Maine Memory Network

Historic Clothing Collection - 1800-1830 - Page 2 of 2

"Sally Holmes was the wife of Senator John Holmes, one of Maine's first senators. Her satin ball gown features the almost natural level waist of the…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - The Civil War & Biddeford

"Adams, in the 1863-64 City Report These words were spoken by Mayor John Q. Adams after the Civil War had been raging for 4 long years."

Highlighting Historical Hampden - War of 1812

"Adams. Captain Morris contacted General John Blake of Brewer, head of the Eastern Militia, as soon as he learned that the British fleet was heading…"

Historic Hallowell - Henry Pope Clearwater Ph.D.~ Patient Medicine Mass Marketer

"As a boy he worked for Major John Quincy Adams Hawes, a retired Army surgeon who operated a pharmacy in downtown Hallowell."

Boston Public Library

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Malaga Island: a story best left untold - Maine State documents and Proclamations

"… Under the leadership of State Representative Herb Adams of Portland, in 2010, the 124th Legislature of Maine formally expressed “profound regret”…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Early Settlers

"This was made by Polly Adams. Research reveals Uriel’s wife, Elizabeth [betsey] was an Adams before marriage, and this sampler was likely made by her…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Cumberland's Prince Memorial Library : Evolution of a Community Institution

"Cecil Wilson Adams in attendance as librarian and more than 600 books from the earlier Cumberland Library on the shelves."

Rumford Area Historical Society

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Cumberland & North Yarmouth - The Lending Libraries of North Yarmouth and Cumberland

"Annie Buxton Small, Mrs. Coral Adams, Mrs. Esther Hill and Mrs. Olive M. Hall. The library's catalogue was printed on cards, and as new books were…"

Lubec, Maine - S.S. Cumberland: Steamer Brought Passengers and Prosperity to Lubec but Met Tragic End

"Adams, who owned a store at the head of the ferry wharf; R.H. Bangs, a North Lubec merchant; W.B. Cottle, the proprietor of Merchants Hotel; M.M."

Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"Photo by Frank P. Adams. X Schooner Charles E. Sears, Lubec, ca. 1900Lubec Memorial Library Lubec’s connection to the sea also offered…"

Prince Memorial Library

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Western Maine Foothills Region - Peru

"… one of the first settlers of the first farm, and Adam Knight, son of Merrill, Jr. was chosen. Mr. Knight made himself fast to the pole before it…"

New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - North New Portland Village

"Marshall Att'y at Law B. Adams “ “ “ S.A. Bennet Physician & Surgeon W.H. Stevens “ “ “ J.P. Churchell & Son Merchant A."

Life on a Tidal River - Four Famous Bangorians

"She then met her soon-to-be husband Henry Adams Brown, a banker who also worked as a nurse. Charlotte and her husband moved to Napa California so she…"

Eastern Maine Medical Center

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Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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