Maine Memory Network

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Our Shared History - Page 2 of 4

"… too. In a petition to the newly-minted Maine Legislature, 176 male residents of Cumberland who signed a petition to the Legislature that year noted…"

Early Maine Photography - Famous People - Page 2 of 3

"… he began his political career in the Maine legislature, serving three terms as speaker. He was elected as a Congressman in 1843 and as U.S."

Belfast Free Library

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Division of MDI Begins

"On February 22, 1796 the legislature of Massachusetts passed an act dividing the town of Mount Desert into two towns and incorporating Eden as a…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Founding of the Farmington State Normal School

"… was paired with a fervent outcry to the Maine Legislature for the establishment of Normal Schools by the State's teachers."

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Water Transportation

"… Historical Society In 1913, the Maine Legislature passed a law prohibiting the use of automobiles within the town of Islesboro and for twenty…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Scarborough Marsh: "Land of Much Grass" - Page 4 of 4

"… Dunstan River X Acts and Resolves of the Legislature of Maine. ------“An Act to Establish a Corporation for the Purpose of Diking a Certain…"

Maine Historic Preservation Commission

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Maine State Archives

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Malaga Island: a story best left untold - Maine State documents and Proclamations

"… of the Residents of Malaga Island, 124th Legislature, April 7, 2010. Physicians Certificate collage By Kate Philbrick, 2009 X Under the…"

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - Narrative History: Maine Swedish Colony

"… immigration had been laid in the state's legislature with several failed proposals, but finally the plan was pushed through. W.W. Thomas, Jr."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - People

"… suffragette who testified before Maine's state legislature for a woman's right to vote Janet Trafton Mills born 1947: Maine's 75th governor and…"

Lubec, Maine - The Gardner Lake Tragedy - Page 1 of 2

"… occurred on the 125th anniversary of the state legislature acceptance of the Charter to establish the Town of Lubec; the burials two days later 125…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Prison Fires - 1849 to 1924

"In 1887 the Legislature voted to have water piped to the prison by the Camden and Rockland Water Company."

Kennebec Valley Community College Archive

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

"Roberta requested of the town, which asked the legislature to expand the number of school committee seats from three to five."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Mt. Zircon Reservoir - Page 1 of 3

"… (Mexico later withdrew) was approved by the Maine Legislature in September, 1911. The engineering firm of Metcalf & Eddy, of Boston, was hired to…"

Early Maine Photography - Art

"… government and represented the town in the state legislature. In contrast to the Treadwell and Chapman portraits, the elegant mid-nineteenth…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Catch of the Day: Clamming and Lobstering - Page 2 of 4

"The abrogating petition was never acted upon by the legislature; it was simply referred to the Commission of Interior Waters."

Maine State Museum

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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - The Bridge That Changed The Map

"… with 36 signatures was submitted to the state legislature in 1856, at about the same time Mr. Beedy was contracted to build the bridge."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 3 of 4

"… Strong Water Company was created by an act of the Legislature on March 15, 1899. A corporation of seven townspeople was formed to construct and…"

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

"Somewhat surprisingly, the legislature authorized the vote, which was approved by Massachusetts Governor Samuel Adams."

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

"… death on July 26, 1952, an act of the Maine Legislature renamed East Peak on Bigelow Mountain as Myron Avery Peak."