Maine Memory Network

John Martin: Expert Observer - Harris House, Bangor, ca. 1850

"Harris House, Bangor, ca. 1850 Contributed by Maine Historical Society and Maine State Museum Description John Martin (1823-1904) drew…"

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

"Gravenstein apple, Bangor, 1866 Contributed by Maine Historical Society and Maine State Museum Description Under his drawing of a…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - James Dunning, Bangor, ca. 1867

"James Dunning, Bangor, ca. 1867 Contributed by Maine Historical Society and Maine State Museum Description James Dunning of Bangor…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Elizabeth Blowers, Bangor, ca. 1864

"Elizabeth Blowers, Bangor, ca. 1864 Contributed by Maine Historical Society and Maine State Museum Description John Martin (1823-1904) of…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Fred Ryder, Bangor, 1864

"Fred Ryder, Bangor, 1864 Contributed by Maine Historical Society and Maine State Museum Description Fred Ryder was an orphan who lived…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - First Baptist Church, Bangor, ca. 1850

"First Baptist Church, Bangor, ca. 1850 Contributed by Maine Historical Society and Maine State Museum Description John Martin of Bangor…"

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

"Third Parish Church, Bangor, 1865 Contributed by Maine Historical Society and Maine State Museum Description The south side and west end…"

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

"Interior plans, Third Parish Church, Bangor, 1865 Contributed by Maine Historical Society and Maine State Museum Description The plans of…"

Lubec, Maine - The Gardner Lake Tragedy - Page 1 of 2

"… sank beneath them.”1 Confusion bore conflicting accounts in the rush to rescue. The Lubec Herald says that “”Miss Stella Burhoe plunged in and…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Henry Knox: The Funeral

"… was a major town event is attested to by the account submitted to Knox’s estate by Sarah Dunton, a local milliner (incidentally, the wife of…"

Cary Library

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

"… on the blacksmith shop and tools, managing the business on his own account until 1805, when he turned it over it to John Gleason, Knox’s agent."

Norcross Heritage Trust

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Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Wabanaki Agency in the Proprietor Records - Page 4 of 5

"… Records Sovereignty and Subsistence Copy, account regarding deed from Abenaki Sagamores to Richard Wharton, 1684Maine Historical Society…"

Historic Hallowell - History Celebrated, Threatened and Preserved

"… a book giving a detailed and richly illustrated account of the life of the community, was published in 1962 as part of the city’s bicentennial…"

Historic Hallowell - The Boston Flint Company

"… This process was done during the spring because glue could not be made in hot weather, nor a large quantity in the winter on account of it drying."

Historic Hallowell - Historic Hallowell Resources and Links

"… NewEnglandTowns.org brings together historic accounts of New England places that not only tell us about times gone by, but also offer hints and…"

Life Story Center

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Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Pejepscot Proprietors Papers, 1627‐1866

"… broadsides, proprietor’s meetings records, accounts, land agents, and other documents generated by the business of the company."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Henry Knox: Shipping

"… for the sloop now building.” When Knox settled accounts with Edward Brown in July 29, 1805 he paid him for caulking the sloop Quick Lime, as well…"

Maine's Road to Statehood - The Final Vote

"[28] For a detailed account of the transition in oppositional arguments at this time, see Banks, Maine Becomes a State, 127-129."

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Beyond Borders: an historical overview - Page 6 of 6

"… maps, correspondence, diaries, depositions, account books, church records, lists of settlers, minutes of proprietors’ meetings and boundary…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Fixing Borders on the Land: The Northeastern Boundary in Treaties and Local Reality, 1763-1842 - Page 4 of 5

"… its mostly riverine border for Maine did not account for the highlands designated in the 1783 treaty."

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - The Plymouth Company (Kennebec Proprietors) records, ca. 1625-1824

"… and grants; loose papers, correspondence, accounts, claims and other papers; petitions for grants; deeds, bills and receipts; printed grants; votes…"