Keywords: Mount Hope Cemetery
Item 34291
Civil War Memorial, Bangor, ca. 1875
Contributed by: Bangor Public Library Date: circa 1875 Location: Bangor Media: Stereograph
Item 101066
Soldiers' Monument, Bangor, 1864
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society and Maine State Museum Date: 1864 Location: Bangor Media: Ink on paper
Item 109805
Receiving Tomb for Mount Hope Cemetery, Lewiston, 1894
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1894 Location: Lewiston Client: unknown Architect: George M. Coombs
Exhibit
Immigration is one of the most debated topics in Maine. Controversy aside, immigration is also America's oldest tradition, and along with religious tolerance, what our nation was built upon. Since the first people--the Wabanaki--permitted Europeans to settle in the land now known as Maine, we have been a state of immigrants.
Exhibit
Port of Portland's Custom House and Collectors of Customs
The collector of Portland was the key to federal patronage in Maine, though other ports and towns had collectors. Through the 19th century, the revenue was the major source of Federal Government income. As in Colonial times, the person appointed to head the custom House in Casco Bay was almost always a leading community figure, or a well-connected political personage.
Site Page
John Martin: Expert Observer - Capt. L. J. Morse, Co. A, Maine State Guard, Bangor, 1864
"… consecration of the Soldiers' Monument at Mount Hope Cemetery on June 17, 1864. John Martin (1823-1904), a Bangor accountant and shopkeeper, drew…"
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John Martin: Expert Observer - Soldiers' Monument, Bangor, 1864
"… The Bangor Soldiers' Monument at Mount Hope Cemetery was consecrated on June 17, 1864. John Martin (1823-1904), an accountant and shopkeeper in…"
