Maine Memory Network

Historic Hallowell - Shipbuilders, Sailors and Whaling Men

"Pierce Darting Gun (Harpoon), Hallowell, 1865Hubbard Free Library Ebenezer Pierce, a master shipwright, came from the New Bedford area and built…"

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

"William Bingham’s Maine Lands, 1790-1820 (Boston: Publications of the Colonial Society of Massachusetts, volumes 36 and 37, 1954)."

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - "Main Streets" of North Yarmouth and Cumberland

"It was developed gradually, at first connecting Boston to Kittery and York, then extending to Portland (then called Falmouth)."

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Beyond Borders: an historical overview - Page 1 of 6

"… gained imperial backing in 1691, when a royal charter allowed the government at Boston to absorb what the English called the Province of Maine."

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Beyond Borders: A Wabanaki Perspective - Page 3 of 4

"… of Empire (2019) where the General Court in Boston sided with the Penobscots in the 1730s, against local settlers, because of Dummer’s Treaty."

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Beyond Borders: an historical overview - Page 2 of 6

"In 1714, for instance, eight Boston men established the Pejepscot Company, which claimed a large tract stretching four miles on either side of the…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Pejepscot Proprietors Biographies - Page 2 of 2

"… uncle Jonathan Belcher, who was an influential Boston merchant and Governor of Massachusetts (1730-1741.) Noyes graduated from Harvard College and…"

Historic Hallowell - Ice Cutting and Ice Houses on the Bombahook

"Usually the ice was shipped to nearby cities like Boston. A million tons of ice was exported a year! Seasonal workers, such as farmers, depended on…"

Historic Hallowell - Ice Cutting and Ice Houses on the Bombahook

"Usually the ice was shipped to nearby cities like Boston. A million tons of ice was exported a year! Seasonal workers, such as farmers, depended on…"

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

"John, New Brunswick, stopping in Eastport. Service to Lubec was not possible due to the lack of suitable docking space. All Lubec freight and…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Building Community and Commerce

"… sailing the coast, buying lobsters to carry to Boston and New York. As the demand for lobsters grew, something else opened up the lobster market --…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Byron

"Later, hops were grown and exported to the Boston area for beer making. District 7 School, Roxbury, 1915Byron Historical Society Over the years…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Peru

"… In 1805, riders brought official papers from Boston to Paris proclaiming the founding of Oxford County, and Paris Hill as the county seat."

Architecture & Landscape database - Maine Architectural Renderings

"Alexander, a talented young Boston native, who practiced in Portland from 1851 to 1863. The Maine Historical Society owns Alexander’s 1856 rendering…"

Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"“When Lubec Was Number Eight”, Lubec Herald articles transcribed by Vicki Reynolds Schad, (published during 1930s and 1940s)."

Lubec, Maine - Timeline

"… of Seward’s Neck to petition the legislature in Boston to be set off from Moose Island and to be a town by itself 1811 • Jonathan Weston, Jabez…"

Lincoln, Maine - Osgood's Store

"Osgood’s did 90 percent of their buying at the Boston and New York style shows, having not missed one for eighteen years."

Lincoln, Maine - Benjamin Chesley

"His grandfather was an “Indian” in the Boston Tea Party. His father, Nicholas Sr., was married to Sarah Hammond, daughter of Benjamin Hammond."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Rumford - Page 4 of 4

"Lapham, Press of the Maine Farmer, Boston, MA. 1890; Hugh J. Chisholm’s Magic Town, 1882-1912, by Peter McKenna (Master’s Thesis); The Oxford Story…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Maritime Tales: Shipyards and Shipwrecks - Page 2 of 2

"… Fannie and Edith was headed to Bangor from Boston when the schooner parted cables, leaving the ship completely at the mercy of the wind and the…"

Lincoln, Maine - Other Early Hospitals

"He eased the pain of Jack’s toothache in no time at all. All Jack needed was a little bit of painkiller and to have his wisdom teeth pulled."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Catch of the Day: Clamming and Lobstering - Page 3 of 4

"… live lobsters over longer distances to markets in Boston and New York. In response to a demand for lobster that exceeded the range of smack boats…"

Lincoln, Maine - That Pioneer Spirit

"… being transported from Halifax, Nova Scotia, to Boston, Massachusetts. According to newspaper reports, “Long-time residents of Lincoln said the…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield - Page 4 of 5

"Elijah Dix (for whom Dixfield is named) of Boston, was authorized to build the first grist mill, the first saw mills and develop the water power that…"