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Item 9293

Contributed by: North Yarmouth Historical Society Date: circa 1861 Location: Pownal; North Yarmouth; Gray Media: Photoprint

Item 9296

Luther Lawrence letter to brother, 1863

Contributed by: North Yarmouth Historical Society Date: 1863-06-10 Location: Pownal; Gray; Beaufort; Fernandina Media: Ink on paper

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Item 9299

Letter from Nathaniel Lawrence to his son, James, July 16, 1865

Contributed by: North Yarmouth Historical Society Date: 1865-07-16 Location: Pownal Media: Paper

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Tax Records

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Item 59953

47 Lafayette Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: James E. Lawrence Use: Dwelling - Single family

Online Exhibits

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J.A. Poor and the Portland-Montreal Connection

John A. Poor's determination in 1845 to bring rail service to Maine and to make Portland the winter port for Montreal, along with the steel foundry he started to build locomotives and many other products, helped boost the economy of Portland the state.

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Shaarey Tphiloh synagogue, Portland, ca. 1911

Shaarey Tphiloh, Portland's Orthodox Synagogue

Shaarey Tphiloh was founded in 1904 by immigrants from Eastern Europe. While accommodating to American society, the Orthodox synagogue also has retained many of its traditions.

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Wired! How Electricity Came to Maine

As early as 1633, entrepreneurs along the Piscataqua River in southern Maine utilized the force of the river to power a sawmill, recognizing the potential of the area's natural power sources, but it was not until the 1890s that technology made widespread electricity a reality -- and even then, consumers had to be urged to use it.

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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - II. Pinkies, wherries, skiffs and chebaccos: Early Settlement

"Lawrence were fishing grounds for the rest of the season. Aaron Lightfoot gives an account of the hardships of fishing in an excerpt from Dr."

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Methodist Episcopal Church, Strong, ca. 1905

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - A Murder In Strong

"Did Lawrence Doyle ever tell the truth? We may never know.... Lawrence Doyle was found guilty and sentenced to serve life at the Maine State Prison…"