Maine Memory Network

Tate House Museum

View collections, facts, and contact information for this Contributing Partner.

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

"… Jefferson Davis capture Return of troops National debt Marcellus Emery Bill Bartlett Bangor Union Womens' fashion Pro Andrew Johnson meeting…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - The Civil War/Reconstruction Era as Experienced in Biddeford & Saco - Page 14 of 17

"The ensuing joblessness and poverty took their toll. The cities faced a huge debt crisis and many citizens refused to pay the tax assessments imposed…"

Historic Hallowell - Meeting at Koussinok

"… the sale of the furs would help to retire debts they owed to England. They learned that this area along the river was called Koussinok (“the place…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - The Civil War & Biddeford

"… years to overcome, in addition to an ever deepening city debt that administration after administration would work to extinguish. Read more...."

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - V. A Cascade of Booms & Busts (1790-1865) - Page 2 of 3

"The war years in the city were difficult; high taxes, city debt, mill layoffs & the ensuing joblessness and poverty took their toll."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield - Page 1 of 5

"… needed to raise money to pay off its huge war debts. The Committee of the State of Eastern Lands became the vehicle for veterans to obtain new…"

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

"… 5, pages 77-96 Lincoln's assassination, national debt, Bangor Democrats, Mutual Store "scam"   Part 6, pages 97-113 July 4, 1865 activities…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Kennebec Proprietors Biographies

"This merchant physician was known as a ruthless debt collector and given the amount of legal records contained in the Kennebec Proprietors collection…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - II. Pinkies, wherries, skiffs and chebaccos: Early Settlement

"… in Paris, France for twenty-two years for a debt he did not acknowledge. He was released from St."

Guilford, Maine - Modern History: 1966 to Present

"… modernizing and expanding, there was no municipal debt, several new businesses including a credit union arrived and even another great downtown…"

Mercy Hospital - Mercy & the Community

"The family accrued over $250,000 in debt to pay for his care. Gary saw how hard this process had been on his family, and came up with the idea for…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - History of Presque Isle

"… in poor years, fluctuations in yields and prices, debt, and foreclosure. Like in other places, the economy went through cycles of boom and bust and…"

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

View collections, facts, and contact information for this Contributing Partner.