Maine Memory Network

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - The Civil War/Reconstruction Era as Experienced in Biddeford & Saco - Page 14 of 17

"The war years in the city were difficult; high taxes, city debt, and layoffs. The ensuing joblessness and poverty took their toll."

City of Portland Planning & Urban Development

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

"… history of your house through the 1924 Portland Tax Assessor records, which are online. The records give details about the structure, its size…"

Swan's Island Historical Society

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Westport Island History Committee

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Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - Narrative History: Maine Swedish Colony

"… was promised to them in 100-acre parcels with no taxes for five years and a guarantee to become landowners after occupying and improving the farms…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Depression, War, and Fire

"But the growing income tax began to cut into its excesses, and the 1929 stock market crash accelerated its decline."

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Incorporation

"… he refused to pay what he considered an illegal tax imposed by King Charles I appealed to those early residents of the town, who during the…"

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."

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - V. A Cascade of Booms & Busts (1790-1865) - Page 2 of 3

"The war years in the city were difficult; high taxes, city debt, mill layoffs & the ensuing joblessness and poverty took their toll."

Biddeford Historical Society

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Walker Memorial Library

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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Running the Town

"In 1953, Irene Kent was tax collector and was followed by Phyllis Staples. In 1961 Amy Staples became our first female town clerk."

Maine's Road to Statehood - The American Revolution and Early Attempts at Separation - Page 2 of 2

"… assembly, notably alleviating the post-Revolution tax burden for residents; setting up courts in towns in Maine; and providing cheaper property to…"

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

"… its clerk, secretary, treasurer, and collector of taxes. Noyes is responsible for the creation of the majority of proprietor records within the…"

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."

Guilford, Maine - Modern History: 1966 to Present

"… headed south to North Carolina to escape the tax burden. Still, hope was not lost. Instead of listening to the usual economic indicators, the…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Peru

"… governing officers and the collection of taxes on March 23, 1812. They also needed to vote for a governor, and senators for the districts."

Bath's Historic Downtown - The Customs House

"The job of the Customs Collector was to collect taxes on goods imported from other countries. Also, the building contained a room for federal judges…"

Great Cranberry Island Historical Society

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Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield - Page 2 of 5

"Selectmen, Town Clerk, and Tax Collector, Bondsmen, Road Surveyors, Hog Reaves and other positions were elected to see that the town would be on…"

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…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 2 of 4

"The town's tax assessor in 1792 reported 50 houses, 8 mills, 6 stores, 95 oxen, 178 cows, 58 hogs, and 5 horses. Shipbuilding and Seafaring ."