Maine Memory Network

City of Portland Planning & Urban Development

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Westport Island History Committee

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Home: The Wadsworth-Longfellow House and Portland - Researching Your Home

"The records give details about the structure, its size, numbers of rooms, bathrooms, etc., as well as a photograph, and, often, other details."

Biddeford Historical Society

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Bath's Historic Downtown - 94 Front Street

"… businesses occupying the site according to city tax records. After Moses’ death in 1882, the building was owned by his heirs until 1887."

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

"Noyes is responsible for the creation of the majority of proprietor records within the Pejepscot collection."

Windham Historical Society

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Highlighting Historical Hampden - John Crosby

"The 1822 tax bill shows that Crosby owned the most expensive house in town, valued then at $1,000. It is interesting that no stock or tons of vessels…"

Lincoln, Maine - Jeremy Nelson

"In 1849, Jeremy was a collector of taxes and a constable. Jeremy died in Lincoln, Maine at the age of 80."

Great Cranberry Island Historical Society

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Cumberland & North Yarmouth - The Lending Libraries of North Yarmouth and Cumberland

"The proprietors tax, or membership fee, which had been nine shillings when the library was established in 1793, now stood at two dollars."

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

"(Surry tax records, 1878). In the old barn there were nameplates marking the inhabitants of the old stalls: Bessy, MaryAnne, Bossy."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Peru

"They also needed to vote for a governor, and senators for the districts. Merrill Knight was moderator of said meeting and 20 votes were recorded."

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Our Shared History - Page 2 of 4

"… of births, deaths and marriages, and collected taxes for town and parish (church) business. As settlement spread to the far-flung reaches of North…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview

"… persons under guardianship, and Indians not taxed.” Josiah Farrow represented Islesboro at the convention."

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

"… whose houses we have identified were paying road taxes in 1763--a good way to identify when houses were first built! North Yarmouth…"

Lincoln, Maine - That Pioneer Spirit

"… their jobs and impact nearly half of the town’s tax income. Building of tissue mill, Lincoln, ca."

Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"… brought by the sardine industry resulted in more tax revenue for the town. This, coupled with a series of federal grants during the 1970s, led to…"

Eastern Maine Medical Center

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