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Title: Arthur Freeman

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society

Date: circa 1895

Media: Photoprint

Title: Letter from John Adams to Samuel Freeman, April. 27, 1777

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society

Date: 1777-04-27

Location: Portland; Boston

Media: Ink on paper

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Title: Freeman House, Southwest Harbor, 1890

Contributed by: Southwest Harbor Public Library

Date: 1890

Location: Southwest Harbor

Media: Photograph

Address: 9 Freeman Street, Portland

Owner in 1924: Anna B Farrar

Use: Dwelling - Two family

Address: 10 Freeman Street, Portland

Owner in 1924: Albert S Marr

Use: Dwelling - Two family

Address: 17 Freeman Street, Portland

Owner in 1924: Dartmouth Real Estate Co.

Use: Dwelling - Two family

Liberty Threatened: Maine in 1775

At Lexington and Concord, on April 19, 1775, British troops attempted to destroy munitions stored by American colonists. The battles were the opening salvos of the American Revolution. Shortly, the conflict would erupt in Maine.

Amazing! Maine Stories

These stories -- that stretch from 1999 back to 1759 -- take you from an amusement park to the halls of Congress. There are inventors, artists, showmen, a railway agent, a man whose civic endeavors helped shape Portland, a man devoted to the pursuit of peace and one known for his military exploits, Maine's first novelist, a woman who recorded everyday life in detail, and an Indian who survived a British attack.