Maine Memory Network

John Martin: Expert Observer - Bangor Cornet Band member, 1864

"Martin began in 1864 writing recollections of his life and activities. He also listed the members of the band and their occupations."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Marcellus Emery, Bangor, ca. 1864

"… an accountant and shopkeeper who wrote about his life and events in Bangor and surrounding areas in a journal, three scrapbooks, and an record of a…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - First Baptist Church, Bangor, ca. 1850

"… illustrating a journal in 1864 that recounted his life's experiences, drew the First Baptist Church on Center Street in Bangor where he and his…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Division Street School, Bangor, 1865

"… and illustrator of a journal recounting his life and experiences in the Bangor area, drew this illustration of the Division Street School, which he…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Third Parish Church, Bangor, 1865

"… of the Journal he began in 1864 to recount his life and experiences and events in the Bangor area."

John Martin: Expert Observer - "Representing every particular:" John Martin's Reflections, Illustrations, and Commentary - Page 2 of 2

"… Solomon Raynes and began a new chapter in her life and that of her son John Martin, then two years old."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Illustrations

"While writing about his life and his community was important to Martin, so were his visual recordings and imaginings."

John Martin: Expert Observer - "Representing every particular:" John Martin's Reflections, Illustrations, and Commentary - Page 1 of 2

"… shopkeeper, especially wanted several things from life: to be respected and respectable and for his children and heirs to learn about -- and learn…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Scrapbook 1: 1885-1899, Katahdin Iron Works, Silver Lake Hotel

"… he labeled as Scrapbook 1) reflects back on his life and recounts contemporary experiences. Ever the acute observer, recorder, and illustrator…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - John Martin's Journal

"Throughout his discussions of his own life and experiences, the communities in which he lived in Ellsworth, Hampden, and Bangor, and the general…"

Colby College Special Collections

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Brief History

"… was noted for his interaction with explorers and military men in the pre-colonial era. There are several derivations of Pierre Paul’s Christian…"

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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Eastern Maine Medical Center

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