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Title: Thomas Burnham deposition against Rachel Clinton

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society

Date: 1692-04-22

Media: Ink on paper

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Title: Portrait of Sir William Phipps, ca. 1691

Contributed by: Maine State Museum

Media: Oil on Canvas

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.

Historic Hallowell

The history of the smallest city in Maine as created by a team consisting of the Hallowell Area Board of Trade, Hubbard Free Library, The Row House, Vaughan Homestead Foundation, Hallowell Firemen’s Association, and students from Hall-Dale Middle School. Topics covered include: natural disasters, the granite industry and other industries central to the development of the city, firefighters and police, Hallowell’s contribution to modern medicine, the Kennebec River, and more.