Maine Memory Network

Bath's Historic Downtown - The Sagadahoc County Courthouse

"These offices serve all the residents of the county by enforcing laws, conducting trials, and recording wills and deeds."

Surry by the Bay - History of Surry

"Incorporation After the Revolutionary War, deeds and titles were still not clear, so the Commonwealth of Massachusetts had to straighten things out."

Bath's Historic Downtown - Lincoln Block

"1853 Quitclaim Deed from Ann N. King to William Ledyard, BathPatten Free Library The office of the ice harvesters was in the Lincoln Block."

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Maine's Pauper Laws and the Cumberland Overseers of the Poor

"Deeds of indenture were to provide for the instruction of the children; the males were to be instructed to read, write and perform basic arithmetic…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Grand Army of the Republic

"… war experiences, and swapped accounts of their deeds. This attracted thousands of veterans to join the group."

Bath's Historic Downtown - Ledyard Block

"1806 Deed: William King to Ledyard and PalmerPatten Free Library A small, wooden building was torn down to make room for the Ledyard Block."

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

"Disgraced its self by word or deed . . . . . . . . Veazie Bank Script, Bangor, 1862 Script from individual banks, like the Veazie bank, was used…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Historical Overview - Page 1 of 4

"Alger Deed X A second settlement was established across the river at Blue Point in 1636. A year before Cammock's patent had been granted, the…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Village Schools

"The 1894 class motto was “Deeds, Not Words.” That year, the first high school students graduated from Strong High School."

Surry by the Bay - Phebe Fowler: A Woman of Property

"On May 7, 1879, Benjamin Lord deeded the family homestead to Phebe. She had become a woman of property in an era when it was unusual for a married…"

Blake Library Special Collections, UMFK

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Meeting House Park

"John Church deeded two and a half acres of land to the citizens of Farmington, to create a Village Center."

Scarborough Historical Society & Museum

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Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview

"… Plantation, as Islesboro was then called, took deeds from General Knox, others did not, especially those living above the Narrows."

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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