Maine Memory Network

Historic Hallowell - Shipping

"… Newburyport, Salem, Thomaston, Boston, Portland, Washington City, New York, and New Bedford. What came into Hallowell were product such as cloth…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Henry Knox

"… well as the nearly ten years he served as George Washington's Secretary at War under the Articles of Confederation and later Secretary of War under…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Thomaston is Incorporated - 1777

"… War from 1785 to 1794 and close friend of George Washington, left his duties and retired to Thomaston in 1795, arriving on a sloop via the St."

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Brothers of the Civil War

"Once in Washington, the 1st Maine performed guard duty in Washington, and received more training. At this time the capitol was in great danger from…"

The General Henry Knox Museum

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Penobscot Marine Museum

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

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

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

"… as a free state in 1820, allowing politicians in Washington to delay a growing sectional crisis over the future of slavery."

Architecture & Landscape database - George Coombs

"… Architect of the Treasury Department in Washington, D.C. With the departure of Harry Wilkinson in 1899, the firm became known as Coombs and Gibbs…"

Architecture & Landscape database - Maine Architectural Renderings

"… Architect of the Treasury Department in Washington, D.C. He maintained his connection to the Rickers, who acquired the Bay Point Hotel in Rockland…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - National Community Christmas Tree - 1959

"Presque Isle Christmas Tree, Washington, D.C., 1958Presque Isle Historical Society As seen with the Washington Monument in the background."

Blue Hill, Maine - A Real Downeast County Fair

"… new farms are beginning to appear in Hancock and Washington Counties. The sheepdog trials are still a major attraction known throughout the U.S."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Movies Come To The Island

"… Walsh McLean (whose husband was the heir to the Washington Post), Edsel Ford, or various members of the Rockefeller family."

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

"… had been primarily engaged in the defense of Washington, D.C. They were encamped overlooking the Potomac and Alexandria Rivers near Franconia, in…"

Life on a Tidal River - Bangor and the Civil War

"The soldiers were trained for only one day in Washington D.C., so they were fairly unprepared. Eventually, they were stationed in St."

Lincoln, Maine - Gateway Motors

"… photo courtesy of Roger Stevens X James Washington "How does this topic connect to you in your life today?" The Gateway Motors building…"

Lincoln, Maine - Railroads

"… on train tracks to trade with Aroostook and Washington Counties, as well as parts of Canada and New England."

Lincoln, Maine - Civil War

"… Social Studies class can be viewed below: Julian Washington "Research your topic and summarize the ‘who, what, when, and where’ in the form of a…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Mexico - Page 2 of 3

"In 1864 he sold his store and went to Washington, D. C., where he served in Ordnance Department until the close of the war."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield's Tuscan Opera House

"… four members of the Order from England instituted Washington Lodge No. 1. With this, the Odd Fellows were spreading their organization across the…"

Mercy Hospital - School of Nursing - Page 3 of 3

"… in Baltimore, and Children’s Hospital in Washington, D.C., for Psychiatric and Pediatric Nursing respectively."

Mercy Hospital - People of Mercy - Page 1 of 2

"Joseph’s College, Catholic University in Washington D.C., and earned both a B.S. and M.S. in nursing at Boston College."

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Fixing Borders on the Land: The Northeastern Boundary in Treaties and Local Reality, 1763-1842 - Page 5 of 5

"Maine commissioners to the negotiations in Washington, DC, especially William Pitt Preble, who had been a significant figure in the process since…"

Guilford, Maine - BUSINESSES - Page 3 of 3

"… on the front porch are Douglas fir, imported from Washington State and Oregon. Some of the people who owned the bed and breakfast after the…"