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Maine's Road to Statehood - The Missouri Compromise: A Moral Dilemma

"… however, had little impact on the closed-door politics in Washington in 1820. Despite an initial pushback by leading abolitionists and organizers…"

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John Martin: Expert Observer - Dancing Fraternity, City of Bangor, 1868

"… rules of etiquette which will make our manners polite and easy." One of the bylaws is especially revealing."

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John Martin: Expert Observer - "Representing every particular:" John Martin's Reflections, Illustrations, and Commentary - Page 2 of 2

"… gardening and farming, transportation, education, politics, dance and music, religion, the Civil War era, Irish in Bangor, family life, medicine…"

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Skowhegan Community History - Farming in the Skowhegan Area

"It was both a political and a social institution. There were many family dinners and entertainments provided to the farming families."

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Rum, Riot, and Reform - Women Leaders and Temperance

"GALLERIES: Politics and Enforcement | Women Leaders and Temperance | Quenching the Thirst | Business as Usual"

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Rum, Riot, and Reform - Neal Dow

"Dow's hopes for a political career, however, began to dim. GALLERIES: A Call to Temperance | Temperance Membership | Neal Dow | Drinking: Elegance…"

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

"… March of 1730, the Privy Council determined that political control of the area was rightfully in the hands of the governor of Nova Scotia, not…"

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John Martin: Expert Observer - 1st Maine Heavy Artillery, Bangor, 1865

"… shows how the regiment appeared as it marched through Main Street in Bangor on its return."

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John Martin: Expert Observer - Millerite camp meeting, Orrington, 1844

"… that Jesus would reappear on earth between March 21, 1843 and March 21, 1844, held a camp meeting at Mill Creek in Orrington in 1844."

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John Martin: Expert Observer - Republican Wigwam, Bangor, 1872

"… the Young Mens Grant & Wilson Club and four men marching and singing, is on page 115 of Martin's "Scrap Book no 3," one of five volumes he wrote…"

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

"… designer, Origin of Martins perfect Waltz & March." He had worked most of his life as an accountant and shopkeeper, but also was interested in…"

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John Martin: Expert Observer - Mabelle Martin's casket, Bangor, 1899

"… Clara Martin of Bangor, died of typhoid fever on March 25, 1899. Her brother Frank died shortly after birth in 1862, brother Elmer died in 1870…"

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John Martin: Expert Observer - Plan of North End of Bangor, 1844

"… it was from the Rail Road Bridge to Nath Harlows March 11th 1844." Martin (1823-1904), an accountant, shopkeeper, and keen observer of all around…"

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John Martin: Expert Observer - First Penobscot Bridge, Bangor, ca. 1846

"… 220 in a section he wrote about the Freshet of March 29, 1846, which destroyed the bridge. Martin wrote that a corporation in which Asa Davis was…"

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John Martin: Expert Observer - Boy at Bangor post Civil War parade, 1865

"… the boys had been drilled several days before marching in the parade. Martin's descriptions and illustrations are on page 105 of his "Scrap &…"

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John Martin: Expert Observer - Part 4, pages 57-76

"… Bangor in which a large crowd of Union supporters marched through downtown, "urging" businesses run by Democrats or "secesh" to fly American flags…"

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John Martin: Expert Observer - John and Clara Martin wedding hack, Bangor, 1850

"… (1823-1904) married Clara Cary (1836-1902) on March 27, 1850 in Bangor. Martin drew this illustration of the hack that transported them on their…"

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John Martin: Expert Observer - Market Hall, Bangor, 1846

"… the foundation -- and lasted until the Freshet of March 1846. Martin drew the illustration of the three buildings and the shops they held as part…"

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John Martin: Expert Observer - Soldier transport ships, Bangor, 1865

"About 800 soldiers marched in formation to Abbot Square. Martin's illustration and remarks begin on page 135 of the "Sketch & Scrap Book" he began…"

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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.

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Rum, Riot, and Reform - A Call to Temperance

"… Diary Washingtonian Journal, Portland, March 5, 1845 Collections of Maine Historical Society Newspapers 1-32 X Co-Partnership/Death & Co…"

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Rum, Riot, and Reform - Bootleggers vs. Police

"… Gun Fight with Officers Portland Evening Express, March 18, 1927 Violence gained a new mobility that often matched more urban places, including…"

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

"… of Edward and Sarah Toppan of Newbury, on March 23, 1770. Josiah went into business with his father, and later took control of his father's real…"

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Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Passamaquoddy Hereditary Chief Francis Joseph Neptune

"On March 7, 1834 Chief Francis Joseph Neptune died at the age of 74, some say from a broken heart because his wife Mary passed just a few days before…"