link Maine's approval with that…"

Mercy Hospital - School of Nursing - Page 2 of 3

"The shield was actually the badge of the Order of Ransom, founded in 1218 in the city of Barcelona. Its members cared for the sick and ransomed…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Emerson Letter

"… the Coln formed us in a square and read some orders from General Mc at the same time saying that in all probability, there would be a battle today…"

Freedom & Captivity Portal

The Freedom & Captivity digital collection in the Maine Memory Network, and the complete digital archive housed at Colby Special Collections, is a repository of personal testimonies, ephemera, memorabilia, artifacts, and visual materials that capture multiple dimensions of the experiences of incarceration for individuals, families, and communities, as well as for survivors of harm.

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 2 of 4

"… Citizens Club, Aurora Grange, American Legion, Order of the Eastern Star, Freemasons, and Knights of Pythias."

Surry by the Bay - Early Settlement

"… finally left Castine in 1783 and Loyalists were ordered out of the area in 1784. Life in Surry in these early years, specifically Newbury Neck, was…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Roads: From Footpaths to Super Highway

"… the first ferryman.(1) Around 1673 the town was ordered to have good and sufficient means to transport horses."

Aroostook Historical and Art Museum

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Colby College Special Collections

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