Maine Memory Network

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.

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

"He labeled the toll house, Skinner's Store, and the Draw. Martin (1823-1864) began in 1864 writing a Journal about his life and experiences."

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

"The ensuing joblessness and poverty took their toll. The cities faced a huge debt crisis and many citizens refused to pay the tax assessments imposed…"

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

"… the current path of Route 1, and was funded by toll rates, eight cents for a horse and twenty-five cents for a stagecoach."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - People Who Called Scarborough Home - Page 3 of 4

"A toll road across the marsh between Dunstan and Oak Hill, the Cumberland Turnpike was the first turnpike in New England. Dr."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Roads: From Footpaths to Super Highway

"Objecting to the toll, stagecoach operator Josiah Paine avoided the marsh by creating at his own expense a direct route from Dunstan to Stroudwater."

Historic Hallowell - Blizzards in Hallowell

"The death toll was sixty-three: two lobstermen, fifty-six other seamen, and five deaths on the Turnpike."

Westport Island History Committee

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Lincoln, Maine - Telegraphs & Telephones

"… that year the telephone company made Lincoln the toll center for this division. This division included the towns of Olamon, which only had one…"

Surry by the Bay - Nineteenth Century

"It was a terrible toll, one that had to have caused great sadness and grief among those remaining in Surry."

Eastern Maine Medical Center

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