Maine Memory Network

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Maine's Pauper Laws and the Cumberland Overseers of the Poor

"An apprentice or servant discharged due to ill treatment, or whose master died, could be bound out again."

Home: The Wadsworth-Longfellow House and Portland - The Longfellow Era: 1807-1901

"He later served in the Civil War. Servants An unknown number of servants worked and lived in the home during the Longfellow era."

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

"Servants. Although their names are unknown, documentary evidence indicates that the Wadsworth family employed servants to cook, do laundry, clean and…"

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

"… and a large group of mourning relatives, servants, townspeople and strangers. The group left the mansion and proceeded up Knox Street to what is…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Catch of the Day: Clamming and Lobstering - Page 3 of 4

"Some indentured servants in Massachusetts had written in their contracts that they should not be served lobster more than three times a week…"

NPS, Longfellow House-Washington's Headquarters Historic Site

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Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 3 of 4

"Their extravagant lifestyle, supported by house servants, chauffeurs and gardeners, was both envied and resented by the town's year-round residents."

Mercy Hospital - Sisters of Mercy

"… as well as to train low income women as domestic servants and find local employment opportunities for them among their neighbors."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - The Brick Inn

"Margaret continued to live in Farmington with one servant; she died in 1920. The abstract of her will, along with dispersal of her estate, commanded…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Businesses and Cottage Industries

"Fewer summer visitors now bring domestic servants from their city homes, preferring to rely on islanders as cooks, interior home workers and…"

Life on a Tidal River - William S. Cohen, The Man and the School

"… college, graduate school and life as a public servant and even now as a private businessman. William S."

Otisfield Historical Society

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