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Pvt. John Sheahan letter to parents, Washington, D.C., 1862

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1862 Location: Dennysville; Washington Media: Ink on paper

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Springhurst, Old Orchard Beach, ca. 1900

Courtesy of an individual partner Date: circa 1900 Location: Old Orchard Beach Media: Photographic print

Mank bungalow at Sebago Lake, ca. 1923

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1922–1923 Location: Raymond Client: Miles B. Mank Architect: John Calvin Stevens and John Howard Stevens Architects

Father John Bapst: Catholicism's Defender and Promoter

Father John Bapst, a Jesuit, knew little of America or Maine when he arrived in Old Town in 1853 from Switzerland. He built churches and defended Roman Catholics against Know-Nothing activists, who tarred and feathered the priest in Ellsworth in 1854.

John P. Sheahan, 1st Maine Cavalry, 31st Maine Infantry

John P. Sheahan of Dennysville served in the 1st Maine Cavalry from August 1862 until March 1864 when he was commissioned as a lieutenant in Co. E of the 31st Maine Infantry. His letters reveal much about the life of a soldier, including political views and thoughts about the war.

Bath's Historic Downtown - History Overview

"… only a small portion (less than one-half square mile), of the City’s total area of more than 9 square miles."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Andrew Smith Store

"… Island Historical Society Captain Andrew C. Smith was born on Swan's Island on December 5, 1856."

John Coyne from Waterville Enlists as a Railroad Man in WWI
by Mary D. Coyne

Description of conditions railroad men endured and family background on John Coyne.

An enjoyable conference, Portland 2021
by John C. Decker, Danville, Pennsylvania

Some snippets from a 4-day conference by transportation historians in Portland, September 7-11, 2021