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John Martin: Expert Observer - Scrap & Sketch Book 2: 1864-1866

"The Scrap & Sketch Book includes some history, but it focuses primarily on events that were taking place between June 1864 and August 1866."

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Works Cited

"Hampden Historical Society. Historical Sketches of the Town of Hampden, Maine. Ellsworth, Maine: The Ellsworth American, 1976. Hansord-Miller, Frank."

John Martin: Expert Observer - John Martin dream house, Bangor, 1866

"… that appears on page 52 of his 1864 "Scrap and Sketch Book," "Ball Hill Cove as it should be." In the explanation of the drawing, which is the…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Revenue gunboat "Mahoning," Bangor, 1864

"… the illustration on page 49 of a "Scrap and Sketch Book" he began writing in 1864. He wrote that it was the first gunboat in the Penobscot River…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Boy at Bangor parade, July 4, 1865

"… Bangor area in a series of journals and scrap and sketch books. On page 105 of the "Scrap & Sketch Book" he began in 1864, Martin wrote, "Another…"

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

"… County Maine, with illustrations and biographical sketches. Cleveland, William Chase & Co., 1882 (page 192). Print."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Part 1, pages 000-26

"Part 1, pages 000-26 Martin begin his Scrap & Sketch Book with information about the Bangor House and Franklin House, and his theme throughout much…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Part 8, pages 135-150

"… pages 135-150 The final section of the Scrap & Sketch Book is primarily about the criminal activity in Bangor, the results of court appearances of…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Part 5, pages 77-96

"… in Bangor dominate this section of the Scrap & Sketch Book. Martin is increasingly upset at crime in Bangor -- a boom town since the 1830 -- and in…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Interior, John Martin store, Center Street, Bangor, 1864

"In his journal, he also included a sketch of the exterior and several other views of the interior of the shop."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Elmer Martin, Bangor, 1865

"… illustration is on page 124 of Martin's "Scrap & Sketch Book" that he began in 1864. In the corner of the illustration, Martin wrote that Elmer…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Civil War era soldier's garb, ca. 1866

"… State Museum Description In a "Scrap & Sketch Book" he began writing in 1864, John Martin (1823-1904), a Bangor accountant and…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Capt. L. J. Morse, Co. A, Maine State Guard, Bangor, 1864

"… of Morse on page 25 in his 1864 "Scrap and Sketch Book." He wrote, "The state guards wore a bear skin cap as represented."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Tillson Testimonial

"Washburn, Geaorge S. Personal War Sketches. Philadelphia: Louis H. Everts, 1890. Secondary Source These sketches described the injuries and deaths of…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - John Martin store, Center Street, Bangor, 1862

"… "In giving the previous outline I have coppied a sketch made by a lovesick man who came along July 20 1862 dressed in dirty ragged clothes sitting…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Thieves in Bangor, ca. 1865

"… and shopkeeper, on page 127 of a "Scrap & Sketch Book" he began in 1864, drew "a series of individuals and implement which cost me during thirteen…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Dr. Charles Snell, Bangor, ca. 1867

"John Martin (1823-1907) drew this sketch of the son "to show how near I can draw or represent when I undertake it in good earnest." Martin, an…"

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

"… and took a sheet of paper with him so he could sketch the church. The temperature was about 100, he wrote, so he sat under a tree and marked the…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Charles K. Savage (1903-1979): The View from Asticou - Page 1 of 6

"… Cottage home, drawing small and detailed pencil sketches, or in the constant typewritten discourse about Asticou that he created, Charles kept a…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Annie Martin as zephyr, Bangor, 1866

"… of his daughter on page 147 of a "Scrap & Sketch Book" he began writing and illustrating in 1864."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Ada Martin gymnastic costume, Bangor, 1864

"… the illustration, on page 43-44 of his 1864 "Scrap and Sketch Book." View additional information about this item on the Maine Memory Network."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Mabelle Martin's casket, Bangor, 1899

"… the family home and included it in the Scrap and Sketch Book he wrote starting in 1888 in which he recounted his activities and recalled some of…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Soldiers' Monument, Bangor, 1864

"… of the monument and wrote in the Scrap and Sketch Book he began in 1864 that subscriptions paid for the monument, which had been planned for…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Slave whip, 1864

"… (18232-1904) on page 54 in his 1864 "Scrap & Sketch Book" drew an illustration of two slave whips and a slave being whipped."