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The Underground Railroad In New England, American Revolution Bicentennial Administration, Region I Jan 1976

The Underground Railroad In New England, American Revolution Bicentennial Administration, Region I

Maine Collection

The Underground Railroad in New England.

Published by the American revolution bicentennial Administration, Region I.

Georgia E. Ireland, Regional Director; Mary Yeaton, Project Director (1976?).

"Credit for this publication is extended to Boston 200, The Bicentennial and Historical Commissions of the six New England states, and the Underground Railroad Task Force: Andrew Bell, Charles Carter, Gilbert Center, Cindy Coombs, George Cyr, Terry Harlow, Joyce Keeler, Richard Kuns, Gaunzetta Mitchell, Marcus Mitchell, Matthew Rillovick , Rowena Stewart, Carolyn Van Horn, Mary Wyatt, Dr. Robert York."


Community Action Programs And Poor People Of Maine : A History, Maine. Division Of Economic Opportunity Jan 1975

Community Action Programs And Poor People Of Maine : A History, Maine. Division Of Economic Opportunity

Maine Collection

Community Action Programs and Poor People of Maine : A History.
State of Maine. Division of Economic Opportunity. Augusta, Maine, 1975.

Contents: 1.Introduction / 2.Myths of the Poor in Maine / 3.Concepts / 4.Head Start / 5.Legal Services-The Poor and the Law / 6.Health / 7.Native Americans / 8.Housing / 9.The Elderly-Never Too Late to Fight Poverty / 10.Manpower Training / 11.Donated Commodities / 12.Vista / 13.Poverty Is Here to Stay / 14.Results of the War / 15.The Role of SEOO and New Directions for CAP



Louis Francis Sockalexis : The Life-Story Of A Penobscot Indian, Trina Wellman Jan 1975

Louis Francis Sockalexis : The Life-Story Of A Penobscot Indian, Trina Wellman

Maine Collection

Louis Francis Sockalexis : The Life-Story of a Penobscot Indian

by Trina Wellman, Bangor, Maine, 1975

Published by the Department of Indian Affairs, State House, Augusta, Maine 04333



The Story Of An Old New England Town: History Of Lee, Maine, Vinal A. Houghton Jan 1926

The Story Of An Old New England Town: History Of Lee, Maine, Vinal A. Houghton

Maine Collection

The Story of an Old New England Town: History of Lee, Maine

Compiled and Edited by Vinal A. Houghton, Belgrade, Maine (Formerly of Lee, Maine).

Nelson Print, Wilton, Maine 1926

Contents: Descriptive / Historical / Reminscences / The Religious History / The Schools / Lee Academy / The Industrial History / The Fraternal Organizations / The Military History / The Civil Roster / The Census of 1860 / Odds and Ends of History / First Things / Lee in Poetry / Early Settlers / Miscellaneous Items / Angling on the Passadumkeag / The Mattakeunk Cabin Colony / Conclusions


Grandfather Tales Of Scarborough, Augustus F. Moulton Jan 1925

Grandfather Tales Of Scarborough, Augustus F. Moulton

Maine Collection

Grandfather Tales of Scarborough

by Augustus F. Moulton

Foreword by John Clair Minot

Katahdin Publishing Company, Augusta, Maine, 1925.

"Printed in Maine on Maine-Made Paper, LEWISTON JOURNAL PRESS"

Contents: My Grandfather / The Fabyans and the Millikens / The Stuart Brook / Ezra Carter Homestead / Roads and Highways / The Movement for Better Highways / Dunstan of the Alger Settlement / The Scarboro Marshes and the Dyke / The Rivers and the Old Seaport / The Shipping and the Shipyard / The King Family and Resident People / Old Dunstan Corner / Old Times in the Vicinity / Taverns …


Vital Records Of Lebanon, Maine, To The Year 1892 - Volume Iii - Deaths, George Walter Chamberlain M.S. Jan 1923

Vital Records Of Lebanon, Maine, To The Year 1892 - Volume Iii - Deaths, George Walter Chamberlain M.S.

Maine Collection

Vital Records of Lebanon, Maine, To the Year 1892 - Volume III - Deaths

George Walter Chamberlain, M.S., Editor; William Davis Patterson & Alfred Johnson, Committee on Publication.

Published Under Authority of the Maine Historical Society, 1923.

T.R. Marvin & Son, Printers, 152 Purchase Street, Boston, Mass.

"Lebanon Deaths To the Year 1892."


Vital Records Of Lebanon, Maine, To The Year 1892 - Volume I - Births, George Walter Chamberlain M.S. Jan 1922

Vital Records Of Lebanon, Maine, To The Year 1892 - Volume I - Births, George Walter Chamberlain M.S.

Maine Collection

Records of Lebanon, Maine, To the Year 1892 - Volume I - Births

George Walter Chamberlain, M.S., Editor; William Davis Patterson & Alfred Johnson, Committee on Publication.

Published Under Authority of the Maine Historical Society, 1922.

Wright & Potter Printing Company, 32 Derne Street, Boston, Mass.

"Lebanon Births To the Year 1892."



Vital Records Of Lebanon, Maine, To The Year 1892 - Volume Ii - Marriages, George Walter Chamberlain M.S. Jan 1922

Vital Records Of Lebanon, Maine, To The Year 1892 - Volume Ii - Marriages, George Walter Chamberlain M.S.

Maine Collection

Vital Records of Lebanon, Maine, To the Year 1892 - Volume II - Marriages

George Walter Chamberlain, M.S., Editor; William Davis Patterson & Alfred Johnson, Committee on Publication.

Published Under Authority of the Maine Historical Society, 1922.

T.R. Marvin & Son, Printers, 152 Purchase Street, Boston, Mass.

"Lebanon Marriages To the Year 1892."




An Alphabetical Index Of Revolutionary Pensioners Living In Maine, Charles Alcott Flagg Jan 1920

An Alphabetical Index Of Revolutionary Pensioners Living In Maine, Charles Alcott Flagg

Maine Collection

An Alphabetical Index of Revolutionary Pensioners Living in Maine

by Charles Alcott Flagg (1870-1920)

"Limited Edition of 200 Copies." Reprinted from Sprague's Journal of Maine History, Dover, Maine 1920.


The History Of The Town Of Bowdoinham, 1762-1912, Silas Adams Jan 1912

The History Of The Town Of Bowdoinham, 1762-1912, Silas Adams

Maine Collection

The History of the Town of Bowdoinham, 1762-1912

by Silas Adams

Fairfield Publishing Company, Fairfield, Maine, 1912.

Contents: Ch.I - The Early Settlement - Land Disputes between Rival Co.'s - Fort Richmond / Ch. II - Building of Mills in Town - Organization of Town - First Town Meetings - Attempt to Set Off Cathance Point from Bowdoinham - Town Furnish Preachers / Ch. III - Organization and Names of the Different Churches in Town / Ch. IV - Voting Places Previous to 1800 - Laying out and Building Roads - Legal Documents and Transfers about 1810 - Specimen Account …


A History Of Swan's Island, Maine, Herman Wesley Small M.D. Jan 1898

A History Of Swan's Island, Maine, Herman Wesley Small M.D.

Maine Collection

A History of Swan's Island, Maine

by H.W. Small, M.D. (1865-1937)

Table of Contents:

1. Introduction - Aborigines - Discovery, 2. Purchase - Settlement and Land Titles, 3. A Sketch of the Life of Col. James Swan, 4. Biographical Sketches of early Settlers, 5. Gott's Island, 6. The Fishing Industry, 7. Synopsis of the Municipal Records, 8. Miscellaneous - Index of First Settlers


The Story Of New Sweden As Told At The Quarter Centennial Celebration Of The Founding Of The Swedish Colony In The Woods Of Maine, June 25, 1895, Stanley J. Estes Jan 1896

The Story Of New Sweden As Told At The Quarter Centennial Celebration Of The Founding Of The Swedish Colony In The Woods Of Maine, June 25, 1895, Stanley J. Estes

Maine Collection

The Story of New Sweden as Told at the Quarter Centennial Celebration of the Founding of the Swedish Colony in the Woods of Maine, June 25, 1895

Edited by Stanley J. Estes


Bar Harbor, F. Marion Crawford Jan 1896

Bar Harbor, F. Marion Crawford

Maine Collection

Bar Harbor

by Francis Marion Crawford. Illustrated by C.S. Reinhart.

Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1896.

American Summer Resorts



The New Gloucester Centennial, September 7, 1874, T. H. Haskell Dec 1874

The New Gloucester Centennial, September 7, 1874, T. H. Haskell

Maine Collection

The New Gloucester Centennial, September 7, 1874

by T.H. Haskell

Appendix Lists: " Votes of the Town During the Revolution", "Roll of Capt. Parsons' Company", "Polls and Estates", "Aged People" etc.


Annals Of Calais, Maine, And St. Stephen, New Brunswick; Including The Village Of Milltown, Me., And The Present Town Of Milltown, N.B., Isaac Case Knowlton Dec 1874

Annals Of Calais, Maine, And St. Stephen, New Brunswick; Including The Village Of Milltown, Me., And The Present Town Of Milltown, N.B., Isaac Case Knowlton

Maine Collection

Annals of Calais, Maine, and St. Stephen, New Brunswick; Including the Village of Milltown, Me., and the Present Town of Milltown, N.B.

by Rev. Issac Case Knowlton

Index Includes Chapter Titles: "Aborigines", "The Beginning", "Primeval Age--1790 to 1800", "The Bar", "Physicians", "Benevolent Societies", "Shipping", "Newspapers", "New Churches", "Smuggling", "Cemeteries", etc. 33 Chapters with Appendix.


An Address Delivered In Saco, Oct.12, 1862 On The One Hundreth Anniversary Of The Organization Of The First Church In Saco, Me., Edward Strong Dwight Jan 1862

An Address Delivered In Saco, Oct.12, 1862 On The One Hundreth Anniversary Of The Organization Of The First Church In Saco, Me., Edward Strong Dwight

Maine Collection

An Address Delivered in Saco, Oct.12, 1862 on the One Hundreth Anniversary of the Organization of the First Church in Saco, Me.

by Edward Strong Dwight, 1820-1890

Saco (Maine): William Noyes, Printer, 1862.