Maine Memory Network

John Martin: Expert Observer - John Martin apple tree, Bangor, ca. 1862

"… 42 of a "Scrap and Sketch Book" he started in 1864. Martin entitled the drawing "The Tree I Lost." He wrote that he planted the tree, which came…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Thieves in Bangor, ca. 1865

"… page 127 of a "Scrap & Sketch Book" he began in 1864, drew "a series of individuals and implement which cost me during thirteen months of the…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Dr. Charles Snell, Bangor, ca. 1867

"… an accountant and shopkeeper, beginning in 1864 wrote and illustrated five volumes of recollections and commentary on his life and on various…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Third Parish Church, Bangor, 1865

"… it on page 630 of the Journal he began in 1864 to recount his life and experiences and events in the Bangor area."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Primary and intermediate school, Bangor, 1865

"… the Journal he began writing and illustrating in 1864 to record his experiences for his children. He noted that the color he used was correct when…"

Early Maine Photography - War

"… Davis served from September, 1861 to September, 1864. Private Charles H. Ring, an eighteen year old carriage trimmer from Newport, enlisted as a…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Civil War

"John did not survive. He died of his wounds in 1864, at age 45. Many islanders joined the First Maine Heavy Artillery."

Life on a Tidal River - Bangor and the Civil War Resources

"Philadelphia: U.S. Sanitary Commission, 1864. Savage, Douglas J. Prison Camps in the Civil War. Philadelphia: Chelsea House Publishers, 2000."

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

"Boston: W. F. Stanwood, 1864. Bishop, Chris and Drury, Ian. 1400 Days The Civil War Day by Day. New York: Gallery Books, 1990. Print."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Joseph Mitchell and Mutual Store wagon, Bangor, 1865

"… in his "Scrap & Sketch Book," which he began in 1864, railed against the "mutual" idea as "one of the greatest humbugs that the merchants and…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Gravenstein apple, Bangor, 1866

"In the fall of 1864 I set this tree in location No 4 history page 477 (his "Journal") and in 1866 it bore 6 apples the size & color below I shew them…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Founding of the Farmington State Normal School

"The construction and renovation of the proposed buildings for the Normal School commenced in early 1864, but the facilities were not quite ready for…"

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - Project Partners

"… of self-taught naturalist, Olof Nylander (1864-1943). Museum address: 657 Main Street
, 
Caribou, Maine 04736 
207-493-4209 www.nylandermuseum.org…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - VI. The deluge of industrial expansion & immigration (1865-1900) - Page 1 of 2

"… Union & Journal (Biddeford, Me.), 24 June 1864 X After the war ended both the business and people of Biddeford began to recover."

Bangor Historical Society

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Fifth Maine Regiment Museum

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John Martin: Expert Observer - Scrapbook 1: 1885-1899, Katahdin Iron Works, Silver Lake Hotel

"… tradition that he began with his journal in 1864, his final scrapbook chronologically (which he labeled as Scrapbook 1) reflects back on his life…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Scrapbook 3: 1867-

"… much of his Scrap & Sketch Book, written from 1864-1866. An ardent Republican, Martin was a supporter of Ulysses S."

Early Maine Photography - Famous People - Page 1 of 3

"… date from his reelection campaign in the fall of 1864 or from his assassination in April, 1865. Born in Kentucky in 1809, Lincoln rose to fame as…"

Life on a Tidal River - Bangor and the Civil War

"… Andersonville Prison as it appeared on August 1, 1864 when it contained 35,000 prisoners of war. It was drawn from memory by Thomas O'Dea, who was…"

Lincoln, Maine - Jonathan Clay Jr.

"Jonathan was killed December 18, 1864, at the Battle of Petersburg during the American Civil War. Jonathan Clay, Jr."

Lincoln, Maine - Jacob Stinchfield

"He moved to Michigan in 1864 where he died on October 7, 1873. This is the the life of Jacob Stinchfield, one of the first founding fathers of…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - John Martin's Journal

"… Historical Society and Maine State Museum In 1864, when he began writing what would become his 650-page "journal," John Martin noted that he had…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Bath Savings Institution and Hyde Block

"1864, BathPatten Free Library In addition to Zina Hyde, John Swanton and John Jameson, architect Francis Fassett was another key person connected to…"