Keywords: Adams, John
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Site Pages
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John Martin: Expert Observer - Intro: pages 22-71
"John Black Dr. Moses Adams Mary Adams Adams murder trial John Martin Sr. Solomon Raynes Rebecca Raynes Alonzo Raynes Dilla Snow Dr."
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John Martin: Expert Observer - Intro: pages 121-end
"Solomon B. Raynes James Stratton Dr. Moses Adams Mary Adams Reed Harding Dr. Increase Sanger Hampden House Rufus Prince Clara Cary Mabelle Martin Ada…"
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John Martin: Expert Observer - Intro: pages 0-73
"… Martin homestead and neighbors Doctor Moses Adams Adams murder trial, 1815 Mary Adams Col. Black Joseph Card Calvin Bakeman Eben Merrill Rebecca…"
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"Dr. Moses Adams of Ellsworth and his wife, Mary, took her in and educated her along with their children."
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Early Maine Photography - Portland Photographers
"Hanscom, who signed himself as a "traveling artist" on a circa 1860 ambrotype of Adam Winslow and his grandson Adam."
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Early Maine Photography - War - Page 1 of 2
"Rev. John SawyerMaine Historical Society The Reverend John Sawyer sat for his daguerreotype in 1854 when he was 99 years old."
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Early Maine Photography - Groups - Page 2 of 2
"The daughter of Major John Z. Holwell, Anna Margaret married Nathaniel Deering, a noted attorney, editor composer, and dramatist."
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Early Maine Photography - Family Groups
"Pearl, his wife Harriet Spofford Pearl, and their three children. Following their marriage in 1839, John and Pearl Spofford moved from Massachusetts…"
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"Adam Winthrop was the great-grandson of the first Massachusetts governor and arguably one of the most distinguished of the original proprietors."
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Early Maine Photography - Landscape Photography - Page 2 of 3
"Built by merchant John Mussey to replace an earlier block of the same name, this handsome four story brick building with cast iron fronts and window…"
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Early Maine Photography - Studio Portraits
"Similarly, a fireman from Skowhegan and John Chase of Unity are seated in front of folk art backdrops painted in maritime themes."
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Early Maine Photography - Occupational
"… is the elegant appearance of Portland artists John Greenleaf Cloudman and Charles Frederick Kimball."
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Early Maine Photography - War - Page 2 of 2
"… durable, and easily sent in a letter." John Mahoney of Augusta, ca. 1863Maine Historical Society Maine sent more than 70,000 men to fight for…"
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Early Maine Photography - Occupational Photography
"… sailed vessels built by his brothers George and John Patten. He later joined his brothers’ shipbuilding firm and became one Bath’s wealthiest…"
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Early Maine Photography - Famous People - Page 1 of 3
"Senator John Fairfield of Saco described Mrs. Madison in 1847 much as she appears in this daguerreotype: Mrs."
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"… granddaughter of businessman Asa Clapp, the daughter of real estate developer Charles Q. Clapp, and the wife of tobacco merchant John B. Carroll."
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Early Maine Photography - Post-Mortem & Mourning
"… second daguerreotype recalls the brief life of John W. Crockett, born in 1850, whose poignant post-mortem picture was taken by his father Enos…"
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Early Maine Photography - Famous People - Page 2 of 3
"… acquit Andrew Johnson, but historians, including John F. Kennedy in Profiles in Courage, have praised the conviction and foresight of this Maine…"
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Early Maine Photography - The Vickery-Shettleworth Collection
"John and Sarah Williams Young, Hallowell, ca. 1864Maine Historical Society Early in life Jim Vickery became fascinated with history."
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Maine's Road to Statehood - 1790s: A Growing Movement
"… was approved by Massachusetts Governor Samuel Adams. The referendum read: "Shall application be made to the Legislature for their consent to a…"
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"… from a Wabanaki deed, Pejepscot Proprietors like Adam Winthrop argued that, as “the custom of the country,” deeds from the Wabanakis stood on equal…"
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"Coll. 61, vol. 4, p. 433 Duplicate of writ, Adam Winthrop vs. Jonathan Bane [Bean], charged of illegal possession (taking timber) in the county of…"
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"Two founders of the Pejepscot Proprietors, Adam Winthrop and Thomas Hutchinson, sat on the Governor’s Council."
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Historic Clothing Collection - Sally Holmes's evening gown, ca. 1824 - Page 1 of 2
"… administration from 1817-1825 when her husband, John Holmes, served as one of Maine's first US senators after Statehood."