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Request for G.F. Shepley speech in Lewiston, 1868

Request for G.F. Shepley speech in Lewiston, 1868

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1868 Location: Lewiston; Portland Media: Ink on paper

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Charles W. Goddard, Lewiston, ca. 1859

Charles W. Goddard, Lewiston, ca. 1859

Contributed by: Maine State Archives Date: circa 1859 Location: Lewiston; Augusta Media: Carte de visite

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Brig. Gen. George F. Shepley, ca. 1863

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.

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Begin Again: reckoning with intolerance in Maine

BEGIN AGAIN explores Maine's historic role, going back 528 years, in crisis that brought about the pandemic, social and economic inequities, and the Black Lives Matter movement in 2020.

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Cottage for women, Maine State Sanatorium, Hebron, ca. 1909

Among the Lungers: Treating TB

Tuberculosis -- or consumption as it often was called -- claimed so many lives and so threatened the health of communities that private organizations and, by 1915, the state, got involved in TB treatment. The state's first tuberculosis sanatorium was built on Greenwood Mountain in Hebron and introduced a new philosophy of treatment.