Maine Memory Network

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 1 of 4

"… Read received a land grant from Massachusetts Governor Caleb Strong, he reserved specific lots for individuals located in the territory or others…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Historical Overview - Page 2 of 4

"… subsequently becoming Maine's first governor. Southgate Mansion, Scarborough, ca."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Postscript: More Moving Buildings

"… rented to summer guests over the years, including Governor and Mrs. William Vanderbuilt of Rhode Island, writer Willa Cather (who wrote the final…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - …then came the settlers…

"… business,” Abraham Somes met the island’s “Indian Governor” near Southwest Harbor, “bought” land from him for a gallon of rum, and documented the…"

Lubec, Maine - Lubec's 1911 Centennial Celebration - Page 1 of 2

"… “birthday” of Lubec is June 21, the date when the governor of Massachusetts (for Maine was part of that state until 1820) signed into law the…"

Lubec, Maine - The Gardner Lake Tragedy - Page 1 of 2

"… the burials two days later 125 years after the Governor approved the Charter on June 21, 1811. Washington County remembers the tragedy, the…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Notable Residents

"… later a presidential elector and candidate for governor of Maine. Jonathan Cilley, a United States Congressman and brilliant attorney, who lived a…"

Life on a Tidal River - Early Railroads in Bangor - Page 1 of 2

"… on hand: the proprietors of the railroad, the Governor of Maine, the Governor-General of Canada, Lord Lisgar, General Joshua L."

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - IV. Engulfed by nationalism: Revolutionary Biddeford

"… and would serve as a Judge in the Supreme Court, Governor of Massachusetts, and Biddeford's representative to the Provincial Congress prior to the…"

Skowhegan Free Public Library

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Washburn-Norlands Living History Center

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Maine's Road to Statehood - The Final Vote

"… organizing, lobbying and failure, Massachusetts Governor John Brooks signed the bill on June 19, and on the 26 of July Maine citizens voted…"

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

"A Conference between Wabanaki Leaders and Governor Belcher, July 1732Maine Historical Society Today, the State of Maine is much like the local…"

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

"… who was an influential Boston merchant and Governor of Massachusetts (1730-1741.) Noyes graduated from Harvard College and also studied medicine…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - The Shaping of the Borderlands: Arcane Deeds and Failed Colonies - Page 3 of 5

"… of the area was rightfully in the hands of the governor of Nova Scotia, not Massachusetts, and approved the scheme under these terms."

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - The Plymouth Company (Kennebec Proprietors) records, ca. 1625-1824

"The collection, acquired by MHS from former Governor Joseph H. Williams in October of 1862, measures 4.5 linear feet and 16 bound volumes."

Blue Hill, Maine - Blue Hill Spearheads Development on the Downeast Coast

"… coastline was fixed upon in 1759 by Massachusetts Governor Thomas Pownall and he encouraged the General Court to build a fortification at the mouth…"

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - Industry

"… operated by Charles and Carl Milliken (later a Governor of Maine). The company also built a large boarding house, a store, twelve houses on Red Row…"

Historic Hallowell - Ice Storm Summary Notes

"When the Governor of Maine found out that almost all of Maine was without power Maine went into a “state of emergency”."

Lubec, Maine - The Blizzard of '34 - Page 1 of 2

"… Public Works Administration responded, and the governor ordered a State snowplow out to Lubec. “Driving pelting rain” on Tuesday January 23rd…"

Maine Conservation Corps

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Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Kennebec Proprietors Biographies

"… was a 4th generation descendant of Plymouth Governor Edward Winslow and a large shareholder in the Plymouth Company."

Rum, Riot, and Reform - 1820 to 1865: Temperance and the Maine Law

"… left the moderates behind, including wine drinker Governor William King, who founded the first statewide temperance association."

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.