Keywords: Fort Richmond
Item 12941
Plan of the Kennebec River, Nov. 1763
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1763 Location: Richmond Media: Ink on paper
Item 25604
Page from Ballou's Pictorial Drawing-Room Companion, Swan Island, 1859
Contributed by: Maine Bureau of Parks and Lands Date: 1859-05-07 Location: Richmond Media: Newsprint
Exhibit
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.
Exhibit
Colonial Cartography: The Plymouth Company Maps
The Plymouth Company (1749-1816) managed one of the very early land grants in Maine along the Kennebec River. The maps from the Plymouth Company's collection of records constitute some of the earliest cartographic works of colonial America.
Site Page
John Martin: Expert Observer - Part 4, pages 57-76
"… Glassblowers exhibition Fort Sumter Capture of Richmond, Petersburg Lee's surrender Bangor victory "parade" Gorham L. Boynton Israel B."
Site Page
Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Emerson Letter
"The siege of Richmond has commenced. We arrived here Sunday noon after a march of six miles, and went right to work felling trees and making rifle…"
Story
My father's world - the old farm in Richmond, Maine
by Donald C. Cunningham
A story about my father and our family.
