Maine Memory Network

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Early Performance

"Loring and his company were commissioned by locals to participate in town-wide events and parades to exemplify the cultural and artistic history and…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Cottagers

"Typically, civic leaders commissioned them for promotional purposes.Boston Public Library There was one of the finest masquerade balls ever given at…"

New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - Bridges of West New Portland

"… bridge was constructed by the Maine State Highway Commission in 1923. This two span slab concrete span is the eastern bridge of the pair."

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Pejepscot Proprietors Papers, 1627‐1866

"… murdered French Jesuit missionary Father Rasle of Norridgewock; and reports of the Massachusetts and New York Border Commission, 1773 and 1787."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Arriving in Bar Harbor

"… landing, ca. 1885Maine Historic Preservation Commission Arriving at the Bar Harbor wharf, rusticators found the place “alive with vehicles and…"

Historic Hallowell - The Tiger and the Lion

"The Tiger was built in 1835 and commissioned two years later in 1837. It is a hand tub, a type of fire fighting engine with a stitched together…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Summer Street

"Credits The Hampen Historic Preservation commission, Sara Martin, and the Explorer Class of the Reeds Brook Middle School."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Beniah Harding

"… the navy headquarters and inquired about a naval commission, and they told me all the things I had to do, like taking physical and mental tests, I…"

Bowdoin College Museum of Art

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Walker Memorial Library

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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Running the Town

"… officer, Lois Anderson was elected to the planning board, and Priscilla Lunt became a representative to the Regional Planning Commission."

Architecture & Landscape database - Elmer I. Thomas

"… centered in the Lewiston-Auburn area, he received commissions from throughput the state. Thomas favored the Shingle Style and the Colonial Revival…"

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

"… minutes of proprietors’ meetings and boundary commissions—all offer insight into struggles over who governed where, who owned what, and how they…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Fixing Borders on the Land: The Northeastern Boundary in Treaties and Local Reality, 1763-1842 - Page 4 of 5

"When it became clear that the commission process would not produce a result in the early 1820s, both sides reluctantly prepared for arbitration by a…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - The Shaping of the Borderlands: Arcane Deeds and Failed Colonies - Page 1 of 5

"Croix Commission (1796-1798) to help settle the dispute over the Northeast boundary of the United States."

Maine State Museum

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Historic Hallowell - Carvers and Quarrymen

"… his publication for Maine Historic Preservation Commission entitled "Hallowell Granite Works-An Historical Summary-Evolution of the Site" provides…"

Architecture & Landscape database - John P. Thomas

"… brought difficult times that resulted in fewer commissions and a reduced office staff. Two of his largest projects in this period, the Maine…"

Architecture & Landscape database - John Calvin Stevens

"He also worked throughout Maine and received commissions from other parts of the country. Stevens was best known for his domestic architecture."

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Fixing Borders on the Land: The Northeastern Boundary in Treaties and Local Reality, 1763-1842 - Page 2 of 5

"Both men served on multiple border commissions, and their impact was extended since each was assisted (and followed) by a son in similar official…"

Lubec, Maine - Timeline

"… Washington organized Revenue Cutter Service commissioning Hopley Yeaton as its first officer – America’s first commissioned naval officer 1791 •…"

Lubec, Maine - McCurdy Herring Smokehouse - Page 3 of 4

"Commission of Fisheries, anticipates what was printed yet almost one hundred years later. Words and photographs of Hugh French and his students in…"

Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"Yeaton, America’s first commissioned naval officer, was sent to the Passamaquoddy region, charged with curtailing the growth of smuggling there."

Life on a Tidal River - Three Civil War Letters - Page 3 of 4

"… done A pretty good thing they have captured 4 Commissioned Officers; - 43 Privates; 60 Horses and Mules; A large lot of Boots & shoes; cloth ect."