Maine Memory Network

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Agriculture

"Government was not only interested in how many people there were, but in the value of farms, types of crops grown and numbers of animals."

Historic Hallowell - Day 8

"… schools, businesses, transportation systems, and the government were disrupted by the ice storm. Written by Steven Guay and Dallis Heflin"

Lincoln, Maine - Aaron Huntress

"Aaron and his family were important to Lincoln's government. Josh Twomey "Create a statement and prove or disprove it with evidence from your…"

Hose 5 Fire Museum

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Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview

"… of Islesboro purchased the lighthouse from the government for $1,200, to be made into a museum dedicated to honoring seafaring men from Islesboro."

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Who were the Kennebec and Pejepscot Proprietors? - Page 6 of 7

"… their own hands, declaring in their own “Leagual Town Meeting” that the (still unincorporated) town would assume the power to revoke grants to…"

Lincoln, Maine - Jonathan Clay Jr.

"Our whole government and everything would be different then it is today. That is why I am happy the war happened the way it did."

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Further Reading

"Further Reading Akagi, Roy Hidemichi. The Town Proprietors of the New England Colonies: A Study of Their Development, Organization, Activities and…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Pejepscot Proprietors Papers, 1627‐1866

"It also includes municipal records for towns settled by the company, most notably Brunswick, Maine, with warrants and reports."

Lincoln, Maine - Civil War

"… means that they were picked in a draft by the government, like a reserve to serve in the military."

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."

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Who were the Kennebec and Pejepscot Proprietors? - Page 4 of 7

"… least one major shareholder and the company clerk, made most of the decisions about managing the new, unincorporated towns on proprietary lands."

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

"… as an agent for the company in their first town, present-day Dresden. At times, company agents clashed with their employers, disobeying directives…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Wabanaki Agency in the Proprietor Records - Page 5 of 5

"… Place Names and Continuance Plan for towns along the Androscoggin River, ca. 1760Maine Historical Society Similarly, some of the maps…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Kennebec Proprietors Biographies

"… Brattle, a Harvard graduate, and served as Boston town treasurer from 1750-1782. Edward Winslow (1714-1784) Edward Winslow was a 4th generation…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Fixing Borders on the Land: The Northeastern Boundary in Treaties and Local Reality, 1763-1842 - Page 3 of 5

"… commission officials like Pagan, established the town of St. Andrews on an important Passamaquoddy site in 1783."

Guilford, Maine - Veterans Tributes - Page 2 of 2

"… was not the end of Mattie Pinette’s distinguished government career. She was hired as Chief of Employee Development in the newly created Atomic…"

Malaga Island: a story best left untold - Explore photos from the "Malaga Island: A Story Best Left Untold" documentary

"… 1900’s, the state of Maine, including costal towns like Phippsburg, looked to tourism and development as way to dig out of the state’s economic…"

Historic Hallowell - Schooners, Steamers, Ships and Tankers

"Both boats were bought by the government, hauled into the Casco Bay, and sank in the harbor as protection of enemy subs."

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…"

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Wiscasset's Arctic Connection

"He chose the town as the departure port on many of his voyages to the Arctic and Subarctic. The departures were festive occasions."

Life on a Tidal River - The Bangor Fire of 1911 - Page 2 of 2

"… Fire of 1911 Resource Page Bangor, Brewer, Old Town, Orono and Veazie Directory. No. 12. 1910-11. Bangor: Cannon & Co. Print."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield - Page 5 of 5

"Dixfield Today (in 2013) the seat of the town’s government and town affairs resides at the Dixfield Town Office on Main Street."

Life on a Tidal River - Narrative

"… in Boston to incorporate their plantation into a town. They asked Rev. Noble to travel to the capital to represent them."