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Historical Items

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Item 15455

Harold Coffin, Portland, ca. 1900

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Location: Portland Media: Glass Negative

Item 15454

Esther Coffin, Portland, ca. 1900

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Location: Bangor Media: Glass Negative

Item 15452

Jennie M. Coffin, Portland, ca. 1900

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Location: Portland Media: Glass Negative

Tax Records

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Item 85333

Coffin property, Waymouth Street, Great Diamond Island, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Anna P. Coffin Use: Summer Dwelling

Item 82535

Coffin property, Winding Way, Peaks Island, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Alice P. Coffin Style: Cottage Use: Summer Dwelling

Item 82879

Coffin property, E. Side Ryefield Street, Peaks Island, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Jennie p. Coffin Use: Summer Dwelling

Architecture & Landscape

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Item 109164

Butler Manufacturing Buildings in various towns, Bangor, 1949-1951

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1949–1951 Location: Bangor Clients: Charles W. Tenbroeck; Butler Manufacturing Architect: Eaton W. Tarbell

Item 149097

New York Botanical Garden Ornamental Conifer Collections, Bronx, NY, 1946-1999

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1946–1999 Location: Bronx Client: New York Botanical Gardens Architect: Patrick Chasse; Landscape Design Associates

Online Exhibits

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Maine and the Civil War - Headstone, unknown Confederate soldier, Gray, 1979

"… In 1862 a grieving Gray family opened a coffin that was supposed to contain the body of their son."

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Enemies at Sea, Companions in Death

Lt. William Burrows and Commander Samuel Blyth, commanders of the USS Enterprise and the HMS Boxer, led their ships and crews in Battle in Muscongus Bay on Sept. 5, 1813. The American ship was victorious, but both captains were killed. Portland staged a large and regal joint burial.

Exhibit

Back to School

Public education has been a part of Maine since Euro-American settlement began to stabilize in the early eighteenth century. But not until the end of the nineteenth century was public education really compulsory in Maine.

Site Pages

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Surry by the Bay - History of Surry

"… the house of Isaac Lord in East Surry, Nathaniel Coffin was chosen as an agent to petition that Township #6 be incorporated as a town to be called…"

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Surry by the Bay - Resources

"Resources BOOKS Bonsey, Osmond C. Surry, Maine: An informal History, Surry Historical Society, 2003. Jellison, Connee."

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Surry by the Bay - Early Settlement

"Early Settlement Copy of Surry and Ellsworth map, ca. 1880Maine Historical Society Border Dispute Originally, Surry extended to the Union…"