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Keywords: Samuel Washburn

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Item 100582

Samuel Washburn on Chancellorsville, 1862

Contributed by: Washburn Norlands Living History Center Date: 1862 Location: City Point Media: Ink on paper

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Item 100701

Samuel Washburn request for command, New York, 1862

Contributed by: Washburn Norlands Living History Center Date: 1862-01-28 Location: New York Media: Ink on paper

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Item 100702

Samuel Washburn on desire to be a Navy captain, New York, 1862

Contributed by: Washburn Norlands Living History Center Date: 1862-02-11 Location: New York Media: Ink on paper

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Tax Records

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Item 84682

118-122 Washburn Avenue, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Belle E. Davis Use: Dwelling - Three Family

Item 84683

Assessor's Record, 118-122 Washburn Avenue, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Belle E. Davis Use: Garage

Online Exhibits

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The Washburns of Livermore

Members of the Washburn family of Livermore participated in the Civil War in a variety of ways -- from Caroline at the homefront, to Samuel at sea, Elihu, as a Congressman from Illinois, and Israel governor of Maine. The family had considerable influence politically on several fronts.

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Surgeon General Alonzo Garcelon

Alonzo Garcelon of Lewiston was a physician, politician, businessman, and civic leader when he became Maine's surgeon general during the Civil War, responsible for ensuring regiments had surgeons, for setting up a regimental hospital in Portland, and generally concerned with the well-being of Maine soldiers.

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George F. Shepley: Lawyer, Soldier, Administrator

George F. Shepley of Portland had achieved renown as a lawyer and as U.S. Attorney for Maine when, at age 42 he formed the 12th Maine Infantry and went off to war. Shepley became military governor of Louisiana early in 1862 and remained in the military for the duration of the war.

Site Pages

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Historic Clothing Collection - Mid to Late Nineteenth Century

"Ichabod Washburn, also of Massachusetts, developed wire to make sewing machine needles, and spring steel wire for hoop skirts and bustle supports."

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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Shipbuilding Declines - 1857 to 1861

"… Creighton, Amos Walker, Chapman & Flint, and Washburn. Water Street Houses, Thomaston, Maine c 1870Thomaston Historical Society When…"

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Eastern Maine Medical Center

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My Maine Stories

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History of Forest Gardens
by Gary Libby

This is a history of one of Portland's oldest local bars