Maine Memory Network

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Prison is built - 1823 to 1824

"… contracted for $12,000, but a report submitted by Attorney General Erastus Foote in 1829 lists a cost for the original prison as $46,553.16."

Maine State Archives

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - People

"… (also Maine's first female governor); Maine Attorney General (2009-2011, 2013-2019); lawyer Stephen Titcomb 1752-1847: One of Farmington's first…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Notable Residents

"… a United States Congressman and brilliant attorney, who lived a few houses to the east of Robinson, was killed in a duel near Washington, D.C."

Early Maine Photography - Groups - Page 1 of 2

"… wearing leather gloves, very much looking the part of the daughter of Portland merchant Ezekial Day and the wife of attorney Kiah Bailey Sewall."

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - The Shaping of the Borderlands: Arcane Deeds and Failed Colonies - Page 3 of 5

"… petition in 1731 by Massachusetts to the King’s attorney and solicitor general in England, asking them to intervene."

Early Maine Photography - Famous People - Page 2 of 3

"… Fessenden became one of Maine’s most successful attorneys. Between 1831 and 1854 he served in the Maine Legislature and the U.S."

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.

Guilford, Maine - Historic Buildings - Page 1 of 2

"Both were located on Hudson Avenue. In the rear, between the two buildings, is a large carriage barn. This was later the home of Attorney John P."

Western Maine Foothills Region - For The Love Of Paper - Page 1 of 4

"… on December 7, 1899 and ratified by the State Attorney General the next day. A Board of Directors met a week later, with Waldo Pettengill elected…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Arthur R. Gould

"Washburn attorney, Andrew “Jack” Beck and local attorney, Charles Daggett, spoke about Gould’s accomplishments and how he would be well qualified to…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Brief History

"… became a busy hub for noted doctors and attorneys. The banks, stores and insurance companies flourished."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Railroad into the Village

"… Barron at the Court House, Goodenow and Knowlton, Attorneys for petitions, Samuel Belcher and Hannibal Belcher, for the Village Corporation and its…"