Maine Memory Network

Bath's Historic Downtown - Merchants' Row

"Merchants are usually operators of stores. Merchants' Row is located at 108, 114, and 116 Front Street, the home of many retail stores, built at a…"

Historic Hallowell - Shipping

"Examples of products would be food, ingredients, and medicine. They shipped potash which is found in chimneys, and it was made into gun powder."

Maine's Road to Statehood - The Coasting Law of 1789

"Maine Historical Society The "Act for Registering and Clearing Vessels, Regulating the Coasting Trade, and for Other Purposes" (often shortened to…"

Maine's Road to Statehood - Turn of the Century to the War of 1812

"The population had increased nearly fifty percent during the 1790s, and between 1794 and 1807 the shipping industry tripled."

Maine's Road to Statehood - 1790s: A Growing Movement

"… that total separation was requisite for the economic prosperity and safety of the state. During the gubernatorial elections in the spring of 1795…"

Maine's Road to Statehood - Overview: Road to Statehood

"… Massachusetts because of otherwise inconvenient shipping laws, and a growing inland debate ensued over tension between land proprietors and…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - History Overview

"… in the 17th and 18th centuries, social and economic development, and the resulting international trade in fish, furs and lumber led to the boom…"

Maine's Road to Statehood - The Final Vote

"… seaboard into one district and thus avoided the economic burden and inefficiency of travel under the Coasting Law of 1789."

Bath's Historic Downtown - Student Exhibits

"… and The Opera House Ledyard Block Lincoln Block Merchants' Row Old Town Hall and Grant Building The Patten Free Library The Railroad Station…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - The Customs House

"… an office for the Port Surgeon and a room for the Merchant's Exchange and Board of Trade. When the building opened in 1858, Joseph Berry was…"

Maine's Road to Statehood - The American Revolution and Early Attempts at Separation - Page 2 of 2

"The American Revolution and Early Attempts at Separation The committee sent a similar address to the citizens of Maine urging them to support…"

Maine's Road to Statehood - The American Revolution and Early Attempts at Separation - Page 1 of 2

"The American Revolution and Early Attempts at Separation Overwhelmingly dedicated to independence from Britain, Mainers quieted any murmurs of…"

Maine's Road to Statehood - After the War: The First Victory for Separationists

"After the War: The First Victory for Separationists The "Boxer" and "Enterprise," Monhegan, 1831 This painting depicts an 1813 battle between…"

Maine's Road to Statehood - Maine in the 17th Century

"Maine in the 17th Century Map of New England and New York, ca. 1676 Largely an unexplored territory by European settlers, 17th century Maine…"

Maine's Road to Statehood - The Missouri Compromise: A Moral Dilemma

"The Missouri Compromise: A Moral Dilemma William P. Preble to William King regarding Missouri Compromise, Portland, 1820 Although delighted by…"

Historic Hallowell - Seaport on the Kennebec

"Hallowell’s ship-owning merchants, anxious to protect their investments by manning their vessels with capable officers and crews, established a…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Businesses and Cottage Industries

"At its peak, homes were visited by the local fish merchant, who brought fresh seafood to the door, the baker with fresh bread and pastry, the shoe…"

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

"However, Paine surreptitiously continued trading at great risk and was so successful that in 1820, his import duties alone were $170,000."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - 1850 to 1870

"Thomaston ships made regular runs between England and the south in the cotton export trade and, as a result of close business associations, many…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - The End of Wooden Shipbuilding - 1910 to 1950

"Symbolic of the last days of this boom in shipping was the “Reine Marie Stewart,” perhaps the best remembered locally-built vessel today."

Bath's Historic Downtown - Project Partners

"… on their houses and their ancestors, or trace the economic, political and social history of the towns in Sagadahoc County."

Bath's Historic Downtown - Lincoln Block

"… came, workers would take the ice down south by ship where they could use it to keep things cold, so produce, meats, and dairy goods would stay…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Bath Savings Institution and Hyde Block

"… of the chandlery was to sell equipment for ships, such as rope, windlasses, anchors, and canvas."

Bath's Historic Downtown - Columbian Block

"… Gas and Electric company, and the New England Ship Building Company. Galen C. Moses was born August 30, 1835 and died on Monday, April 19, 1915."