Maine Memory Network

Manuscript map of Windham, 1872

Contributed by: Osher Map Library and Smith Center for Cartographic Education Date: circa 1740 Location: Windham Media: Ink on Paper

Pejepscot Company Records, Volume 7, 1694-1853

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1694–1853 Location: Brunswick Media: Ink on paper

Port of Portland's Custom House and Collectors of Customs

The collector of Portland was the key to federal patronage in Maine, though other ports and towns had collectors. Through the 19th century, the revenue was the major source of Federal Government income. As in Colonial times, the person appointed to head the custom House in Casco Bay was almost always a leading community figure, or a well-connected political personage.

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Early Settlement

"John and Sarah married in Marblehead, Massachusetts. The couple made more than one attempt to migrate to Mount Desert Island from Marblehead to…"

Monument Square 1967
by C. Michael Lewis

The background story and research behind a commissioned painting of Monument Square.