Keywords: Androscoggin County Republicans
Item 77454
Request for G.F. Shepley speech in Lewiston, 1868
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1868 Location: Lewiston; Portland Media: Ink on paper
Item 22005
Charles W. Goddard, Lewiston, ca. 1859
Contributed by: Maine State Archives Date: circa 1859 Location: Lewiston; Augusta Media: Carte de visite
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George F. Shepley: Lawyer, Soldier, Administrator
George F. Shepley of Portland had achieved renown as a lawyer and as U.S. Attorney for Maine when, at age 42 he formed the 12th Maine Infantry and went off to war. Shepley became military governor of Louisiana early in 1862 and remained in the military for the duration of the war.
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Begin Again: reckoning with intolerance in Maine
BEGIN AGAIN explores Maine's historic role, going back 528 years, in crisis that brought about the pandemic, social and economic inequities, and the Black Lives Matter movement in 2020.