Maine Memory Network

Penobscot Marine Museum

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NPS, Longfellow House-Washington's Headquarters Historic Site

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Kennebunkport Historical Society

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Fryeburg Public Library

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Mercy Hospital - Founding of Mercy

"… for the hospital.” An Annual Donation Week furnished the hospital with supplies such as jellies, preserves, linens, and kitchen utensils."

Early Maine Photography - Occupational

"The furnishings of homes and buildings were crafted by cabinetmakers such as John Stringer of Hallowell (who also made clothes pins) and Benjamin F."

Music in Maine - Longfellow Family Music

"… of musical events that occurred in the parlor, furnished with several different pianos—rare luxury items in the early 19th century—over…"

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

"… included a willingness of the town to fully furnish “without expense to the State, suitable buildings for the instruction of two hundred pupils for…"

Surry by the Bay - Nineteenth Century

"Each workman furnished his own tools, all of which were sold at the store of William Coggins. The Civil War With an 1860 population of 1319 (the…"

Prince Memorial Library

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

"Our Reg has been partly furnished with Rifles and Co’s A & K are to have Winsor Rifles with sabre Bayonetts – they have come and we shall get them…"

Guilford, Maine - BUILDINGS - Page 2 of 5

"… they got a meeting room and a kitchen that was furnished and painted. The town got an International Fire Truck in 1956."

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Our Shared History - Page 2 of 4

"A large structure, the Church furnished space for town meetings, kept records of births, deaths and marriages, and collected taxes for town and…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Rumford - Page 3 of 4

"It is believed that no other town in the county furnished a larger number of native born citizens, in proportion to its population, than Rumford, and…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield - Page 3 of 5

"Jonas T. Severy ran the hotel and furnished the rum and raffled off a white horse at $1/ticket. It was said that a hot time in the old town was had…"

Skowhegan Community History - Abenakis in the Norridgewock/Skowhegan Area

"Father Rasle built a chapel and furnished it with objects needed for celebrating mass. He was an artist and he painted pictures of religious subjects."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Meeting House Park

"… phrase “In Memoriam” Third side: “Number of men furnished by the Town of Farmington: 305 Casualties – killed and died of wounds 13 – died of…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - The Brick Inn

"… to Boston, and spent four thousand dollars in furnishing it, so that now commence the married life in a much higher style, than anyone else in the…"

Malaga Island: a story best left untold - Maine State documents and Proclamations

"… lazy gang, to help them in consuming supplies furnished by the commonwealth.” As for Malaga, the report states: "after viewing conditions (on…"

New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - North New Portland Village

"This business furnished employment for many and gave a ready market for birch timber. Osie's Texaco Service Station calendar for North New…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Brothers of the Civil War

"… our remaining line officers barely sufficing to furnish each company with a commander, some lieutenants commanding by detail other companies than…"

Otisfield Historical Society

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Bangor Public Library

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Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview

"… volunteered, were drafted, paid “commutation” or furnished a substitute for the Union. During the October 17, 1863 town meeting, residents voted to…"