Maine Memory Network

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Source Materials

"Dr. William R. Horner for proofreading draft text and providing needed edits. Jennifer Judd-McGee for her patience, proofreading draft text and…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - The Civil War/Reconstruction Era as Experienced in Biddeford & Saco - Page 14 of 17

"… amount of Maine State bounty paid to volunteers, drafted men, substitutes, and all other recruits for the army and navy, between April 12, 1861…"

Maine's Road to Statehood - The Missouri Compromise: A Moral Dilemma

"… waning months of 1819, the delegates continued to draft a new Maine constitution to prepare it for statehood."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Civil War

"… civilian deaths, the flight of men avoiding the draft, and the emigration of young people in search of new opportunities in the west."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Mt. Zircon Reservoir - Page 3 of 3

"Sawyer, Sawyer & Moulton Copy of a Draft Contract between Rumford and Mexico Water District, Rumford, Maine…Contract for Stripping Basin Mt."

Lincoln, Maine - Civil War

"There were people in the Civil War who were drafted, which means that they were picked in a draft by the government, like a reserve to serve in the…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Postscript: More Moving Buildings

"… Island, writer Willa Cather (who wrote the final draft of her last book at the house), and Mrs. W. Rodman Fay of New York."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Adventures in Aroostook County - Page 2 of 3

"… County X After high school, he was drafted into the army as a medical officer. Jeremiah went to Germany, where he was a dental hygienist…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Beniah Harding

"… received a notice from Holliston that I was to be drafted, I wanted no part of the army so I went to the navy headquarters and inquired about a…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Mt. Zircon Reservoir - Page 1 of 3

"… the concrete core and gatehouse. According to a draft contract which gives an idea of the pay scale of those days, each laborer was to be paid…"

Maine's Road to Statehood - The American Revolution and Early Attempts at Separation - Page 1 of 2

"Meeting at Falmouth Neck (present-day Portland), the committee drafted a report entitled "The Separation of Maine from Massachusetts."[6]"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Passamaquoddy Hereditary Chief Francis Joseph Neptune

"The Treaty of Ghent 1815 was drafted to determine the boundary lines between the United States and Great Britain Canada."

Highlighting Historical Hampden - War of 1812

"… while their American counterparts were drafted into service the night before the battle. The fog was so heavy that the British soldiers were heard…"

Architecture & Landscape database - George Coombs

"George Coombs learned drafting from Boston architect Frederick Hamilton. At the age of twenty in 1872, Coombs entered the office of Lewiston…"

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

"… up, fires lit again, “windows” set for the right draft and air circulation. There was “putting the herring in the house by degrees,” the “handing…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Project Overview

"… outlines were compiled, students wrote the first draft of the text for their exhibit. In the two months that followed, students completed many…"

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

"… served on a subcommittee that prepared the final draft of the U.S. Constitution. Rufus was a prominent opponent of the extension of slavery in the…"

Surry by the Bay - Early Twentieth Century

"Many enlisted; others were drafted. Still others went to work in shipyards in Bath and South Portland and to other states."

Western Maine Foothills Region - For The Love Of Paper - Page 2 of 4

"… became a premium, as able bodied men were either drafted or enlisted in the armed forces. Many women were enlisted to do work in all departments of…"

Lincoln, Maine - World War I

"They may not have had a choice, whether they were drafted, needed the money, or just wanted to serve their country."

Lubec, Maine - Timeline

"and Benjamin Reynolds appointed to draft the bill of incorporation • “Lubeck”, as it was spelled in the Act of Incorporation dated June 21, 1811, was…"

Guilford, Maine - Modern History: 1966 to Present

"… library was renovated, and zoning ordinances were drafted, but not accepted so the entire planning board resigned in frustration."

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Skyline Farm - Making and Preserving History

"… to organize “Plow Day” during which five teams of draft horses plowed the fields that were originally farmed by the Loring family more than 200…"

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