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Historical Items

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Item 78950

Salem Towne Map, Mount Desert Island, ca. 1808

Contributed by: Mount Desert Island Historical Society Date: circa 1808 Location: Mount Desert Island Media: Map

Item 105705

Anne F. Wilson's floral print dress, Salem, Massachusetts, ca. 1935

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1935 Location: Waterford; Salem Media: rayon
This record contains 18 images.

Item 4203

Procinda Merrow sampler, 1828

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1828 Location: Salem Media: Silk on linen

Tax Records

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Item 74168

3 Salem Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Peter A. Whitmore Use: Dwelling - Single family

Item 74183

19 Salem Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: William W. Mason Use: Dwelling - Three Family

Item 74184

21 Salem Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: William W. Mason Use: Dwelling - Three Family

Online Exhibits

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Shepard Cary: Lumberman, Legislator, Leader and Legend

Shepard Cary (1805-1866) was one of the leading -- and wealthiest -- residents of early Aroostook County. He was a lumberman, merchant, mill operator, and legislator.

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The Devil and the Wilderness

Anglo-Americans in northern New England sometimes interpreted their own anxieties about the Wilderness, their faith, and their conflicts with Native Americans as signs that the Devil and his handmaidens, witches, were active in their midst.

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Patriotism Shared

Post office clerks began collecting strong red, white, and blue string, rolling it onto a ball and passing it on to the next post office to express their support for the Union effort in the Civil War. Accompanying the ball was this paper scroll on which the clerks wrote messages and sometimes drew images.

Site Pages

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Site Page

Historic Hallowell - Shipping

"… that Hallowell shipped to were: Newburyport, Salem, Thomaston, Boston, Portland, Washington City, New York, and New Bedford."

Site Page

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Building Community and Commerce

"Building Community and Commerce Salem Towne Map, Mount Desert Island, ca. 1808 In 1808, Salem Towne Jr., Esq., was given the task of mapping…"

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Early Settlement

"… Glasgow, Scotland at the age of 14, landing in Salem, Massachusetts. In 1775 he enlisted as a soldier of the Revolution and lost a thumb in the…"

My Maine Stories

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Sister Therese Bouthot:Life of service as a Good Shepherd sister
by Biddeford Cultural & Heritage Center

From humble beginnings to playing a leadership role in the service of others

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John Coyne from Waterville Enlists as a Railroad Man in WWI
by Mary D. Coyne

Description of conditions railroad men endured and family background on John Coyne.