Maine Memory Network

John Martin: Expert Observer - Grant-Wilson political rally, Augusta Depot, 1872

"… the Augusta train depot on September 6, 1872 in a political rally. John Martin (1823-1904) of Bangor illustrated the event as part of his "Scrap…"

Maine's Road to Statehood - Overview: Road to Statehood

"Despite having some political voice, a growing faction of the District's populace felt unrepresented and burdened by the distant government in Boston."

Maine's Road to Statehood - 1790s: A Growing Movement

"Depicting an independent and politically distinct Maine, it places Maine's borders along the Magaguadavic River to the east (and a non-existent range…"

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

"Unfortunately for separationists, gathering support was difficult for their movement, which some thought unpatriotic and embarrassing, in light of…"

Maine's Road to Statehood - The Final Vote

"… and many who had previously held out began to support an independent Maine.[28] After the news regarding this revised bill went public…"

Maine's Road to Statehood - After the War: The First Victory for Separationists

"… lines, with the Democratic-Republicans generally supporting separation and Federalists opposing. Additionally, the inland-coastal dichotomy still…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Scrapbook 3: 1867-

"An ardent Republican, Martin was a supporter of Ulysses S. Grant's campaign for the presidency in 1872."

John Martin: Expert Observer - James Dunning, Bangor, ca. 1867

"… devoted a section of the "Scrap Book" to politics around 1866. He described Dunning, a former Democrat who became active in the Republican Party…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Scrap & Sketch Book 2: 1864-1866

"… the "secesh" element in Bangor, Democratic politics, the Irish residents who voted with the Democrats, and the politicians -- locally and…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - "Representing every particular:" John Martin's Reflections, Illustrations, and Commentary - Page 1 of 2

"… childhood, his, work, the places he lived, his political views, his passions -- all intended for his wife, Clara Cary Martin, and their children."

John Martin: Expert Observer - "Representing every particular:" John Martin's Reflections, Illustrations, and Commentary - Page 2 of 2

"… of the Union victory, the actions of Union supporters to make Confederate supporters fly the Stars and Stripes, as well as the return of the…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Beyond Borders: an historical overview - Page 1 of 6

"His scholarship focuses on politics, political economy, empires, and borderlands in early North America."

Malaga Island: a story best left untold - Maine State documents and Proclamations

"… including eugenics, economics, tourism, and the politics of prohibition. That sort of triangulation was born mostly from the lack of a smoking gun…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Project Home

"… Indigenous peoples and Nations; and the economic, political, geographic, and social establishment of Maine as a state."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Marcellus Emery, Bangor, ca. 1864

"Union supporters destroyed Emery's press, but he continued publishing. Martin quotes Emery as writing in his newspaper in 1861, "52 thousand dead…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Beyond Borders: A Wabanaki Perspective - Page 2 of 4

"These displays of Wabanaki diplomacy and political action have strong echoes with Wabanaki diplomats from the eighteenth century documented in the…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Project Partners

"… and their ancestors, or trace the economic, political and social history of the towns in Sagadahoc County."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Part 4, pages 57-76

"… in Bangor in which a large crowd of Union supporters marched through downtown, "urging" businesses run by Democrats or "secesh" to fly American…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Republican Wigwam, Bangor, 1872

"… a Bangor accountant, shopkeeper, and Republican supporter, drew the "Republican Wigwam," a temporary building that was located at the corner of…"

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

"Martin wrote that Ladd supported Andrew Johnson and that Ladd said, "if the radicals refuse to admit our representatives to Congress" Johnson would…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - About This Project

"… Museum and the Maine Historical Society, with the support of the Maine Historic Preservation Commission, the Maine State Library, and a number of…"

Life on a Tidal River - Narrative

"… that hosted plays, concerts, visiting speakers, political and religious meetings, and other cultural gatherings."

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Who were the Kennebec and Pejepscot Proprietors? - Page 7 of 7

"… in 1809 along the Kennebec River sapped popular support for continued resistance, convincing most residents to finally settle with the proprietors."

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Project Background

"… Collections and Reference Resources grant to support its Beyond Borders project, aimed at digitizing and providing enhanced access for three…"