Keywords: voyage
Item 9288
Cargo on the fourth voyage of the schooner Susan, 1802
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1802 Location: Portland Media: Ink on paper
Item 27033
Governor Muskie Ferry Maiden Voyage Invitation, 1959
Contributed by: Islesboro Historical Society Date: 1959-09-03 Location: Islesboro Media: Paper
Exhibit
Scientist, author and explorer Donald B. MacMillan established Wiscasset as his homeport for many of the voyages he made to the Arctic region starting in the early 1920s.
Exhibit
War Through the Eyes of a Young Sailor
Eager to deal with the "Sesech" [Secessionists], young deepwater sailor John Monroe Dillingham of Freeport enlisted in the U.S. Navy as soon as he returned from a long voyage in 1862. His letters and those of his family offer first-hand insight into how one individual viewed the war.
Site Page
Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Wiscasset's Arctic Connection
"… the town as the departure port on many of his voyages to the Arctic and Subarctic. The departures were festive occasions."
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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Farewell appearance of Lillian Nordica, London, ca. 1913
"Later that year she was on a voyage when the steamer Tasman struck a reef of the coast of New Guinea."
Story
A Note from a Maine-American
by William Dow Turner
With 7 generations before statehood, and 5 generations since, Maine DNA carries on.
Story
A first encounter with Bath and its wonderful history
by John Decker
Visiting the Maine Maritime Museum as part of a conference
