Maine Memory Network

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Sources

"Early Days of the Maine State Prison at Thomaston Reprint from the Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology of Northwestern University, Vol. 38, No."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Sources

"Early Days of the Maine State Prison at Thomaston Reprint from the Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology of Northwestern University, Vol. 38, No."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Sources

"Early Days of the Maine State Prison at Thomaston Reprint from the Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology of Northwestern University, Vol. 38, No."

Highlighting Historical Hampden - War of 1812

"… Many townspeople were held captive on a British prison ship and others were held in John Crosby’s warehouse at the corner of Elm Street West and…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - About Us

"… exhibits on shipbuilding, the Maine State Prison, and the historical architecture of Thomaston."

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

"One prisoner from the state prison was brought here to do the welding. Sometime in the winter of 1841 the cables came to Bath, Maine."

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

"§ Taken prisoner in Middletown, Virginia on June 24, 1862. § Promoted to Major May 8, 1862. § After being released by the Confederates, he was left…"

Life on a Tidal River - Bangor and Social Reform Movements of the 1800s-1900s

"… selling and visiting the local jail to try to get prisoners to join their cause and stop drinking. However, at one point Bangor also had what was…"

Life on a Tidal River - Four Important Women of Bangor

"While captured she spent most of her time in a prisoner of war camp. Even during that rough time she helped injured prisoners in the camp."

Bath's Historic Downtown - Bath Savings Institution and Hyde Block

"Daniel's partner was sentenced to life in prison without chance of parole. Swanton Infantry Election Papers, Bath, 1863Patten Free Library Bath…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Henry Knox: Lime Works

"… the quarry on what is now the former Maine State Prison site on Main Street in Thomaston, and he operated kilns on the bank of the river, just…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - II. Pinkies, wherries, skiffs and chebaccos: Early Settlement

"Pelagie in 1830, an old man who now knew the prison as his home. After three days of freedom, Swan set out to turn himself back in, but died on the…"

Mercy Hospital - School of Nursing - Page 2 of 3

"Its members cared for the sick and ransomed prisoners of war. Mother McAuley modeled the Sisters of Mercy coat of arms on the original Order insignia."

Bath's Historic Downtown - The Sagadahoc County Courthouse

"He also talks about his time spent there and how he was treated. He stated that he was not cared for well but had many friends around."