Maine Memory Network

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

"… evils of slavery.[34] Resultantly, on March 6th, President Monroe signed the Missouri Compromise, and on March 15th, Maine became the twenty-third…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - John Frank Stevens

"… company in Chicago, in 1903 and become vice-president of that company. It is shortly after this in 1905 that at the recommendation of James Hill…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - The Brick Inn

"The Days sold to Errol Dearborn. (He was President of the Normal School at that time) Dearborn and wife sold to Bernard "Bing" Etzel; Mr."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Raymond Wallace

"… family held, minimum wage, and his thoughts on President Barack Obama. Raymond Wallace Thomaston ME January 22,2009 1:45 PM What year were you…"

Guilford, Maine - Early Manufacturing - Page 2 of 3

"King Cummings was elected president of the company. Many more improvements were made, seemingly annually to update machinery and enlarge the capacity…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - For The Love Of Paper - Page 1 of 4

"Hugh Chisholm could not hold this office as he was then President of IP. However, Mr. Chisholm was so organized that all the plans were in place such…"

Eastern Maine Medical Center

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Life on a Tidal River - William S. Cohen, The Man and the School

"… would be the future Secretary of Defense under President Bill Clinton. He was just a normal kid, a lover of basketball, a boy who worked hard to…"

Life on a Tidal River - Early Railroads in Bangor - Page 1 of 2

"… official opening was held on October, 1871 with President Grant, Lord Lisgar, Governor General of Canada, Maine’s Governor, and many other…"

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Champlain Society - Page 1 of 2

"With his father, Harvard President Charles William Eliot, in Europe, young Charles had use of the family yacht (the Sunshine) and camping gear."

Skowhegan Community History - The Skowhegan Island

"According to Lee Granville, the president of Skowhegan's local historical society, there were so many mills, that there were just a few spots on the…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - The Sagadahoc County Courthouse

"… never forget what they did.” This is a quote from President Lincoln's famous speech, “The Gettysburg Address.” George Pepper, Civil War, ca."

Life on a Tidal River - Narrative

"Winfield Scott, President Van Buren's emissary, convinced Governor Fairfield to resolve this dispute with Great Britain through negotiations."

Life on a Tidal River - Four Famous Bangorians

"However, for his second term President Lincoln chose Andrew Johnson as his Vice President. Hannibal Hamlin was very important in putting Maine on the…"

Life on a Tidal River - Three Civil War Letters - Page 1 of 4

"… Bangor Historical Society On April 15, 1861 President Abraham Lincoln issued a proclamation calling forth the militia of the United States."

Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 3 of 4

"… was established in 1868 with Mary Jane Clough as President. Rowantrees Pottery, Blue Hill, ca. 1950 Blue Hill Historical Society Enter Miss…"

Lincoln, Maine - Gary Gordon

""President Presents Medal of Honor to Lincoln Soldier's Wife." Lincoln News (Lincoln) 26 Feb. 1994: 1-3."

Lincoln, Maine - Lincoln Historical Society - Page 2 of 2

"… given to putting on an addition until one day LHS president, Jeannette King, had an epiphany while driving by the Corro house, also located on West…"

Lincoln, Maine - Thomas S. Libby

"… was fighting to keep the country together under President Lincoln. He mostly needed the money to pay the mortgage on his house, and died at age 48…"

Lincoln, Maine - Lincoln House Hotel

"Ulysses S. Grant, the 18th president of the United States, has been to Lincoln and he stayed at the Lincoln House Hotel, according to rumor."

Lincoln, Maine - Civil War

"… fought in the Civil War might have agreed with President Abraham Lincoln about the Southern states breaking away, forming their own country, and…"

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

"… into everyone's living room: the assassination of President Kennedy; the civil rights movement; the equal rights movement for women; Neil…"

Edmund S. Muskie Archives and Special Collections Library

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