Maine Memory Network

Historic Hallowell - Historic Hallowell Resources and Links

"Hayward capitalized on the growing commercial consciousness of America, and his Gazetteer educated the citizens of the new republic about their…"

Maine and the Civil War - Togus Veterans' Hospital view, 1885

"Each building is drawn on the view and an index tells the names of each. This facility was the first of its kind established to serve disabled…"

Historic Hallowell - Shipbuilders, Sailors and Whaling Men

"Pierce Darting Gun (Harpoon), Hallowell, 1865Hubbard Free Library Ebenezer Pierce, a master shipwright, came from the New Bedford area and built…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - "Main Streets" of North Yarmouth and Cumberland

"It was developed gradually, at first connecting Boston to Kittery and York, then extending to Portland (then called Falmouth)."

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

"William Bingham’s Maine Lands, 1790-1820 (Boston: Publications of the Colonial Society of Massachusetts, volumes 36 and 37, 1954)."

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Beyond Borders: an historical overview - Page 1 of 6

"… gained imperial backing in 1691, when a royal charter allowed the government at Boston to absorb what the English called the Province of Maine."

Rum, Riot, and Reform - Quenching the Thirst

"Bunker found Bangor "the one place east of Boston where you can enter a gilded saloon and get an honest drink of pure liquor." Meanwhile, Portland…"

Rum, Riot, and Reform - Influential & Interesting Documents

"Benjamin Rush (1745/6-1813) of Philadelphia wrote his influential study, An Inquiry into the Effects of Ardent Spirits on the Human Mind and Body in…"

Rum, Riot, and Reform - Bootleggers vs. Police

"1949; 2005.061.14591 Like its large counterparts, Boston and New York, Portland also had its "rum row," an area outside the U.S."

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Beyond Borders: A Wabanaki Perspective - Page 3 of 4

"… of Empire (2019) where the General Court in Boston sided with the Penobscots in the 1730s, against local settlers, because of Dummer’s Treaty."

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Beyond Borders: an historical overview - Page 2 of 6

"In 1714, for instance, eight Boston men established the Pejepscot Company, which claimed a large tract stretching four miles on either side of the…"

Rum, Riot, and Reform - Drinking Implements

"1775 Belonging to John Coburn (1725-1803), Boston Silver Courtesy of the The First Parish in Portland, Maine Unitarian Universalist This mug was…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Pejepscot Proprietors Biographies - Page 2 of 2

"… uncle Jonathan Belcher, who was an influential Boston merchant and Governor of Massachusetts (1730-1741.) Noyes graduated from Harvard College and…"

Lubec, Maine - S.S. Cumberland: Steamer Brought Passengers and Prosperity to Lubec but Met Tragic End

"John, New Brunswick, stopping in Eastport. Service to Lubec was not possible due to the lack of suitable docking space. All Lubec freight and…"

Historic Hallowell - Ice Cutting and Ice Houses on the Bombahook

"Usually the ice was shipped to nearby cities like Boston. A million tons of ice was exported a year! Seasonal workers, such as farmers, depended on…"

Historic Hallowell - Ice Cutting and Ice Houses on the Bombahook

"Usually the ice was shipped to nearby cities like Boston. A million tons of ice was exported a year! Seasonal workers, such as farmers, depended on…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Byron

"Later, hops were grown and exported to the Boston area for beer making. District 7 School, Roxbury, 1915Byron Historical Society Over the years…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Peru

"… In 1805, riders brought official papers from Boston to Paris proclaiming the founding of Oxford County, and Paris Hill as the county seat."

Architecture & Landscape database - Maine Architectural Renderings

"Alexander, a talented young Boston native, who practiced in Portland from 1851 to 1863. The Maine Historical Society owns Alexander’s 1856 rendering…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Building Community and Commerce

"… sailing the coast, buying lobsters to carry to Boston and New York. As the demand for lobsters grew, something else opened up the lobster market --…"

Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"“When Lubec Was Number Eight”, Lubec Herald articles transcribed by Vicki Reynolds Schad, (published during 1930s and 1940s)."

Lubec, Maine - Timeline

"… of Seward’s Neck to petition the legislature in Boston to be set off from Moose Island and to be a town by itself 1811 • Jonathan Weston, Jabez…"

Rum, Riot, and Reform - A Call to Temperance

"Burden Collection A dramatic depiction of the harm of drunkeness on family life, this book also provides marvelous written and visual propaganda…"

Lincoln, Maine - Osgood's Store

"Osgood’s did 90 percent of their buying at the Boston and New York style shows, having not missed one for eighteen years."