Keywords: Clairvoyant
Item 99373
Handbill for clairvoyant physician, North Turner, 1861
Contributed by: Leeds Historical Society Date: circa 1861 Location: Turner Media: Printers ink on paper
Item 80985
Martha Osgood account of spiritualist, Bar Mills, 1862
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1862 Location: Bar Mills; New Orleans Media: Ink on paper
Exhibit
John Y. Merrill: Leeds Farmer, Entrepreneur, & More
John Y. Merrill of Leeds (1823-1898) made terse entries in diaries he kept for 11 years. His few words still provide a glimpse into the life of a mid 18th century farmer, who also made shoes, quarried stone, moved barns, made healing salves -- and was active in civic affairs.
Exhibit
These stories -- that stretch from 1999 back to 1759 -- take you from an amusement park to the halls of Congress. There are inventors, artists, showmen, a railway agent, a man whose civic endeavors helped shape Portland, a man devoted to the pursuit of peace and one known for his military exploits, Maine's first novelist, a woman who recorded everyday life in detail, and an Indian who survived a British attack.