Maine Memory Network

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Women in Colonial Economies - Page 3 of 4

"… to and mothered nine children, managed the daily provisioning of her household and supervised its labors, and performed vital work as a midwife…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Wabanaki Agency in the Proprietor Records - Page 4 of 5

"… being not inclosed nor from fishing for our own provision so long as no damage shall be to the English Fishery."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Early Years on Mt. Desert Island

"… were numerous craftsmen who built the necessary provisions needed to survive on this isolated island far from Boston and the major cities of the…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Farming

"Swan also made provisions for a mill to be built so that the grain grown by the homesteaders could be ground into flour."

Maine's Road to Statehood - The Final Vote

"[29] This provision was strongly opposed by many separationists, who viewed it as undemocratic. Banks, Maine Becomes a State, 136-137."

Life on a Tidal River - The War Effort

"… and Nick Rationing was a fixed allowance for provisions or food during a shortage. Rationing was especially necessary during World War II because…"

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

"Upon his death, provisions in his will led to the building of Greely Institute, which opened on September 28, 1868 and held its first public…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Maine's Pauper Laws and the Cumberland Overseers of the Poor

"Another provision of the law required the Overseers to provide immediate comfort and relief to all persons, regardless of settlement, who fall into…"

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

"… of Missouri—a pro-slavery state—and agree upon a provision to keep the Union united by prohibiting slavery in the former Louisiana Territory above…"

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

"… sum of $200.00 a year, 2/3 in money and 1/3 in provisions. The building is now used by the Fernwood Grange. The village also had several schools."

Surry by the Bay - Early Settlement

"… houses were rough hewn from pine with no adequate provision for proper sanitation or ventilation. They grew crops of potatoes, rye, beans and…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Mexico - Page 2 of 3

"… boats, large or small, which could carry men and provisions from one shore to the other. When Mexico celebrated its 150th birthday, E."

Bath's Historic Downtown - Intersection of Centre and Washington

"Roy's Provision Market opened around 1958 at 775 Washington Street, as recorded in multiple city directories, and left around 1985."

Skowhegan Community History - A Brief History of the Skowhegan Area

"The weather was frigid by October and provisions were diminished by the time they struggled to haul the boats up over the Skowhegan Falls."

Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Brief History

"… had been the prinicipal means for purchasing provisions was in enemy hands. Food was practically non-existent."

Presque Isle: The Star City - History of Presque Isle

"… 1828 and gained ownership to his land under the provisions set up by the states of Maine and Massachusetts in 1820."

Life on a Tidal River - Narrative

"… Penobscot River and ransacked stores and rifled provisions from local merchants. The British seized ships in the harbor and burned eight."

Blue Hill, Maine - Educating Blue Hill

"… 1852 Stevens died, leaving written in his will a provision that, when his wife died, a new academy - with its own board of trustees - would be…"