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John Martin: Expert Observer - John Martin's Journal

"… downturns, the Gold Rush, the outbreak of the Civil War, the first electric railroad, noted floods, and descriptions of churches and schools."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Soldiers Of The Civil War

"Soldiers Of The Civil War Text By: Strong School 7th and 8th Graders, 2011-2012 Return to Student Research Many young men from Strong and Freeman…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Boy at Bangor post Civil War parade, 1865

"Boy at Bangor post Civil War parade, 1865 Contributed by Maine Historical Society and Maine State Museum Description John Martin…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Civil War era soldier's garb, ca. 1866

"Civil War era soldier's garb, ca. 1866 Contributed by Maine Historical Society and Maine State Museum Description In a "Scrap & Sketch…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Lewiston Journal article on Katahdin Iron Works

"Lewiston Journal article on Katahdin Iron Works   Article on KIW This undated article from the Lewiston Journal was among John Martin's effects."

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - The Civil War/Reconstruction Era as Experienced in Biddeford & Saco - Page 17 of 17

"… Era as Experienced in Biddeford & Saco Civil War Veterans of Biddeford, 1916McArthur Public Library Reality dawned on the citizens of…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - The Civil War/Reconstruction Era as Experienced in Biddeford & Saco - Page 10 of 17

"The Civil War/Reconstruction Era as Experienced in Biddeford & Saco X Prior to the attack on Fort Sumter, the Union and Journal, out of…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - The Civil War/Reconstruction Era as Experienced in Biddeford & Saco - Page 6 of 17

"The Civil War/Reconstruction Era as Experienced in Biddeford & Saco Report on cotton for prison, New Orleans, 1862Maine Historical Society…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - The Civil War/Reconstruction Era as Experienced in Biddeford & Saco - Page 15 of 17

"The Civil War/Reconstruction Era as Experienced in Biddeford & Saco Robert E. Lee surrender order, 1865Maine Historical Society The month of…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - The Civil War/Reconstruction Era as Experienced in Biddeford & Saco - Page 13 of 17

"The Civil War/Reconstruction Era as Experienced in Biddeford & Saco From the Union and Journal (Biddeford, Me.), May 10, 1861, p.2."

Early Maine Photography - War - Page 2 of 2

"War As the Civil War began in 1861, the ambrotype was joined by the tintype as a form of photography "popular with soldiers and camp photographers…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Intro: pages 604-650

"… 650-page journal writing about the effects of the Civil War on business and prices, his rustic furniture, profiles of his children, their…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Marcellus Emery, Bangor, ca. 1864

"… who published a newspaper in Bangor during the Civil War. Union supporters destroyed Emery's press, but he continued publishing."

John Martin: Expert Observer - John Martin store interior, Bangor, 1862

"In 1864, Martin began writing and illustrating a detailed journal about his family, life, and experiences."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Boy at Bangor parade, July 4, 1865

"… Museum Description A boy in the post Civil War July 4 parade in Bangor in 1865 is dressed in "white waste and fashionable felt & straw…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Soldier, Bangor, ca. 1860

"… "in the free states" before 1861 when the Civil War began. Martin, on page 114 of the "Scrap & Sketch Book" that he began in 1864, described the…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Scrap & Sketch Book 2: 1864-1866

"Another interest is the changes taking place in Bangor during and after the war. Martin deplores the social and economic changes, which, in part, led…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - George Melvin Weston, Bangor, ca. 1867

"… series of illustrations and narrative about post Civil War Democrats in Bangor, John Martin drew this illustration of George Melvin Weston."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Thomas White Dry Good Emporium, Bangor, 1864

"… that accompanies the drawing that when the Civil War broke out in 1861, Daniel Chaplin, a clerk for Thurston & Metcalf used part of the building…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - 1st Maine Heavy Artillery, Bangor, 1865

"… Description The 1st Maine Heavy Artillery, a Civil War regiment organized as the 18th Maine Infantry, returned to Bangor in September 1865, greeted…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - "Representing every particular:" John Martin's Reflections, Illustrations, and Commentary - Page 2 of 2

"In the Journal, Martin included illustrations of his shelves and what they contained, how he tried to keep people from taking products without…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Intro: pages 534-603

"Martin mentioned the outbreak of the Civil War, and the effects of soldiers in Bangor and the war on local businesses; and his wife's serious illness…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Canoe race, Kenduskeag Stream, Bangor, 1865

"… the July 4 events -- observing the end of the Civil War -- in his "Scrap & Sketch Book" that he began writing in 1864."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Hannibal Hamlin, Bangor, 1866

"… Hamlin was a lawyer in Hampden before the Civil War. He had served in the Maine House of Representatives and the U.S. House and Senate."