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Historical Items

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Item 116633

Plymouth Company Grants, Volume 4, 1798-1810

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1798–1810 Location: Augusta; Dresden Media: Ink on Paper

Item 122928

Plymouth Company Records, box 9/3, ca. 1751

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1751 Location: Bar Harbor; Bristol; Wiscasset; Woolwich Media: Ink on Paper

Item 122854

Plymouth Company Records, box 4/8, ca. 1796

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1796 Location: Canaan; Dresden; Hallowell; Mount Vernon; New Milford Media: Ink on Paper

Online Exhibits

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William King

Maine's first governor, William King, was arguably the most influential figure in Maine's achieving statehood in 1820. Although he served just one year as the Governor of Maine, he was instrumental in establishing the new state's constitution and setting up its governmental infrastructure.

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A Convenient Soldier: The Black Guards of Maine

The Black Guards were African American Army soldiers, members of the segregated Second Battalion of the 366th Infantry sent to guard the railways of Maine during World War II, from 1941 to 1945. The purpose of the Black Guards' deployment to Maine was to prevent terrorist attacks along the railways, and to keep Maine citizens safe during the war.

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Amazing! Maine Stories

These stories -- that stretch from 1999 back to 1759 -- take you from an amusement park to the halls of Congress. There are inventors, artists, showmen, a railway agent, a man whose civic endeavors helped shape Portland, a man devoted to the pursuit of peace and one known for his military exploits, Maine's first novelist, a woman who recorded everyday life in detail, and an Indian who survived a British attack.

Site Pages

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Surry by the Bay - Surry Opera Company

"Surry Opera Company Opera Company's Tenth Anniversary festival schedule, Surry, 1994Surry Historical Society Text by Kate Mrozicki Images…"

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Surry by the Bay - Weathervane Dispute

"Whitney, Clerk. Trustees were Floyd Black and Raymond Jacobs. Contentious weathervane at Claude L."

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Surry by the Bay - Early Settlement

"… in 1829, through the influence of Colonel John Black, who had been the leader in the 1809 changes, the Surry territory was re-annexed where it…"

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