Keywords: Personal writing to 1800.
Item 5960
Fort land for William Ross, Brunswick, ca. 1763
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1763 Location: Brunswick Media: Ink on paper
Item 4319
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1795 Location: Freeport; New Gloucester; Brunswick Media: Ink on paper
Exhibit
Lock of George Washington's Hair
Correspondence between Elizabeth Wadsworth, her father Peleg Wadsworth and Martha Washington's secretary about the gift of a lock of George Washington's hair to Eliza.
Exhibit
Settlers' clothing had to be durable and practical to hold up against hard work and winters. From the 1700s to the mid 1800s, the women of Maine learned to sew by making samplers.
Site Page
John Martin: Expert Observer - "A Society Lady of 1889," Bangor
"… to other persons who train themselves & their persons to the best advantage." View additional information about this item on the Maine Memory…"
Site Page
John Martin: Expert Observer - Arvida Hayford, Bangor, ca. 1867
"He wrote of Hayford, "The gentleman below has been noted as the hero of profligacy in Bangor for 25 years. I have given his person & expression…"
Story
Reverend Thomas Smith of First Parish Portland
by Kristina Minister, Ph.D.
Pastor, Physician, Real Estate Speculator, and Agent for Wabanaki Genocide
