Maine Memory Network

John Martin: Expert Observer - Steamer "Bangor," 1847

"… intended as a freight vessel, so there were no sleeping accommodations -- and insufficient food. The beleaguered party, tired and hungry, arrived…"

Historic Hallowell - Hallowell Ice Storm of 1998

"… Free Library You are in a peaceful sleep. All of a sudden, you hear a loud, cracking noise, a tree limb has fallen."

Fifth Maine Regiment Museum

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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Prominent Women

"The poem entitled “Rock Me to Sleep,” whose opening lines, “Backward, turn backward, O Time, in your flight, And make me a child again, just for…"

Lubec, Maine - The Gardner Lake Tragedy - Page 2 of 2

"Kelley said, ‘I just wanted to lay down and go to sleep.’ Kelley’s sister Ellen was the last person to get in and luckily she jumped out before the…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Old Ell is Born

"… the close confines of the Old Ell by playing and sleeping in the loft of the large family barn down the lane on Asticou Way."

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

"… parlor tent, kitchen, pantry, three medium-sized sleeping tents, and one small tent. They made a flagpole, and raised the red, white and blue…"

Historic Hallowell - Shipbuilding

"The other decks were used for storage or sleeping quarters. The massive decks would most likely collapse without multiple knees."

Life on a Tidal River - Bangor and the Civil War

"The conditions were horrible. Prisoners had to sleep on the cold ground in small tents or pens. A small stream, called The Stockade Branch, was the…"

Lincoln, Maine - Nathaniel Bodwell

"There would be no sleep, no relaxing until he would come home. Nothing anyone could do would make me stop thinking about what could possibly happen…"

Lincoln, Maine - Lincoln House Hotel

"I am so excited, I just can’t go to sleep. Tuesday, July 28, 1874 I am so excited, I started my shift early."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 4 of 4

"She was allowed to sleep after 11 p.m., but farmers would wake her about 5 a.m. There was a large switchboard with digits in which connecting plugs…"

Life on a Tidal River - Bangor: Healthcare Center of Eastern and Central Maine - Page 2 of 2

"… Specialists, Robotically-assisted Surgery, Sleep Center of Maine, Sports Health, Stroke Center, Surgical Navigation, Surgical Weight Loss Program…"

Malaga Island: a story best left untold - Maine State documents and Proclamations

"… shift? Was it merely that the governor needed to sleep on the issue? Did other members of the Council persuade the governor to change his mind? Who…"

Mercy Hospital - Mercy & the Community

"… when he was in the hospital, and spent nights sleeping on the hospital floor or in her car. The family accrued over $250,000 in debt to pay for his…"

Eastern Maine Medical Center

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Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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