Maine Memory Network

Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"… of the war in 1783 and formation of the federal government efforts were made to control trade in the region. The border between the U.S."

Lubec, Maine - Myron Avery, Lubec, and the Appalachian Trail

"… Avery did become a lawyer with a career in government service. (Inexplicably, both the Yearbook and the Commencement Program reproduce his middle…"

Lubec, Maine - McCurdy Herring Smokehouse - Page 3 of 4

"… “fireman:” selecting the right kinds of firewood, governing the level of the fires, and damping them with sawdust."

Early Maine Photography - Art

"… who died in 1844, was active in Gilead’s local government and represented the town in the state legislature."

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Beyond Borders: an historical overview - Page 5 of 6

"… legal title to “unappropriated” land, the state government itself began to compete with the great proprietors."

Maine Department of Transportation

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Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview

"… receive direct mail service from the federal government. A steamboat set out from Ryders’ Cove every morning at 9:00, picked up mail in Belfast…"

Early Maine Photography - Landscape Photography - Page 1 of 3

"… as a new state capitol that would bring state government back to Portland from Augusta. When this failed, the Excahnge became the city’s U.S."

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Who were the Kennebec and Pejepscot Proprietors? - Page 5 of 7

"Both companies also employed agents who lived on the frontier to represent the proprietors’ interests."

Surry by the Bay - Late Twentieth Century

"… in Surry and in Blue Hill provided seasonal employment to a number of Surry people as well. In the 1960s, increasing numbers of tourists headed to…"

Surry by the Bay - Nineteenth Century

"… 1815 to 1859, and shipyards were a significant employer of Surry workmen in Surry village, East Surry and Newbury Neck."

Surry by the Bay - Broadway by the Bay

"… Society Summer theater provided needed summer employment and allowed artists to focus on their craft away from the city in a more relaxed country…"

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - "Man on the Street"

"Upon leaving school he entered the employ of the City of Portland as rod man in the Department of Public Works."

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Maine's Pauper Laws and the Cumberland Overseers of the Poor

"… out for up to a year, or "sent unto, employed and governed" in a work house. In many municipalities, the local town farm was established, giving…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Intro: pages 452-534

"… followed him as he constantly felt cheated by employers for whom he had worked diligently, either when their businesses failed or when they engaged…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Rustic furniture, Bangor, 1865

"He reported that he "employed my vacant hours in making a rustick armed chair, a Gothic oval chair a Sofa and Grape trellis." Martin, an accountant…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Harris House, Bangor, ca. 1850

"… apprenticeships and lived in the homes of his employers. He wrote that the house, later known as the Veazie House, was where "Clara cooked her…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Fred Ryder, Bangor, 1864

"… provided the boy with some clothes and boots and employed him for 16 months until April 1864 when he found him work on a farm and a chance to go to…"

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

"… in the state of Maine and is the sixth largest employer in the entire state of Maine. It is now part of Eastern Maine Healthcare System with many…"

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - Olof Nylander, 1864-1943

"He was also employed by the Canadian government and several colleges and universities to do this same type of work or to act as a guide."

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

"Settlers were forming their own forms of governance, making do as they did in all other aspects of their lives."

Life on a Tidal River - Narrative

"… participation in every federal program to spur employment. The city operated a city hospital, almshouse (which provided housing and daily meals)…"

Historic Hallowell - Child Labor

"Today the U.S. government and all of the states in America have enforced laws against child labor. Most other countries have laws against child labor…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - "Representing every particular:" John Martin's Reflections, Illustrations, and Commentary - Page 2 of 2

"He made arrangements with employers, or with a financial backer in his own shop-keeping venture, only to be treated unfairly, or to suffer from a…"