Maine Memory Network

Historic Clothing Collection - Mid to Late Nineteenth Century

"… of fashion publications, people relied on letters from travelling friends, or returning relatives and neighbors for fashion news."

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Women in Colonial Economies - Page 1 of 4

"Catherine Potter's Letter to the Pejepscot ProprietorsMaine Historical Society At first glance, the papers of the Kennebec and Pejepscot Proprietors…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Project Sources

"The letter from R.G.W. Dodge to Captain Treworgy, the protest (insurance claim) of the /Ocean Ranger/ and the bills of laden and Charty Party for…"

Lincoln, Maine - Post Office

"… Society A mail service is when you can send letters to other people quickly. The Lincoln postal service has served the people of Lincoln for 185…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Leonard Trask, the Wonderful Invalid

"In February of 2013 a letter was received from Mr. Caldwell-Evans explaining his interest. Please go to the sidebar to see his letter."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Building Boom and Piers above the Falls

"Here is the letter from Waldo Pettengill to Hugh J. Chisholm regarding plans to build the booms and piers for the mill. Mr."

Early Maine Photography - Famous People - Page 3 of 3

"When the letters first appeared in book form in 1833, Smith’s brand of political writing captured national attention and launched his thirty-five…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Fixing Borders on the Land: The Northeastern Boundary in Treaties and Local Reality, 1763-1842 - Page 3 of 5

"… with Pagan on birch bark as well as Pagan’s letter to Ward Chipman about his meetings with First Nation people [insert links: mmn map…"

Freedom & Captivity Portal

The Freedom & Captivity digital collection in the Maine Memory Network, and the complete digital archive housed at Colby Special Collections, is a repository of personal testimonies, ephemera, memorabilia, artifacts, and visual materials that capture multiple dimensions of the experiences of incarceration for individuals, families, and communities, as well as for survivors of harm.

Presque Isle: The Star City - History of Presque Isle

"… that would become Presque Isle and Maysville were Letter F, Range 2 and Letter G, Range 2, respectively."

Historic Hallowell - Carvers and Quarrymen

"A letter in the Hubbard Library collection from the Socialist Workers Party headquarters in New York City dated March 13,1895 to Protasio Neri showed…"

Lubec, Maine - Myron Avery, Lubec, and the Appalachian Trail

"… his middle name as “Halburton,” without the letter i). Myron Avery's high school yearbook photo X After Myron Haliburton Avery graduated from…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Henry Knox

"… loved the town of Thomaston, as evidenced in a letter he wrote to friends shortly after returning to Montpelier on May 24, 1801: After a pleasant…"

NPS, Longfellow House-Washington's Headquarters Historic Site

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Windham Historical Society

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Maine's Road to Statehood - After the War: The First Victory for Separationists

"… majority" to be granted separation.[24] Letter from Robert Boyd calling for a meeting in Gray to discuss Separation, 1816Maine Historical…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Beyond Borders: A Wabanaki Perspective - Page 2 of 4

"… the form of traveling, making speeches, writing letters to state, national, and international authorities, and sometimes this took the form of open…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - The Brick Inn

"In a letter written by Clementine to Mrs. York and donated to the Farmington Historical Society by Ellen Greer, Clementine shares her thoughts on…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 2 of 4

"Letters between John Morrison and his young wife, Ida Candage Morrison, describe hard times in South Blue Hill at the end of the nineteenth century."

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Brothers of the Civil War

"Before the war he had been a teacher in Gray, and it shows in his letters; his handwriting was clear and he was a good speller with excellent…"

Lincoln, Maine - Telegraphs & Telephones

"… few goods were saved, but the town’s records and letters in the post office were saved without any damage to them at all."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Champlain Society - Page 2 of 2

"… concern for the land in their logbooks, their letters, and their published articles. “…is it possible to protect the natural beauty of the island…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Harbor Cottage, The Old Ell (“Mame’s House”), and the Big Barn

"Long distance communication occurred by written letter and mail. Travel routes were primarily over the water; there were few and very primitive roads."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Charles K. Savage (1903-1979): The View from Asticou - Page 5 of 6

"John D. Rockefeller Jr. letter to Charles K. Savage, Northeast Harbor, 1957Mount Desert Island Historical Society Charles's collaboration with John…"