Maine Memory Network

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

"33, no. 4 (Winter 2013), pp. 675-700, (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press). See also, Hatch, Maine, 188-202."

Architecture & Landscape database - George Coombs

"… short-lived, for Douglas moved his practice to Philadelphia in 1874. Anticipating the change, Coombs formed a partnership with another young…"

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

"… the United States such as Boston, New York, and Philadelphia. At this time a back to the land movement of sorts emerged."

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Summer Resorts

"… by wealthy families from Boston, New York and Philadelphia. Designed by well-known architects, on often vast acreages, these summer "cottages" were…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - RESOURCES

"Philadelphia, Pa.: Everts & Peck, 1880. (M) Downs, Jacques M. The cities on the Saco. Norfolk, Va.: Donning Company, 1985. (N, A) Emery, Edwin."

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

"… to the Federal constitutional convention in Philadelphia, he served on a subcommittee that prepared the final draft of the U.S. Constitution."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - A Look Inside the Classroom Over Time - Page 1 of 4

"The first blackboard was used in a Philadelphia school in 1809. These early blackboards were made of pine and coated with a mixture of egg whites and…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Historical Overview - Page 3 of 4

"… of the trolley, one could travel south as far as Philadelphia or north to Bangor and beyond using connecting lines."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Prominent Women

"… also sent stories to the Saturday Evening Post of Philadelphia. The poem entitled “Rock Me to Sleep,” whose opening lines, “Backward, turn…"

Early Maine Photography - Famous People - Page 3 of 3

"By the time the Philadelphia photographer Frederick Langenheim took this picture in 1856, Longfellow had established an international reputation for…"

Malaga Island: a story best left untold - Resources, Links, and Bibliography for Malaga Island: A Story Best Left Untold

"… New Racial Order, 2002, Temple University Press, Philadelphia. Goddard, H. H., The Kallikak Family, 1939, MacMillan Company, New York."

Highlighting Historical Hampden - John Crosby

"tobacco By Philadelphia iron By truckage to Boston By a Paper of Pins By 1/2 bushel of salt By a bunch of thread During the Revolutionary War, John…"

Blue Hill, Maine - In Search of the Rustic Life

"Rusticators were primarily from Boston, New York, Philadelphia, New Jersey, and some from as far away as Ohio."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Maritime Tales: Shipyards and Shipwrecks - Page 2 of 2

"The trip from Philadelphia had been slow because of contrary winds, and the captain was anxious to reach port."

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Early Settlements

"George W.C. Drexel, a banker from Philadelphia, acquired most of the Bluff in the late 1890s. From his highly prominent location, he could view his…"

Life on a Tidal River - Four Famous Bangorians

"Charlotte was born in Philadelphia Pennsylvania in December 22, 1846. She was the first child of this new family to Charles Morris Blake and…"

Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center

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Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview

"… of the wealthiest families in Boston, New York, Philadelphia and St. Louis. These families put up summer “cottages,” mansions that rivaled the…"

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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