Maine Memory Network

Maine's Road to Statehood - The Missouri Compromise: A Moral Dilemma

"… the legislative branch and representation in the legislature from small towns.[32] Throughout the waning months of 1819, the delegates continued to…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Brothers of the Civil War

"The Maine Legislature put out the call for troops on April 28, 1861, and on May 3 Luther joined the volunteers of the 1st Maine Volunteer Regiment."

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."

Bath's Historic Downtown - History Overview

"… was Bath’s representative in the Massachusetts legislature and later Maine’s foremost proponent of statehood, eventually chairing the…"

Early Maine Photography - Famous People - Page 2 of 3

"Between 1831 and 1854 he served in the Maine Legislature and the U.S. House of Representatives. Elected to the U.S."

Early Maine Photography - Art

"In contrast to the Treadwell and Chapman portraits, the elegant mid-nineteenth century painting of Julia Clapp Carroll of Portland appearing in an…"

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

"Click here to read the Maine House of Representatives Malaga Island Resolve_April 7, 2010.  GOVERNOR BALDACCI APOLOGIZES Governor John Baldacci…"

Abbe Museum

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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…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Mexico - Page 1 of 3

"The name Mexico was chosen in admiration for the country of Mexico and its struggle to be free of Spanish domination."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Mexico - Page 2 of 3

"Mr. Park was an active temperance worker and an able correspondent of the local papers. An excerpt from his diary reads: I packed my goods, loaded…"

Eastern Maine Medical Center

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Lubec, Maine - Timeline

"… chosen by people of Seward’s Neck to petition the legislature in Boston to be set off from Moose Island and to be a town by itself 1811 • Jonathan…"

Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"“Lubeck” as it was spelled in the Act of Incorporation, included Dudley, Frederic, Mark and Rogers Islands."

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview

"Many voters, the majority of which were summer residents, had convinced legislators that this law was necessary."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Brief History

"… Historical Society In 1840, the Maine State Legislature “granted a charter to the Franklin County Agricultural Society” for the purpose of…"

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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