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Historical Items

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Item 20146

Ad for nursery sales agents, Auburn, ca. 1880

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1880 Location: Auburn Media: Ink on paper

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Item 31260

Removal of Brady after shooting, Bangor, 1937

Contributed by: Bangor Historical Society Date: 1937-10-12 Location: Bangor Media: Photographic print

Item 31264

Gang leader Brady's burial, Bangor, 1937

Contributed by: Bangor Historical Society Date: 1937-10-15 Location: Bangor Media: Photographic print

Online Exhibits

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Exhibit

The Establishment of the Troy Town Forest

Seavey Piper, a selectman, farmer, landowner, and leader of the Town of Troy in the 1920s through the early 1950s helped establish a town forest on abandoned farm land in Troy. The exhibit details his work over ten years.

Exhibit

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.

Exhibit

Slavery's Defenders and Foes

Mainers, like residents of other states, had differing views about slavery and abolition in the early to mid decades of the 19th century. Religion and economic factors were among the considerations in determining people's leanings.

Site Pages

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Site Page

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Passamaquoddy Hereditary Chief Francis Joseph Neptune

"In September 29, 1796 James Sullivan, an agent for the United States, wanted to hear stories from the elders of the Tribal community about the…"

Site Page

Surry by the Bay - History of Surry

"… in East Surry, Nathaniel Coffin was chosen as an agent to petition that Township #6 be incorporated as a town to be called Peru."

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Historic Hallowell - A Post-Revolutionary Generation

"… John Merrick and others were hired as land agents by the Proprietors to protect and develop the one and one-half million acres of land claimed by…"

My Maine Stories

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Story

We Are An Ordinary Family
by Catherine

Maine's abolitionists offer an answer to my questions about my family's experiences.

Story

The Wall
by Michael Uhl

What it means to have beaten the odds

Story

An enjoyable conference, Portland 2021
by John C. Decker, Danville, Pennsylvania

Some snippets from a 4-day conference by transportation historians in Portland, September 7-11, 2021