Maine Memory Network

Life on a Tidal River - Three Civil War Letters - Page 2 of 4

"A note accompanying two buttons sent home says “The S.C. is South Carolina. I cut it from the coat of that Col. Bretton of the 6th S.C. Vols."

Life on a Tidal River - Three Civil War Letters - Page 3 of 4

"Three Civil War Letters By the date of his third letter, the Regiment had participated at the Second Battle of Bull Run, Chantilly and…"

Life on a Tidal River - Three Civil War Letters - Page 1 of 4

"Three of the letters he wrote home to his mother survive in the collection of the Bangor Museum and History Center."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Annie Martin Snow casket, Bangor, 1889

"… similar to a deep gilt frame inscribed in black letters / Annie (which is marked 3) this and the Salver of white Lillies were the richest &…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Site Navigation Tips

"We have generally presented the letter he intended. We have made every effort to accurately transcribe the Journal and Scrapbooks."

Historic Clothing Collection - Mid to Late Nineteenth Century

"… of fashion publications, people relied on letters from travelling friends, or returning relatives and neighbors for fashion news."

Early Maine Photography - War - Page 2 of 2

"… that it is light, durable, and easily sent in a letter." John Mahoney of Augusta, ca. 1863Maine Historical Society Maine sent more than…"

Lubec, Maine - Lubec's 1911 Centennial Celebration - Page 2 of 2

"… form of nails, splinters of wood and bits of the lettering are eagerly sought for as relics of our hundred year remembrance.” None of these…"

Early Maine Photography - Famous People - Page 3 of 3

"When the letters first appeared in book form in 1833, Smith’s brand of political writing captured national attention and launched his thirty-five…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Historical Overview - Page 3 of 4

"Her chatty letters full of local news provided a valuable link to home. A group of civilians known as the Ground Observer Corps watched the skies for…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - A Look Inside the Classroom Over Time - Page 3 of 4

"It was green with orange letters and said something like A Child's First Reader. On the first page we were introduced to Dickie Dare, who taught us…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - The Civil War/Reconstruction Era as Experienced in Biddeford & Saco - Page 13 of 17

"Local women teamed up to create care packages and letters to Biddeford and Saco Soldiers. On behalf of the women of Biddeford, the Union and Journal…"

Lubec, Maine - Myron Avery, Lubec, and the Appalachian Trail

"… his middle name as “Halburton,” without the letter i). Myron Avery's high school yearbook photo X After Myron Haliburton Avery graduated from…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - The Sagadahoc County Courthouse

"Another person from Bath who wrote letters to home was William H. Fog. In one of his letters he talks about how he was taken prisoner and sent to a…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - A Man's Life in a Suitcase

"His letters reveal that he helped get in the ice for summer, wood for winter, and hay for the animals. He lived on a farm on Roxbury Road in Mexico."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Resources

"… Josiah Volunteered - A Collection of Diaries, Letters and Photographs of Josiah H. Sturtevant, His Wife, Helen and His Four Children, edited by…"

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

"The student records also included letters from former students who needed to provide employers with a record of their grades."

Bangor Historical Society

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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 3 of 4

"That person would turn the wheel to that letter, open that bin, take out his mail, and close the cover."

Blue Hill, Maine - John Edward Horton, Civil War Soldier

"… of John’s time in California emerges through the letters he sent to his brother Josiah and his father, John."

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - V. A Cascade of Booms & Busts (1790-1865) - Page 1 of 3

"A Cascade of Booms & Busts (1790-1865) Letter to Captain Nathaniel Goodwin of Biddeford, 1818McArthur Public Library After the Revolution was…"

Androscoggin Historical Society

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Mercy Hospital - The Spanish Flu

"Private Harvey Foster received letters from friends and family living near Portland attesting to that fact."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Henry Knox

"… loved the town of Thomaston, as evidenced in a letter he wrote to friends shortly after returning to Montpelier on May 24, 1801: After a pleasant…"