Maine Memory Network

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Catch of the Day: Clamming and Lobstering - Page 4 of 4

"Milliken, John, et al. petitioned the 59th Legislature of Maine to abrogate previous legislative act allowing existence of the Southgate Diking…"

Westport Island History Committee

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Maine's Road to Statehood - 1790s: A Growing Movement

"… winter of 1797, residents from across Maine sent petitions to the General Court in Massachusetts demanding a vote on separation."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Founding of the Farmington State Normal School

"… such a system was prepared and, along with a petition submitted by the Trustees of Farmington Academy and Principal A.P."

Lubec, Maine - The Lighthouse at West Quoddy Head

"Early navigators petitioned for protection from the treacherous scarred precipice as they entered the tidal bore maelstrom of the Lubec Narrows."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - III. Boom, bustle, bust: The Steamboat Years to WWII

"Islanders petitioned for a light house in 1857, and by 1872 the Burnt Coat Harbor Light Station was in operation."

Acadian Archives

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

"They hosted rallies, gathered petitions, and took a number of other official actions requesting the state government to prohibit alcoholic beverages…"

Guilford, Maine - Pre-Settlement And The First 100 Years

"… was a pivotal year for the settlement as they petitioned the general court of the Commonwealth for incorporation as a town to be named Fluvanna."

Life on a Tidal River - Narrative

"Slack Tide "Now...this our petition...will represent our distressed case and condition to your Excellencies...the ability of our village was…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Railroad into the Village

"… Court House, Goodenow and Knowlton, Attorneys for petitions, Samuel Belcher and Hannibal Belcher, for the Village Corporation and its officers, and…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - History of Presque Isle

"… for a railroad to come to Presque Isle and the petitioning of the legislature for the right to incorporate all in 1858; incorporation as a town was…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Educating Blue Hill

"The Legislature deemed Blue Hill’s petition more practical and denied that of Castine. Due to carefully kept records, we know that the entire…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - "Main Streets" of North Yarmouth and Cumberland

"… beat back! In January 1794, a group of settlers petitioned the "Court of the General Sessions of the Peace" to construct a new county road that…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview

"In 1788, islanders sent a petition to the General Court asking for an examination of General Knox’s claim to ownership of the land."

Eastern Maine Medical Center

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