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Historical Items

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Item 76131

Introduction of A.P. Dillingham to Gen. Shepley, Augusta, 1863

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1863 Location: Augusta; Waterville; New Orleans Media: Ink on paper

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Item 10022

James A. Thompson to Gov. King, 1837

Contributed by: Patten Free Library Date: 1837-01-04 Location: Bath; Augusta Media: Ink on paper

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Item 105316

Map of the villages of Saco and Biddeford, York County, 1851

Contributed by: Osher Map Library and Smith Center for Cartographic Education Date: 1951 Location: Saco; Biddeford Media: Lithograph

Tax Records

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Item 86306

Fish House, Commercial Wharf, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Pauline Willis (1/8 interest) Use: Fish House

Item 93810

Fish House, Commercial Wharf, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Jones Real Estate (1/2 interest) Use: Fish House

Architecture & Landscape

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Item 111981

Waterford Library, Waterford, 1937

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1930–1937 Location: Waterford Client: unknown Architect: John Calvin Stevens and John Howard Stevens Architects

Online Exhibits

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John Hancock's Relation to Maine

The president of the Continental Congress and the Declaration's most notable signatory, John Hancock, has ties to Maine through politics, and commercial businesses, substantial property, vacations, and family.

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Big Timber: the Mast Trade

Britain was especially interested in occupying Maine during the Colonial era to take advantage of the timber resources. The tall, straight, old growth white pines were perfect for ships' masts to help supply the growing Royal Navy.

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A Town Is Born: South Bristol, 1915

After being part of the town of Bristol for nearly 150 years, residents of South Bristol determined that their interests would be better served by becoming a separate town and they broke away from the large community of Bristol.

Site Pages

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Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Beyond Borders: A Wabanaki Perspective - Page 3 of 4

"This reminds me of events detailed in Saxine’s Properties of Empire (2019) where the General Court in Boston sided with the Penobscots in the 1730s…"

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Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Pejepscot Proprietors Biographies - Page 1 of 2

"… in living and settling on the company's Maine property. Watts focused his attention on Arrowsic Island and the improvement and fortification of the…"

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Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Fixing Borders on the Land: The Northeastern Boundary in Treaties and Local Reality, 1763-1842 - Page 4 of 5

"John River, and state interests mobilized, especially in the US Senate, to reject the proposal, although it had other more pro-American dimensions."

My Maine Stories

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Story

Welimahskil: Sweet grass
by Suzanne Greenlaw

Weaving Indigenous Knowledge (IK) and western science around Sweetgrass

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Vietnam Memoirs
by David Chessey

MY PERSONAL EXPERIENCES AND MY OBSERVATION OF NATIONWIDE OPINIONS CONCERNING THE “VIET NAM" WAR