Maine Memory Network

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Henry Knox: Shipping

"… and kept running in his employ in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. In his papers, there is evidence of three major ships that he…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - History Overview

"Downtown from 1759 to 1815 The center of shipbuilding activity and settlement in the latter half of the 18th century was in what is now known as the…"

Camden-Rockport Historical Society

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Early Maine Photography - War - Page 1 of 2

"Both Heyer and Sawyer were born in the mid-eighteenth century, fought in the Revolution as young men, and lived for more than a century – long enough…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Regional and Town History

"The first white settlers arrived in the late eighteenth century, drawn by the abundance of fish and game, timber, waterpower, and farm land."

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Skyline Farm - Making and Preserving History

"… 1781 – 1876 In the latter part of the eighteenth century, families began moving inland to the back lots of Ancient North Yarmouth where lumber and…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Educating Blue Hill

"Sometime in the mid eighteenth century, better stoves were installed; these were bigger and more efficient and heated much better."