Maine Memory Network

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - JP Cilley Ledger From Post

"§ Wounded at Dinwiddie Court House on March 31, 1865. § Participated in the Battle of High Bridges April 6 – 7, 1865 § Participated in the Battle of…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Buckfield

"In 1793 the Massachusetts General Court chose to incorporate the town as Buckfield. The court named the town after Abijah Buck."

Maine's Road to Statehood - The Final Vote

"… separationist petitioners flooded the General Court. Additionally, all nine of Maine's senators elected that spring were separationists."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - More Permanent Settlers Arrive

"… be found in the Lincoln County or Hancock County court houses. The original town records for the Plantation of Mount Desert -- now Mount Desert…"

Historic Hallowell - Dummer House

"As a judge on the Court of Common Pleas in Kennebec County, in 1794 he presided over a paternity case involving one of Martha Ballard's patients."

Historic Hallowell - Industry and Immigrants-A Changing Community

"In 1797 the Massachusetts General Court voted to allow what is now Augusta to separate from Hallowell, and gave it approximately half of its 95…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Presque Isle’s Historic Fire Station

"The 1912 building served as the municipal court (top floor), fire house (main floor) and jail (cellar)."

Guilford, Maine - SPORTS - Page 2 of 3

"… the parish house and only played a few foreign courts. In 1919 the boys were allowed to play in the town hall; they continued until the burning of…"

Bowdoin College Library

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Historic Clothing Collection - Eighteenth Century - Page 3 of 3

"… and velvet fashions, suitable only for languid court life. Modern male dress has its origins in the tailored wool of this period."

Guilford, Maine - SPORTS - Page 1 of 3

"Near the Town Field there is a tennis court, a playground, and a basketball court. Guilford Baseball Team at Kineo, Aug."

Maine's Road to Statehood - Overview: Road to Statehood

"… incorporated towns to the Massachusetts General Court. Despite having some political voice, a growing faction of the District's populace felt…"

Historic Hallowell - Hallowell Schools

"… act then proceeded to be passed by the General Court of Massachusetts. The building was ready to occupy in May, 1795, and the school opened with…"

Skowhegan Community History - Bloomfield Academy

"… The Canaan Academy was first incorporated by the court of Massachusetts on Feb, 17, 1807. The purpose was to create the town's first high school as…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Franklin County Agricultural Fair

"The Court House was used for the ladies reception and exhibition of foods, such as butter, cheese, maple sugar and fruits."

Historic Clothing Collection - Eighteenth Century - Page 2 of 3

"… to the extravagant excess of required royal court dress, and seen in her 1783 portrait by Elizabeth Vigée Le Brun (Metropolitan Museum of Art)."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - People Who Called Scarborough Home - Page 2 of 4

"… and became a member of the Massachusetts General Court. In 1784 Rufus was elected to represent Massachusetts at the Continental Congress."

Maine's Road to Statehood - 1790s: A Growing Movement

"… place a separation bill in front of the General Court in Massachusetts. In haste, only a small delegation showed up at a convention at the…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Roads: From Footpaths to Super Highway

"In 1658, the Massachusetts court passed an ordinance requiring ferries for transport across rivers. A ferry was established on the Spurwink River…"

Historic Hallowell - Child Labor

"… Congress passed child labor laws, but the Supreme Court denied both. In 1924 Congress presented an amendment to the constitution to stop child…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - North Church

"… lot on the northeast corner of High Street and Court Street and built the North Church in 1973. Keeping ministers was problematic and the church…"

Life on a Tidal River - Early Railroads in Bangor - Page 2 of 2

"Print. Maine, State of, Supreme Judicial Court, Cumberland County, Western District, Law Term 1876. The State of Maine vs."

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - IV. Engulfed by nationalism: Revolutionary Biddeford

"… and would serve as a Judge in the Supreme Court, Governor of Massachusetts, and Biddeford's representative to the Provincial Congress prior to the…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Historical Overview - Page 4 of 4

"… Acts and Resolves Passed by the General Court of Massachusetts. "An Act for Establishing a Turnpike Corporation Within the Town of Scarborough."…"