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Biddeford History & Heritage Project - The Civil War/Reconstruction Era as Experienced in Biddeford & Saco - Page 4 of 17

"… a contract for the New York Harlem Bridge and a bridge in Philadelphia to provide 25,000 yards of stone to New York and 600 for Philadelphia."

Maine and the Civil War - Letter from Daniel Lord to his wife, July 21, 1861

"… wife, Lydia Patterson Lord of Kennebunkport, from Philadelphia with news from his trip to Washington, D.C., and the Union troops."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Part 8, pages 135-150

"Blake Cornelius Driscoll Philadelphia Convention George W. Ladd President Johnson Annie Martin performance Solon Wilder Men smoking"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Intro: pages 00-29

"Charles Snell Cone cedar tree Gate designs 1866 Philadelphia National Union convention Bangor Democratic convention George W. Ladd Sen. James R."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Senator James Doolittle, Bangor, 1866

"… The Bangor convention preceded the Democrats' Philadelphia convention, held before the 1866 mid-year elections with the hope of forming a new…"

Life on a Tidal River - Bangor and the Civil War Resources

"With an Appendix, Containing the Testimony. Philadelphia: U.S. Sanitary Commission, 1864. Savage, Douglas J. Prison Camps in the Civil War."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Tillson Testimonial

"Washburn, Geaorge S. Personal War Sketches. Philadelphia: Louis H. Everts, 1890. Secondary Source These sketches described the injuries and deaths of…"

Life on a Tidal River - Bangor Site Resources

"Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1957. Print. Reilly, Wayne E. Remembering Bangor: the Queen City before the great fire. Charleston, SC: History Press, 2009."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Quarrying

"… These stones were known as the "New York" or "Philadelphia" sized paving blocks. They were transported to and used mostly in Boston and New York…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Dr. George W. Ladd, Bangor, ca. 1866

"… from the Republican mid-term convention in Philadelphia. He wrote that the event was known as the "padlock convention," because it was held behind…"

Historic Clothing Collection - 1870-1890 - Page 1 of 4

"Seeing these silk products at the Philadelphia Centennial Exhibition of 1876, Americans were surprised to learn that they were American made rather…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Further Reading

"Philadelphia: Press of the University of Pennsylvania, 1924. Allen, Charles Edwin. History of Dresden, Maine: Formerly a Part of the Old Town of…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Granite and Ice Industries

"… Library, the Brooklyn Bridge and the Philadelphia Mint, the largest contract that Hall Quarry ever had."

Historic Hallowell - Cascade Hand Tub

"in Philadelphia in 1819, may well be the oldest fire engine in the United States and certainly is the oldest in New England."

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Beyond Borders: an historical overview - Page 5 of 6

"… settlers—as well as to a new set of speculators from New York and Philadelphia, who saw land as a financial commodity more than anything else."

Historic Hallowell - Protect and Serve - Hallowell Fire and Police

"… such devices, known as "The Cascade, was built in Philadelphia by Merrick & Co. in 1819, and brought to Hallowell by the Vaughan family."

Bar Harbor Historical Society

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Early Maine Photography - Famous People - Page 1 of 3

"… was raised in rural Virginia and educated in Philadelphia. After the death of her first husband, she married Congressman James Madison in 1794."

Maine's Road to Statehood - The American Revolution and Early Attempts at Separation - Page 2 of 2

"Additionally, as the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia completed its rewriting of the U.S. Constitution, local papers dedicated its…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Beyond Borders: an historical overview - Page 6 of 6

"… Mania in the Revolutionary American Republic (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2023)."

Rum, Riot, and Reform - Influential & Interesting Documents

"Benjamin Rush (1745/6-1813) of Philadelphia wrote his influential study, An Inquiry into the Effects of Ardent Spirits on the Human Mind and Body in…"

Lincoln, Maine - Thomas S. Libby

"He died in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on March 4, 1864 at age 48 while he was in the military serving in the Civil War. He is the father of Thomas G."

Skowhegan Community History - Farming in the Skowhegan Area

"… in markets as far away as Boston, New York and Philadelphia. The real problem was getting the crops to market because the roads were seasonal and…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Resources and Links

"Philadelphia: Everts & Peck, 1880. Condon, Richard H. “Maine in depression and war, 1929-1945.” In Maine: the Pine Tree State from prehistory to…"