Maine Memory Network

John Martin: Expert Observer - Dr. George W. Ladd, Bangor, ca. 1866

"… also was a Democrat and Greenback Party member of Congress from 1879-1883. Here he appears as drawn by John Martin, a Bangor accountant and…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - George Melvin Weston, Bangor, ca. 1867

"… that Weston was the Democratic candidate for Congress from the Bangor area in 1866, challenging Republican John A. Peters, who was elected."

Mercy Hospital - Founding of Mercy

"… a portion of her property on the intersection of Congress and State Street (681 Congress) for the venture."

Historic Hallowell - Child Labor

"In 1918 and again in 1922 the Congress passed child labor laws, but the Supreme Court denied both. In 1924 Congress presented an amendment to the…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - IV. Engulfed by nationalism: Revolutionary Biddeford

"… and Biddeford's representative to the Provincial Congress prior to the Revolution. Biddeford was a solidly Whig town, and Tory residents didn‘t…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - Shipbuilding in Biddeford: Lore, Leaders, and Legacy

"During the first Congress in 1789 “An Act to regulate the Collection of Duties Imposed by law on the tonnage of Ships or vessels, and on goods, wares…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - II. Ripples of change: European exploration & settlement at Winter Harbor - Page 2 of 2

"Courtesy of the Library of Congress X The European settlers traded with the native peoples, especially for furs, but relations with area bands…"

City of Portland Planning & Urban Development

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Historic Clothing Collection - 1890-1900 - Page 2 of 3

"Stanley, 511½ Congress Street, Portland, Maine," features a mid-1890s balloon-sleeved blouse of red figured dress silk, the silk type now affordable…"

Lubec, Maine - The Lighthouse at West Quoddy Head

"Ample clout, these two. Congress appropriated $5,000 in 1806, and not only for navigation. A document of the Maine Department of Parks and Lands…"

Historic Hallowell - This won't hurt a bit!

"Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division X The practice of vaccination was met with more than a little skepticism and concern in…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Notable Residents

"… a successful captain and shipbuilder elected to Congress in 1836, later a presidential elector and candidate for governor of Maine."

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - V. A Cascade of Booms & Busts (1790-1865) - Page 2 of 3

"He would be elected to Congress in 1868 and spend the rest of his life in Washington, D.C. When war broke out between the states in 1861, the first…"

Early Maine Photography - Landscape Photography - Page 2 of 3

"… Street and Commodore Edward Preble’s house at Congress and Preble Streets prior to its expansion into a hotel in 1859."

Architecture & Landscape database - Frederick A. Tompson

"… on Milk Street (1895), the Masonic Temple on Congress Street (1912), the Exposition Building on Park Avenue (1914), and the Rich Building (1892)…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - People Who Called Scarborough Home - Page 2 of 4

"… to represent Massachusetts at the Continental Congress. As a delegate to the Federal constitutional convention in Philadelphia, he served on a…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Fires in Rumford

"… had become a secondary business district to the Congress Street business area and had spurred the growth of a collection of multi-storied tenement…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - The Railroad Station

"… 2000 when it moved to its present location on Congress Avenue. After the clinic moved, the station stayed vacant for seven years."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Thomaston Expands - 1805 to 1846

"… Act imposed on all American vessels in 1807 by Congress. The Act was an attempt to stop foreign exports and imports, intended to punish the British…"

First Parish in Portland

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Maine Historical Society

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

"… received its charter through an act of the US Congress. It was founded by Justus H. Rathbone, who had been inspired by a play by the Irish poet…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Historical Overview - Page 2 of 4

"Cyrus, a jurist and orator, served two terms in Congress and William led the movement to separate Maine from Massachusetts, subsequently becoming…"

Surry by the Bay - Early Settlement

"… would go on to represent the Eastern District in Congress from 1831 to 1837. Early Settlers Many of the early settlers came from Cheshire, New…"