Maine Memory Network

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Early History - 1719 to 1740

"… River in what was later to become known as the Prison Quarry. The lime industry soon became a staple of the economy, which continues to this day in…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - About Us

"… exhibits on shipbuilding, the Maine State Prison, and the historical architecture of Thomaston."

Historic Hallowell - Ice Storm Comparisons

"… a few days for everything to thaw out of its ice prison witch still made the surface slippery and dangerous for the residents."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Early Wharves and Yards - 1795 to 1825

"… Narrows on the George's River, an area below the prison site. J. Palfrey, a rigger, also worked at Paine’s wharf."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - JP Cilley Ledger From Post

"§ Taken prisoner in Middletown, Virginia on June 24, 1862. § Promoted to Major May 8, 1862. § After being released by the Confederates, he was left…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - The Sagadahoc County Courthouse

"… of his letters he talks about how he was taken prisoner and sent to a prison in Libby for nine months then to various other campsites."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - A Murder In Strong

"He died at the Maine State Prison after only serving six years, proclaiming his innocence to the day he died."

Highlighting Historical Hampden - War of 1812

"… Many townspeople were held captive on a British prison ship and others were held in John Crosby’s warehouse at the corner of Elm Street West and…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Bath Savings Institution and Hyde Block

"Daniel's partner was sentenced to life in prison without chance of parole. Swanton Infantry Election Papers, Bath, 1863Patten Free Library Bath…"

Lincoln, Maine - Frederick A. Edwards

"Edwards never had to endure the southern prisons, but he was in attendance at the execution of a Confederate Captain, who had killed a guard in an…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Grand Army of the Republic

"He died on October 6, 1864, in Andersonville Prison of scorbutus. He is buried at the Andersonville National Cemetery."

Early Maine Photography - War - Page 2 of 2

"… Virginia and died in November in the Confederate prison camp in Salisbury, North Carolina. Sgt. Nelson W. Jones, 3rd Maine Infantry, ca."

New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - Bridges of West New Portland

"One prisoner from the state prison was brought here to do the welding. Sometime in the winter of 1841 the cables came to Bath, Maine."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Soldiers Of The Civil War

"Ames on January 10, 1864. He went to prison in the same year. People say that he died in prison in the state of Georgia on March 3, 1865."

Life on a Tidal River - Four Important Women of Bangor

"While captured she spent most of her time in a prisoner of war camp. Even during that rough time she helped injured prisoners in the camp."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Henry Knox: Lime Works

"… the quarry on what is now the former Maine State Prison site on Main Street in Thomaston, and he operated kilns on the bank of the river, just…"

Lincoln, Maine - Thomas G. Libby

"… in the hospital, he learned first hand how the prisoners of war were treated better than the wounded soldiers, so he broke out of the hospital."

Mercy Hospital - School of Nursing - Page 2 of 3

"Its members cared for the sick and ransomed prisoners of war. Mother McAuley modeled the Sisters of Mercy coat of arms on the original Order insignia."

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

"Pelagie in 1830, an old man who now knew the prison as his home. After three days of freedom, Swan set out to turn himself back in, but died on the…"

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

"The report covers education, prisons, and libraries, among other topics. Of interest to the Malaga discussion is the report from the Committee on…"

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

"… selling and visiting the local jail to try to get prisoners to join their cause and stop drinking. However, at one point Bangor also had what was…"

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