Maine Memory Network

John Martin: Expert Observer - Grant-Wilson political rally, Augusta Depot, 1872

"Grant-Wilson political rally, Augusta Depot, 1872 Contributed by Maine Historical Society and Maine State Museum Description Bands and…"

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

"Capt. L. J. Morse, Co. A, Maine State Guard, Bangor, 1864 Contributed by Maine Historical Society and Maine State Museum Description Capt."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Co. B, Maine State Guard member, Bangor, 1864

"B of the Maine State Guard participated in the consecration of the Soldiers' Monument at Mount Hope Cemetery in Bangor on June 17, 1864."

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

"… however, had little impact on the closed-door politics in Washington in 1820. Despite an initial pushback by leading abolitionists and organizers…"

Maine's Road to Statehood - Overview: Road to Statehood

"Despite having some political voice, a growing faction of the District's populace felt unrepresented and burdened by the distant government in Boston."

Maine's Road to Statehood - Turn of the Century to the War of 1812

"… prominent figure in 19th century Maine separation politics and would continue to play a major role in early statehood as Mane's first governor."

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

"Depicting an independent and politically distinct Maine, it places Maine's borders along the Magaguadavic River to the east (and a non-existent range…"

Maine Department of Transportation

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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Maine State Prison

"In March 1820, in recognition of his political service, William King was elected as the first Governor of the State of Maine."

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

"… including eugenics, economics, tourism, and the politics of prohibition. That sort of triangulation was born mostly from the lack of a smoking gun…"

Maine's Road to Statehood - Maine in the 17th Century

"… increased and altered over the next century, its political position, as well as its people increasingly homogenized with the parent colony, as…"

Millinocket Fire Department

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Maine's Road to Statehood - The Coasting Law of 1789

"The law, passed by the United States Congress, forced ships along the coast to port and register at each state with which it did not share a boarder."

Maine's Road to Statehood - The American Revolution and Early Attempts at Separation - Page 2 of 2

"54 vol. 2). [7] Banks, Maine Becomes a State, 16. [8] Banks, Maine Becomes a State, 22-23. [9] Banks, Maine Becomes a State, 24-25."

Maine's Road to Statehood - The Final Vote

"Banks, Maine Becomes a State, 136-137. [30] Banks, Maine Becomes a State, 134-137, 146. [31] Note that this broadside is signed by Stephen…"

Maine's Road to Statehood - After the War: The First Victory for Separationists

"[25] Banks, Maine Becomes a State, 82-87. [26] Banks, Maine Becomes a State, 88-90, 108. [27] Banks, Maine Becomes a State, 107-115."

Hose 5 Fire Museum

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Maine's Road to Statehood - The American Revolution and Early Attempts at Separation - Page 1 of 2

"The American Revolution and Early Attempts at Separation Overwhelmingly dedicated to independence from Britain, Mainers quieted any murmurs of…"

Portland Water District

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John Martin: Expert Observer - Intro: pages 30-47

"… -- often quite strident -- of Democratic politics in Maine and nationally, generally portraying Democrats as scoundrels politically and otherwise…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Intro: pages 84-107

"He leaves politics temporarily with clipping a clipping of an account he wrote in 1876 about Bangor's failure to properly deal with streets and…"

Bar Harbor Fire Department

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Presque Isle Fire Department

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City of Portland Department of Public Works

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