Maine Memory Network

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - People Who Called Scarborough Home - Page 2 of 4

"He was admitted to the bar in 1780 and became a member of the Massachusetts General Court. In 1784 Rufus was elected to represent Massachusetts at…"

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

"… and then submit their votes to the Massachusetts General Court. Perhaps in reaction to the "Shaysite" movement, fewer than 1,000 of Maine's nearly…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Index

"… Education John Frank Stevens - People Lowell's General Store, Commerce & the Railroad - Agriculture, Places Maps - Main Page Measuring Rock - Brief…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Architecture

"… from Maine Historical Society, Montpelier: the General Henry Knox Museum, and Thomaston Historical Society The Ranlett House, Thomaston, ca."

Lincoln, Maine - Post Office, Lincoln, Built in 1856

"He ran a general store during his lifetime and passed it down to his son Charles F. afterward. The other part of the building was occupied by…"

Thomaston Historical Society

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Lubec Historical Society

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John Martin: Expert Observer - John Martin self portrait, 1889

"… accompanies a written description of himself: "General business man, Expert Accountant, Landscape Gardener, Rustic designer, Origin of Martins…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Revenue gunboat "Mahoning," Bangor, 1864

"… on board & examined her machinery guns & work generally which was all plain and of the very best material and painted & varnished and clean as a…"

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

"With continuing public pressures, the General Court agreed to a hold a vote on the question in May, a month after the 1816 gubernatorial elections."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Shipbuilding During and after the Civil War - 1861 to 1900

"… two ships were produced, one appropriately named “General McLellan,” after the popular major general, who reorganized the Union troops in 1861."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Maine State Prison

"… tract of land in Thomaston, formerly owned by General Henry Knox. This property included Limestone Hill and its nearly 100-year-old lime quarry, a…"

Maine Medical Center Archives

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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Henry Knox: Land Dealings

"… midcoast Maine that had been granted to Brigadier General Samuel Waldo, Lucy Knox’s maternal grandfather, before the American Revolution."

Guilford, Maine - Veterans Tributes - Page 2 of 2

"… of France, Mattie was assigned to Major General John T. Lewis, Eisenhower’s liaison to France, due to her fluency in French."

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - Eureka Hall, Stockholm

"It had a wide variety of businesses and was a big part of town. Some of the things were: It was a general store, barber shop, pool table, a jail cell…"

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

"Although many residents tried to save Montpelier, in the end it was demolished to make way for progress. Montpelier, Thomaston, 1870 The General…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Henry Knox: The Funeral

"The General Henry Knox Museum Major General Henry Knox died on the 25th of October, 1806, after 56 years of life and 11 years in Thomaston."

Islesboro Historical Society

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Maine's Road to Statehood - The Final Vote

"… public, separationist petitioners flooded the General Court. Additionally, all nine of Maine's senators elected that spring were separationists."

Historic Hallowell - Eastern Illustrating Company

"… they were processed, printed and sent back to the general stores for sale at "2 for 5 cents. Hallowell's Museum In The Streets project purchased…"

Historic Hallowell - Dummer House

"… death in this part of the country produced a more general sympathy." His widow, who survived him for a number of years, wa much beloved and…"

Historic Hallowell - Day 3 - Page 1 of 2

"… wife Glady McClusky was moved to the Maine General Medical Center to get treated for carbon monoxide poisoning."

Historic Hallowell - Poor Farm

"There have been no deaths, and the general health of the inmates has been good. Next steps in the stroll through Hallowell ~ Thomas Bond House."