Keywords: Family disagreements
Item 99391
Somers Sewall letter to mother, Boston, 1865
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1865-06-20 Location: Boston Media: Ink on paper
Item 23793
Hannah Pierce on brother's advice, 1817
Contributed by: Pierce Family Collection through Maine Historical Society Date: 1817 Location: Fryeburg Media: Ink on paper
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A Town Is Born: South Bristol, 1915
After being part of the town of Bristol for nearly 150 years, residents of South Bristol determined that their interests would be better served by becoming a separate town and they broke away from the large community of Bristol.
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The history of the region now known as Maine did not begin at statehood in 1820. What was Maine before it was a state? How did Maine separate from Massachusetts? How has the Maine we experience today been shaped by thousands of years of history?
