Keywords: Seamen
Item 5264
Seamen's Bethel Church, Portland, ca. 1920
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Date: circa 1920 Location: Portland Media: Glass Negative
Item 103685
John H. Purrington, Topsham, ca. 1850
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1850 Location: Topsham Media: Daguerreotype
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A Town Is Born: South Bristol, 1915
After being part of the town of Bristol for nearly 150 years, residents of South Bristol determined that their interests would be better served by becoming a separate town and they broke away from the large community of Bristol.
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The Sanitary Commission: Meeting Needs of Soldiers, Families
The Sanitary Commission, formed soon after the Civil War began in the spring of 1861, dealt with the health, relief needs, and morale of soldiers and their families. The Maine Agency helped families and soldiers with everything from furloughs to getting new socks.
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Historic Hallowell - Blizzard Poems
"… plow’s success died down difficult transportation troubled vehicles Deaths 56 seamen, 5 others on the Turnpike, and 2 lobstermen By Emma Wilson"
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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Northeast Harbor: Rustic to Rusticators
"… often multi-talented families, and were not only seamen, but farmers and lumbermen as well. In 1789, the Town of Mt."
