Maine Memory Network

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Tilson's Hat

"… Civil War Union Cap worn by Perez TilsonThomaston Historical Society ➢ This is a recreation Henry Tilson’s possible conversation before he left…"

Life on a Tidal River - Bangor and Social Reform Movements of the 1800s-1900s

"Cohen School. Images provided by Bangor historical journalist Richard Shaw. Bangor and the Temperance Movement The Temperance Movement was a…"

Lincoln, Maine - Mills & Paper Industry - Page 2 of 2

"Major Events, Mill Timeline (from Lincoln Historical Society and http://www.lptandt.com) August 11, 1882: Lincoln Pulp & Paper Company is organized."

Lincoln, Maine - Gordon's Fox Farms

"1920Lincoln Historical Society In about 1920, fox farms in Lincoln began running. A man named Dr. Frank H."

Bowdoin College Museum of Art

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Portland Public Library

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Fifth Maine Regiment Museum

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Owls Head Transportation Museum

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Raymond H. Fogler Library

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Washburn-Norlands Living History Center

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Lewiston Public Library

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Surry by the Bay - Surry Today

"… Garden Club, the Arbutus Grange, and the Surry Historical Society. Residents include a mixture of lifelong residents with roots reaching back…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Running the Town

"Velma Morse HolmesSwan's Island Historical Society The 1952-1953 town report lists nine members comprising the school consolidation planning…"

Boston Public Library

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Lithgow Public Library

"… beautiful interior spaces in the state of Maine. The library is on the National Register of Historic Places and celebrated its centennial in 1996."

Early Maine Photography - Post-Mortem & Mourning

"Thomas A. Foster and sons, ca. 1854Maine Historical Society Two daguerreotypes Sarah Sullivan Richards at age seven and age ten depict mourning…"

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

"… burnt by Capt. Moet, October 18, 1775Maine Historical Society On April 30, 1785, the Falmouth Gazette and Weekly Advertiser, a Maine newspaper…"

Maine's Road to Statehood - The Final Vote

"… the final vote for separation, Boston, 1819Maine Historical Society For several months after the heated Brunswick Convention, separation was only…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Who were the Kennebec and Pejepscot Proprietors? - Page 1 of 7

"… on the R Kennebeck & fifteen Miles Back..."Maine Historical Society The Kennebec Proprietors and Pejepscot Proprietors were two of the largest…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Fixing Borders on the Land: The Northeastern Boundary in Treaties and Local Reality, 1763-1842 - Page 1 of 5

"Treaty of Washington boundary map, 1842Maine Historical Society Many overlapping authorities had strong claims in this borderland, starting, of…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Beyond Borders: A Wabanaki Perspective - Page 3 of 4

"… Leaders and Governor Belcher, July 1732Maine Historical Society Today, the State of Maine is much like the local settlers from long ago—fighting…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - The Shaping of the Borderlands: Arcane Deeds and Failed Colonies - Page 3 of 5

"Contested Northeast boundary map, 1843Maine Historical Society The Maine land companies which had been organized in the wake of the fall of…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - The Plymouth Company (Kennebec Proprietors) records, ca. 1625-1824

"… Kennebec Purchase Deed, October 27, 1661Maine Historical Society The Plymouth Company, also known as the Kennebeck Purchase Company, Kennebec…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Passamaquoddy Hereditary Chief Francis Joseph Neptune

"… Meetings with Francis Joseph Neptune, 1796Maine Historical Society Francis Joseph Neptune (1760-1834) grew up in a hereditary chieftain family…"