Maine Memory Network

Maine's Road to Statehood - The Final Vote

"Additionally, all nine of Maine's senators elected that spring were separationists. With this incredible momentum, by May 1819 the question of…"

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

"In Boston, he was elected to the office of scavenger, clerk of the market, and hogreeve (hog constable) several times."

Bath's Historic Downtown - Lincoln Block

"… Maine Historical Society building and therefore elected as honorary member of that institution. He contributed to many other architectural…"

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

"Swanton Infantry Election Papers, Bath, 1863Patten Free Library Bath Savings Institution is a full-service bank."

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

"… that he had read Abraham Lincoln had won the election for president. Laura Horton's application for an "Increase in Widow's Pension" X His…"

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

"… William King, Governor of the State, was elected Grand Master of Masons. The Governor, accompanied by the President of the Senate and the Speaker…"

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

"… 9, 1807, the upcoming Massachusetts gubernatorial elections were also declared a day to vote on Maine's separation.[21] With more than half the…"

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

"Between 1792 and 1819 there were six separate elections for separation submitted to the General Court, and more that did not receive enough ballots…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Pejepscot Proprietors Biographies - Page 1 of 2

"Until elected a Boston delegate to the house of the Representatives in 1714, his interests had centered on his mercantile career, the Artillery…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Ledyard Block

"Ledyard's most important contribution was being elected mayor. He won the election with a unanimous vote."

Life on a Tidal River - William S. Cohen, The Man and the School

"He was elected in 1972 and served through 1978 to the United States House of Representatives. He was elected to the U."

Bath's Historic Downtown - Davenport Memorial and City Hall

"… is one of the first aldermen of the City elected to represent ward 7. He filled different roles in Bath's government when Bath was incorporated as…"

Lincoln, Maine - Ira Fish

"On March 4, 1830 he was not re-elected for selectman. He moved to Patten in 1840. Ira Fish drawing by Miranda Johnson X Ira Fish accomplished…"

Lincoln, Maine - Jeremy Nelson

"That’s a lot of children! In 1833, Jeremy was elected as a town trustee. In 1836-1838, Jeremy also became a town treasurer."

Lincoln, Maine - Aaron Huntress

"2.2. (1984): 107. Print. Mills, Gertrude. "Elections in Lincoln 1829 To 1850." 1-46. Print. Nelson, Christine."

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

"… organization had a board of three trustees elected by the voters of the district. Since this time the District has operated under the same…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - For The Love Of Paper - Page 3 of 4

"Chisholm, The Founder of Oxford Paper, was elected a member of the first board of directors of Champion International in 1901.) At the same time, it…"

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

"During the gubernatorial elections in the spring of 1795, Lincoln, Cumberland, and York counties voted upon an additional ballot measure regarding…"

Freedom & Captivity Portal

The Freedom & Captivity digital collection in the Maine Memory Network, and the complete digital archive housed at Colby Special Collections, is a repository of personal testimonies, ephemera, memorabilia, artifacts, and visual materials that capture multiple dimensions of the experiences of incarceration for individuals, families, and communities, as well as for survivors of harm.

Aroostook Historical and Art Museum

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Founding of the Farmington State Normal School

"A.P. Kelsey, the first principal, declined re-election to his position at the beginning of the second academic year, as he accepted a professorship…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - John Frank Stevens

"… of Civil Engineers in 1922 and in 1927 they elected him president, the highest office in the society."

Highlighting Historical Hampden - John Crosby

"… a Senate candidate several times, but was never elected because the Democratic-Republicans were in the majority in the area and Crosby himself was…"

Guilford, Maine - Early Manufacturing - Page 2 of 3

"King Cummings was elected president of the company. Many more improvements were made, seemingly annually to update machinery and enlarge the capacity…"