Maine Memory Network

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - The Crew

"Candi's family goes back to some of the first English settlers to come to Swan's Island, the Sadlers."

Music in Maine - Community Music

"In Maine, Sea shanties sung by sailors develop slow and fast structures depending on the task, from a few pulls on a rope to more detailed rigging of…"

Rum, Riot, and Reform - Drinking: Elegance and Debauchery

"Harris, and various constables, citizens and sailors, near Portland's St. Paul's Church. In the 1830s, young college students, artists, and friends…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Early Settlements

"… name but the most consistent is that a visiting sailor who shopped and resided in this area was from New Guinea. Barber Shop, Islesboro, ca."

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview

"… or Sabbathday Harbor as it was known to early sailors as an ideal place to rest on Sundays, became Islesboro’s first summer community."

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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