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Historical Items

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Item 20547

Annette Merryman, Brunswick, ca. 1880

Contributed by: Pejepscot History Center Date: circa 1880 Location: Brunswick Media: Tintype

Item 105127

Marie Antoinette House, Edgecomb, ca. 1925

Contributed by: Westport Island History Committee Date: circa 1925 Location: Edgecomb; Westport Island; Wiscasset; Paris Media: Postcard

Item 105254

Bayside Oaks, Westport Island, ca. 1965

Contributed by: Westport Island History Committee Date: circa 1965 Location: Westport Island Media: Photographic print

Tax Records

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Item 65229

73-75 Newbury Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: David Finkelman Use: Apartments

Online Exhibits

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Liberty Threatened: Maine in 1775

At Lexington and Concord, on April 19, 1775, British troops attempted to destroy munitions stored by American colonists. The battles were the opening salvos of the American Revolution. Shortly, the conflict would erupt in Maine.

Exhibit

Unlocking the Declaration's Secrets

Fewer than 30 copies of the first printing of the Declaration of Independence are known to exist. John Dunlap hurriedly printed copies for distribution to assemblies, conventions, committees and military officers. Authenticating authenticity of the document requires examination of numerous details of the broadside.

Exhibit

Writing Women

Published women authors with ties to Maine are too numerous to count. They have made their marks in all types of literature.

Site Pages

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Westport Island History Committee

View collections, facts, and contact information for this Contributing Partner.

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Guilford, Maine - RESOURCES

"… – 150 YEARS 1966 – Sesquicentennial Book Committee – Charlotte White, Hazel Moulton, Alfred Race, Hattie Colson, John Hill, Mrs."

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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Resources

"… Strong, Maine 1801-2001, The Strong Bicentennial Committee, 2001 Strong, Maine - "Incorporated 1801," complied by Lewis Brackley and Charles…"

My Maine Stories

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Story

63 year Presque Isle High School Class Reunion
by Kathryn E Joy

What happens when there are no more reunions planned.

Story

Senator Susan Deschambault: not afraid to take on challenges
by Biddeford Cultural & Heritage Center Voices of Biddeford project

Honoring her family's small business roots and community service through her own unconventional path

Story

A Maine Family's story of being Prisoners of War in Manila
by Nicki Griffin

As a child, born after the war, I would hear these stories - glad they were finally written down