Maine Memory Network

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Thomaston is Incorporated - 1777

"Knox, commander of the American artillery in the Revolution, Secretary of War from 1785 to 1794 and close friend of George Washington, left his…"

Home: The Wadsworth-Longfellow House and Portland - The Wadsworth Era: 1786-1807

"… brought his family to Portland after the American Revolution, and built his home, a store and barn beginning in 1785."

Surry by the Bay - Phebe Fowler: A Woman of Property

"… had migrated north from Kittery, Maine, after the revolution and purchased land in what was to become the Town of Surry in 1803."

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Our Shared History - Page 1 of 4

"… in Ancient North Yarmouth after the American Revolution. The descendents of the original proprietors had large families, and the population grew…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Regional and Town History

"Most came from Massachusetts and coastal Maine. By the 1860’s, much of the big pine in the region had been cut, and many of the American-born loggers…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Brief History

"… Maine flourished immediately after the American Revolution. “In the short period of thirteen future months, there were incorporated nineteen…"

Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"… to flee Nova Scotia, veterans of the American Revolution, and those like Colonel John Allan and Louis Delesdernier who sought refuge after being…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - History of Presque Isle

"… with the Treaty of Paris that ended the American Revolution in 1783; the treaty stated that the eastern boundary of the United States was the St."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Early Settlers

"He suffered financial losses after the Revolution War, deciding then to make a new start in a new country."