Maine Memory Network

Historic Hallowell - In Sickness and in Health

"… To Modern Medicine In the years following the Revolution many trained physicians came to the Kennebec Valley to establish medical practices."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - General Henry Knox Museum

"… Knox, chief of artillery during the American Revolution and George Washington’s first Secretary of War."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Henry Knox: Wharf, Store and Blacksmith Shop

"… Vose, who had served under Knox in the American Revolution. Vose was in Thomaston as early as 1787, and acted as Knox’s agent while he was building…"

Historic Clothing Collection - 1920-1930 - Page 2 of 3

"The new leg-exposing skirt length was a true revolution. Historically women's legs were always covered, and out of the common gaze."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Henry Knox

"… Henry Knox and his involvement in the American Revolution, from 1775 – 1783. The bulk of the research that has been done on his personal and…"

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

"… during the twenty-five years leading up to the Revolution. The inclusion of "late Colony of New-Plymouth" and their common name "Plymouth Company"…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Who were the Kennebec and Pejepscot Proprietors? - Page 7 of 7

"… the speculators became known after the American Revolution) over vague, overlapping claims. Fearing that an adverse decision in court would…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Beyond Borders: an historical overview - Page 4 of 6

"… northward, believing land was the just entitlement of their victory in the Revolution. Between 1775 and 1790, Maine’s settler population tripled."

Historic Hallowell - Energy

"… Hallowell, 1871Hubbard Free Library Industrial Revolution - Hallowell Energy In the Mid/Late 1800’s In the mid and late 1800’s, the basic energy…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Incorporation

"… residents of the town, who during the American Revolution stood against the English king, George III."

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

"Leamon, James S. Revolution Downeast: The War for American Independence in Maine. Amherst, MA: The University of Massachusetts Press, 1993."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Early Settlement

"In 1775 he enlisted as a soldier of the Revolution and lost a thumb in the Battle of Bunker Hill. John and Sarah married in Marblehead, Massachusetts."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Thomaston is Incorporated - 1777

"Knox, commander of the American artillery in the Revolution, Secretary of War from 1785 to 1794 and close friend of George Washington, left his…"

Davistown Museum

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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - I. Canoes and Clamshells: The Pre-European Settlement Years

"… perhaps due to the fact that it was settled post-Revolution. Penobscot chief Joseph Orono joined with the colonists to fight the British in 1779…"

Windham Historical Society

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Home: The Wadsworth-Longfellow House and Portland - The Wadsworth Era: 1786-1807

"… brought his family to Portland after the American Revolution, and built his home, a store and barn beginning in 1785."

Maine's Road to Statehood - Overview: Road to Statehood

"After the American Revolution achieved independence for the United States, the District still had no autonomous legislature or executive, but instead…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Fixing Borders on the Land: The Northeastern Boundary in Treaties and Local Reality, 1763-1842 - Page 2 of 5

"… was the Treaty of Paris that ended the American Revolution in 1783. It made multiple ambiguous geographic assertions, especially about the…"

Music in Maine - HEAR

"… multiple records, and those of different revolutions per minute (RPM) from 78, 45, 33 and 16 RPMs. Record player, ca."

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

"… what is presumed the first naval battle of the Revolution occurred in Machias when townspeople fired on the British schooner Margaretta, killing…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - People Who Called Scarborough Home - Page 1 of 4

"… King died on 27 March 1775 on the eve of the Revolution. Source Moulton, Augustus. Grandfather Tales of Scarborough."

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Our Shared History - Page 1 of 4

"… in Ancient North Yarmouth after the American Revolution. The descendents of the original proprietors had large families, and the population grew…"

Surry by the Bay - Phebe Fowler: A Woman of Property

"… had migrated north from Kittery, Maine, after the revolution and purchased land in what was to become the Town of Surry in 1803."