Maine Memory Network

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Harbor Cottage, The Old Ell (“Mame’s House”), and the Big Barn

"… loading his schooners with lumber and trading in ports such as Boston, but also coasted as far South as Jacksonville, Florida, and seasonally went…"

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Wiscasset's Arctic Connection

"He chose the town as the departure port on many of his voyages to the Arctic and Subarctic. The departures were festive occasions."

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Allies & Allegiance: Military comradery at the Centennial, 1920

"… visiting dignitaries, and international ships in port. The extremely popular “Indian Village,” hosted by members by members of the Wabanaki…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - The Customs House

"… was to house the Collector of Customs for the Port of Bath and the United States Post Office. The job of the Customs Collector was to collect taxes…"

Congregation Shaarey Tphiloh

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Bath's Historic Downtown - The Sagadahoc County Courthouse

"He said that he would be going to Port Hudson in the morning. At the very end of his letter he told his wife not to worry about him and to take good…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Maritime Tales: Shipyards and Shipwrecks - Page 1 of 2

"After the British burned and destroyed Portland’s merchant fleet in 1775, trade from that port was diverted to Dunstan Landing."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Arriving in Bar Harbor

"… service to Mount Desert Island had just one port of call: Southwest Harbor. That changed when store and innkeeper Tobias Roberts built a simple…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Transportation Through the Years - Page 3 of 4

"1946Scarborough Historical Society & Museum Port-of-Maine Airport After the blackout restrictions of World War II were lifted, the Port-of-Maine…"

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

"… as well as Clerk of Common Pleas for the Port of Plymouth, Justice of Peace for Plymouth, and Deputy Collector for Port of Boston."

Surry by the Bay - Sawmills of Cunningham Ridge

"… sold locally and loaded on ships for use in other ports. Processing lumber, Surry, ca. 1903Surry Historical Society Parts of the mill were…"

Rum, Riot, and Reform - Taverns, People, and Scenes

"… have been difficult or impossible in the small ports of Maine, where taverns were closely regulated."

Surry by the Bay - Nineteenth Century

"… Newbury Neck came from Boston, New York and other ports in ships which Coggins owned. The men who built the ships were paid only for the days that…"

Life on a Tidal River - Narrative

"… double this amount of lumber from Bangor's port. Henry David Thoreau during his 1846 visit to the city noted how Bangor was a bustling lumber town…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Maritime Tales: Shipyards and Shipwrecks - Page 2 of 2

"… winds, and the captain was anxious to reach port. The captain planned to anchor behind the breakwater at the northeast side of Richmond Island at…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - "Main Streets" of North Yarmouth and Cumberland

"… all international trade to and from American ports; with this, President Thomas Jefferson hoped that Britain and France would see value in the…"