Maine Memory Network

Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"… for the District of Passamaquoddy by George Washington. With the end of the war in 1783 and formation of the federal government efforts were made…"

Lubec, Maine - Timeline

"… Superintendent of Eastern Indians by George Washington 1783 • War of Independence ends with signing of Treaty of Paris 1789 • Louis Delesdernier…"

Architecture & Landscape database - George Coombs

"Home for Joseph Briggs designed by George M. Coombs, 1884 Maine Historical Society George Millard Coombs (1851-1909) was born in Brunswick in 1851."

NPS, Longfellow House-Washington's Headquarters Historic Site

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Early Maine Photography - Famous People - Page 1 of 3

"… in 1814, she rescued the full-length portrait of George Washington from the East Room. In 1817 the Madisons returned to Montpelier, their Virginia…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - The "Edward O'Brien", the "Washington B. Thomas", & "Edna Hoyt"

"Thomas,” a 5-master of 2639 tons, the largest craft of any type ever built on the St. George River. Her career was cut short by a shipwreck off…"

Porter Memorial Library

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Early Maine Photography - Landscape Photography - Page 3 of 3

"Eight years later in August, 1861, the Mount Washington Carriage Road Company opened the road to the top."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Groups, Clubs & Organizations - Page 3 of 3

"… organization and secret society founded at Washington, DC, in 1864. The Knights of Pythias received its charter through an act of the US Congress…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 4 of 4

"George Washington was not yet President, and Maine was still part of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Soldiers Of The Civil War

"… a widower and resident of the Soldiers Home in Washington Precinct, Hall County, Nebraska. After the War many Maine residents had moved West in…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - About Us - Page 3 of 3

"One directors’ report included an entry that George W. Norton was approved to start in September as a teacher at the Free School, with a salary of…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - National Blue Ribbon School

"… school with a barbecue and plaque presentation by George Tucker of the Maine Department of Education."

Bath's Historic Downtown - Davenport Memorial and City Hall

"George P. Davenport was born at 55 Front Street, his father's home, and died on December 29, 1926 at his home on 1135 Washington Street due to a…"

Blue Hill, Maine - A Real Downeast County Fair

"… new farms are beginning to appear in Hancock and Washington Counties. The sheepdog trials are still a major attraction known throughout the U.S."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Henry Knox: Sources

"Lonergan, Thomas J. Henry Knox : George Washington's Confidant, General of Artillery, and America's First Secretary of War Rockport, Me."

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Fixing Borders on the Land: The Northeastern Boundary in Treaties and Local Reality, 1763-1842 - Page 1 of 5

"Treaty of Washington boundary map, 1842Maine Historical Society Many overlapping authorities had strong claims in this borderland, starting, of…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - The Sagadahoc County Courthouse

"… on the Soldier's Monument, Joseph Pepper and George Pepper deserve special mention because George's letters to his mother still exist."

Bath's Historic Downtown - The Patten Free Library

"It was designed by architect George Harding, in a Richarsonian Romanesque style. There is a long history of the library's building which includes two…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Entertainment- Alameda and Opera House

"… of the Bath Opera House for many years was George E. Sargent. When the Opera House was built, he said according to a newspaper from a 1952…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Scarborough Marsh: "Land of Much Grass" - Page 4 of 4

"Washington: Government Printing Office, 1895. Moulton, Augustus. Grandfather Tales of Scarborough. Katahdin Publishing Co., 1925 Robinson, Brian."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Notable Residents

"… of Wadsworth and Main Streets, in which the new George's National Bank and Georges Insurance Offices were installed."

Bath's Historic Downtown - 94 Front Street

"Walter G. Webber (1848-1906), the son of George and Rebecca Webber, opened Webber’s Drugstore at 94 Front Street in 1883."

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

"Maine commissioners to the negotiations in Washington, DC, especially William Pitt Preble, who had been a significant figure in the process since…"