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Title: Raw cotton, Lewiston, ca. 1900

Contributed by: Lewiston Public Library

Date: circa 1900

Location: Lewiston

Media: phototransparency

Title: Springvale Cotton Mill, early 1890s

Contributed by: Sanford Historical Committee

Date: circa 1880

Location: Springvale

Media: Photograph

Title: Hallowell Cotton Mill, Academy Street, ca. 1885

Contributed by: Hubbard Free Library

Date: circa 1885

Location: Hallowell

Media: Photograph

Address: 12 Cotton Street, Portland

Owner in 1924: Bridget Flaherty

Use: Dwelling - Two family

Address: 26 Cotton Street, Portland

Owner in 1924: Bramhall Realty Co.

Use: Dwelling - Two family

Address: 34 Cotton Street, Portland

Owner in 1924: William Corcoran

Use: Dwelling - Two family

William Ladd, the Apostle of Peace

William Ladd of Minot, a former ship captain and cotton farmer, wanted to abolish slavery, believed in temperance and other causes, but even more passionately, he wanted nations to agree to international peace. He was the founder of the American Peace Society in 1828.

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.

George F. Shepley: Lawyer, Soldier, Administrator

George F. Shepley of Portland had achieved renown as a lawyer and as U.S. Attorney for Maine when, at age 42 he formed the 12th Maine Infantry and went off to war. Shepley became military governor of Louisiana early in 1862 and remained in the military for the duration of the war.