Maine Memory Network

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

"… new capital in Maine.[15] In October 1793, Peleg Wadsworth, grandfather of the noted poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, put forth an effort to place…"

Maine's Road to Statehood - The Final Vote

"… lobbying and failure, Massachusetts Governor John Brooks signed the bill on June 19, and on the 26 of July Maine citizens voted 17,091-7,132 in…"

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

"On December 8, 1819, John Holmes officially petitioned Congress for Maine's admission. Map of the State of Maine, 1820Osher Map Library and…"

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

"The American Revolution and Early Attempts at Separation The committee sent a similar address to the citizens of Maine urging them to support…"

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…"

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

"The Coasting Law of 1789 'Unity' and 'Margaretta,' Machias, 1775 The Coasting Law of 1789 required that merchant ships port and register at…"

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

"After the War: The First Victory for Separationists The "Boxer" and "Enterprise," Monhegan, 1831 This painting depicts an 1813 battle between…"

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

"Turn of the Century to the War of 1812 The 1800s welcomed a plethora of economic and demographic changes for the District of Maine."

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

"Maine in the 17th Century Map of New England and New York, ca. 1676 Largely an unexplored territory by European settlers, 17th century Maine…"

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

"Overview: Road to Statehood Map of the Inhabited Part of Maine, Moses Greenleaf, 1829Maine Historical Society Many know that the Missouri…"

Historic Clothing Collection - Sally Holmes's evening gown, ca. 1824 - Page 1 of 2

"… administration from 1817-1825 when her husband, John Holmes, served as one of Maine's first US senators after Statehood."

Historic Clothing Collection - 1800-1830 - Page 2 of 2

"Sally Holmes was the wife of Senator John Holmes, one of Maine's first senators. Her satin ball gown features the almost natural level waist of the…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - The Paine House

"He carried on a successful trade in a store on the site of the Prison Store at the corner of Wadsworth Street."

Architecture & Landscape database - Database Collections

"… Pickering Thomas, Portland Eaton Tarbell, Bangor Olmsted Brothers, Boston Stockly & Leahy Associates, Portland Wadsworth and Boston, Portland"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Stimpson House

"Captain Rider’s son, Thomas, was also a joiner, who, among others, built his own house on Wadsworth Street."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Henry Knox: Wharf, Store and Blacksmith Shop

"Thomaston Historical Society This complex, located near the modern-day bridge to Cushing at the end of Wadsworth Street, was a thriving business…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Early Wharves and Yards - 1795 to 1825

"Currently, this is the site of the Lyman Morse Boatbuilding Co. wharf, east of the Wadsworth Street bridge."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Early 1800s

"… of Bath, who owned the Knox Wharf at the foot of Wadsworth Street, the Limestone Hill quarry and other valuable property mortgaged to him by Lucy…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Notable Residents

"… former site of the Paine store at the corner of Wadsworth and Main Streets, in which the new George's National Bank and Georges Insurance Offices…"

Architecture & Landscape database - Project Background and Partners

"Tompson, John P. Thomas, Wadsworth Boston, and Eaton Tarbell collections at MHS. Additional firms were added to the database overtime, most notably…"

Early Maine Photography - Portland Photographers

"… Longfellow, nieces and nephews of the poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Other Portlanders who sat for Howe include student Walter H."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Thomaston Narrative

"… from England to establish a trading post on lower Wadsworth Street, specifically for trading with the Wawenock, Tarratine and Penobscot Indians."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Shipbuilding Industry Expands - 1850 to 1857

"… (a narrowing of the river northwest of the Wadsworth Street bridge) near John Paine’s original wharf, in what was earlier General Knox’s pasture…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Thomaston Expands - 1805 to 1846

"… Upper Corner, the intersection of County Road and Wadsworth Street, stood on the southwest corner until it was destroyed by fire in 1849."