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Receipt from Henry Knox to Thomas Dodds, December 12, 1788

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1788-12-12 Location: Thomaston Media: Ink on paper

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Fort Knox, Prospect, ca. 1895

Contributed by: Bangor Historical Society Date: circa 1895 Location: Prospect Media: Glass Negative

For the Union: Civil War Deaths

More than 9,000 Maine soldiers and sailors died during the Civil War while serving with Union forces. This exhibit tells the stories of a few of those men.

The Waldo-Hancock Bridge

The Waldo-Hancock Bridge is in the process of being dismantled after over 70 years of service. The Maine State Archives has a number of records related to the history of this famous bridge that are presented in this exhibition.

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Henry Knox: Lime Works

"… near the old Fort Wharf, located at the base of Knox Street, near where the Knox mansion had stood. Thomaston Historical Society Mr."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Thomaston is Incorporated - 1777

"Knox, commander of the American artillery in the Revolution, Secretary of War from 1785 to 1794 and close friend of George Washington, left his…"