Keywords: W. H. Hammond
Item 11314
W.H. Hammond letter to wife, ca. 1862
Contributed by: Cary Library Date: circa 1862 Location: Houlton; Penobscot; Arlington Heights; Washington Media: Ink on paper
Item 67652
Forest Paper Company office force, Yarmouth, ca. 1885
Contributed by: Yarmouth Historical Society Date: circa 1885 Location: Yarmouth Media: Photographic print
Exhibit
Yarmouth's "Third Falls" provided the perfect location for papermaking -- and, soon, for producing soda pulp for making paper. At the end of the 19th century and beginning of the 20th, Yarmouth was an international leader in soda pulp production.
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.
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Guilford, Maine - BUILDINGS - Page 2 of 5
"When they first bought that truck Alfred Hammond was the fire chief and he kept the truck in the old Huntington Garage."
