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Full-Text Articles in History
Hartford, Maine History, Wilbur A. Libby
Hartford, Maine History, Wilbur A. Libby
Maine Collection
Hartford, Maine History
by Wilbur A. Libby (1985)
Photocopy of author's original typed manuscript placed into a binder and presented to the USM Gorham Library in 1985. A collection of the author's recollections and writings on local history and genealogy, along with copies of maps, photographs, census pages and news items.
Contents: 1607 Settlement failed-conquest - England, France & Indians / The Pilgrims and what happened to them / Passengers on "Anne" "Little James" & "Fortune" / Earliest Settlers, 21 in both Towns / Petitions to Mass. for land grant (15) / Samuel Butterfield's first trip to this area / …
History Of The Town Of Lincoln, Penobscot County, Maine, 1822 - 1928, Dana Willis Fellows M.D.
History Of The Town Of Lincoln, Penobscot County, Maine, 1822 - 1928, Dana Willis Fellows M.D.
Maine Collection
History of the Town of Lincoln, Penobscot County, Maine, 1822 - 1928
by Dana Willis Fellows, M.D.
Dingley Press, Lewiston, Me. 1929
Contents: An Appreciation / Preface / My Birthplace (O.T. Fellows) / Maine / Location / Surface / Early Settlers / Roads and Bridges / Penobscot River / Educational / Churches / Professions / Trades and Agriculture / Industrial / Hotels / Military / Fires and Accidents / Municipal / Mail and Post Routes / Literary / Societies / Railroads and Stages / Indians / Genealogical Records / Index
The Oxford Hills And Other Papers, Charles E. Waterman
The Oxford Hills And Other Papers, Charles E. Waterman
Maine Collection
The Oxford Hills and Other Papers
by Charles E. Waterman
Merrill & Webber Co., Auburn, Maine 1929.
Contents: The Oxford Hills / Mansion and Man / Androscoggin Valley Paper-Makers / Gem Stones of the White Mountain Foot Hills / Andrew Cragie
Sprague's Journal Of Maine History (Vol.Xiv, No.1), John Francis Sprague (Ed.)
Sprague's Journal Of Maine History (Vol.Xiv, No.1), John Francis Sprague (Ed.)
Maine Collection
Sprague's Journal of Maine History (Vol.XIV, No.1) January, February, March 1926.
Edited by John Francis Sprague.
Vol. 14, No.1 (1926) Contents: Longfellow's English Ancestors / Fort Mary / A New Version of Thanatopsis / When King George Assessed the Town of Gorham, Maine, in 1770 / Politics in Bangor in 1860 / Referring to the Name of Mount Battie / List of Tax Payers in the Town of Vienna, Maine, for the Year 1834 / James Henry Carleton / An Old Maine Newspaper / My Mother / Historic Thanksgiving at Southwest Harbor / The Lugubrious Tale and Doleful Death of …
Sprague's Journal Of Maine History (Vol.Xiv, No.2), John Francis Sprague (Ed.)
Sprague's Journal Of Maine History (Vol.Xiv, No.2), John Francis Sprague (Ed.)
Maine Collection
Sprague's Journal of Maine History (Vol.XIV, No.2) April, May, June 1926.
Edited by John Francis Sprague.
Vol. 14, No. 2 (1926) Contents: History of the Chadwick Survey / Undeveloped Areas for Maine History Research / Fred Pike / Record of Marriages of Aroostook Pioneers / John C. Cross / Historical Notes about Farmington, Maine / "Like a Bell's Distant Tone" / Relating to Farmington and Sandy River Region / Facts to be Remembered about the State of Maine / Passing of the Old Tanneries / School Department / Editorial Comment / Captain Silas Adams / Sayings of the Subscribers
Sprague's Journal Of Maine History (Vol.Xiv, No.3), John Francis Sprague (Ed.)
Sprague's Journal Of Maine History (Vol.Xiv, No.3), John Francis Sprague (Ed.)
Maine Collection
Sprague's Journal of Maine History (Vol.XIV, No.3) July, August, September 1926.
Cover: "In Memoriam John Francis Sprague, June 16, 1848 -- May 7, 1926".
Vol.14, No. 3 (1926) Contents: Tributes to John Francis Sprague / All Alone / March in a Maine Pasture / Regarding the Jonothan Edwards Family / What Forestry Means to Maine / Repeating Maine History / Side-light on Ancient Local History / Chadwick Survey Paper Corrigenda / First Permanent Settler / Census of Penobscot County / Letters from Journal's Friends / Maine Patriotic Orders / Kind and Appreciative Words / Sayings of Subscribers
The Story Of An Old New England Town: History Of Lee, Maine, Vinal A. Houghton
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
A History Of Pemaquid; With Sketches Of Monhegan, Popham And Castine, Arlita Dodge Parker
A History Of Pemaquid; With Sketches Of Monhegan, Popham And Castine, Arlita Dodge Parker
Maine Collection
A History of Pemaquid; with Sketches of Monhegan, Popham and Castine
by Arlita Dodge Parker
MacDonald & Evans, Boston, Mass., 1925.
Contents: Pemaquid and the First Explorers / A Summer Idyll / The Colony at Popham Beach / Capt. John Smith and Monhegan / The Plymouth Company and the Council for New England / The Debt of Massachusetts to the Pioneers of Maine / Christopher Levett and Capemanwagan / Sir Ferdinando Gorges' Province of Maine and Other Grants and Settlements / Bristol Old and New / Many Masters / Pentagoet and the Indian Missions / Castine / King Philip's War …
History Of Winthrop, Maine, With Genealogical Notes, Everett S. Stackpole
History Of Winthrop, Maine, With Genealogical Notes, Everett S. Stackpole
Maine Collection
History of Winthrop, Maine, With Genealogical Notes
by Everett S. Stackpole
"Published by Vote of the Town", Press of Merrill & Webber Company, Auburn, Maine (circa 1925).
Contents: Name and Incorporation / Scott, the Pioneer / Settlers and Estates / Roads / Cemeteries / Churches / Military History / Division Into Two Towns / Fight for a Fishway / Agriculture / Manufactures / Banks / Schools / Mails and Postmasters / Talleyrand in Winthrop / Winthrop as a Summer Resort / Growth of the Town / Town Officers / Genealogical Notes / Unclassified Marriages / Index of Subjects and Places …
Grandfather Tales Of Scarborough, Augustus F. Moulton
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 …
The Story Of Prouts Neck, Rupert Sargent Holland
The Story Of Prouts Neck, Rupert Sargent Holland
Maine Collection
The Story of Prouts Neck
by Rupert Sargent Holland
The Prouts Neck Association, Prouts Neck, Maine (1924)
Contents: I. The First Settlement / II. The Second Settlement / III. Prouts Neck / Colonial Chronology / Key to Holland Map
Maps: "General Plan of the 18 Hole Golf Course" and "Sketch Map of Prouts Neck, Maine, J.W. Holland, 1910".
Three Men From Maine : Sir William Pepperrell, Sir William Phips, James Sullivan And A Bit Of Old England In New England, John Francis Sprague, Bertram E. Packard
Three Men From Maine : Sir William Pepperrell, Sir William Phips, James Sullivan And A Bit Of Old England In New England, John Francis Sprague, Bertram E. Packard
Maine Collection
Three Men From Maine : Sir William Pepperrell, Sir William Phips, James Sullivan (by John Francis Sprague); and A Bit of Old England in New England (by Bertram E. Packard)
Sprague's Journal of Maine History, Dover-Foxcroft, Maine (1924).
Contents: Sir William Pepperrell (1696-1759) / Sir William Phips (1651-1695) / James Sullivan (1744-1808) / A Bit of Old England in New England (Gardiner family)
Old Prouts Neck, Augustus F. Moulton
Old Prouts Neck, Augustus F. Moulton
Maine Collection
Old Prouts Neck
by Augustus F. Moulton.
Marks Printing House, Portland, Maine (1924).
Contents: I. Black Point and Prouts Neck / II. The Cammock Patent / III. The Occupation of Henry Jocelyn / IV. The General Situation / V. Scottow and the Indian Wars / VI. Troubles in Peace and Troubles in War / VII. The Second Settlement / VIII. This Becomes Prouts Neck / IX. In the Libby Occupation / X. Locations and Historical Plans
Vital Records Of Lebanon, Maine, To The Year 1892 - Volume Iii - Deaths, George Walter Chamberlain M.S.
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 Ii - Marriages, George Walter Chamberlain M.S.
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."
Vital Records Of Lebanon, Maine, To The Year 1892 - Volume I - Births, George Walter Chamberlain M.S.
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."
An Alphabetical Index Of Revolutionary Pensioners Living In Maine, Charles Alcott Flagg
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.
A Check List Of Maine Local Histories, Almer J. Huston
A Check List Of Maine Local Histories, Almer J. Huston
Maine Collection
A Check List of Maine Local Histories. Compiled by Almer J. Houston.
Listing of Town Histories, Regimental Histories, County Histories, County Atlases, State Histories, State Atlases, Historical Societies, Collections of Historical and Genealogical Magazines, Ecclesiastical Histories and Statutes and Session Laws.
A.J. Huston, 92 Exchange Street, Portland, Me., 1915.
The History Of The Town Of Bowdoinham, 1762-1912, Silas Adams
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 …
Thomas Sewall; Some Of His Ancestors And All Of His Descendants: A Genealogy, Henry Sewall Webster
Thomas Sewall; Some Of His Ancestors And All Of His Descendants: A Genealogy, Henry Sewall Webster
Maine Collection
Thomas Sewall; Some of His Ancestors and All of His Descendants: A Genealogy
by Henry Sewall Webster (1845- ).
Gardner, Maine 1904.
Contents: Part I - Ancestors of Thomas Sewall / Part II - Thomas Sewall and His Descendants.
Windham, Maine In The War Of The Revolution, 1775-1783, Nathan Goold
Windham, Maine In The War Of The Revolution, 1775-1783, Nathan Goold
Maine Collection
Windham, Maine in the War of the Revolution, 1775-1783
by Nathan Goold
History Of Col. James Scamman's Thirtieth Regiment Of Foot : Eight Months' Service Men Of 1775 From York County ; With A Full Account Of Their Movements During The Battle Of Bunker Hill And Complete Muster Rolls Of The Companies, Nathan Goold
Maine Collection
History of Col. James Scamman's Thirtieth Regiment of Foot : Eight Months' Service Men of 1775 from York County ; With a Full Account of Their Movements During the Battle of Bunker Hill and Complete Muster Rolls of the Companies
by Nathan Goold
"Reprinted From the Maine Historical Society's Quarterly"
The Thurston Print, Portland, Maine, 1899.
A History Of Swan's Island, Maine, Herman Wesley Small M.D.
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 Silent Watcher, Or, York As Seen From Agamenticus, Sybil Warburton
The Silent Watcher, Or, York As Seen From Agamenticus, Sybil Warburton
Maine Collection
The Silent Watcher, Or, York As Seen From Agamenticus
by Sybil Warburton
"Giving a Glimpse into its Past History as the City of Gorgeana, with a Few Suggestive Pictures of the Town at the Present Time."
Boston, Mass., 1897
Contents: Historical Sketch / The Winds' Voices / The Silent Watcher / The Spirit of the Storm / The Sands of Georgeana / The Runaway Brook / What the River Told to the Watching Cape / School Days / York River / Calling the Cows
The Kennebec Valley, Seth Harding Whitney
The Kennebec Valley, Seth Harding Whitney
Maine Collection
The Kennebec Valley. This work is devoted to the early history of the valley; also relating many incidents and adventures of the early settlers; including a brief sketch of the Kennebec Indian.
by S.H. Whitney. Sprague, Burleigh & Flynt, printers to the state,1887.
Chapter Titles: The Kennebec Indian / The Kennebec River / Sources of land titles in the Kennebec Valley / Sagadahoc County / Kennebec County / Somerset County / Arnold in the Kennebec Valley / Dresden / Casco Bay
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
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.
The New Gloucester Centennial, September 7, 1874, T. H. Haskell
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.
History Of Industry, Maine : From The First Settlement In 1791, William Allen
History Of Industry, Maine : From The First Settlement In 1791, William Allen
Maine Collection
History of Industry, Maine : From the First Settlement in 1791
by William Allen
Smith & Emery, Printers, Skowhegan, Maine, 1869
Contents: Boundaries and Extent / Land Titles / Plymouth Patent Opposition / Commissioners / New Vineyard, Anson and New Sharon / The Vineyard Gore Lines / First Settlers / Organization of a Military Company / State and County Taxes / Incorporation of the Town / Mills, Roads, Etc. / Face of the Country, Soil and Productions / Schools / Religious Meetings / Census and Statistics / State Valuation and State Taxes / Taxes / County Commissioners / Senators / …
Journal Of Several Visits To The Indians On The Kennebec River, Joseph Baxter
Journal Of Several Visits To The Indians On The Kennebec River, Joseph Baxter
Maine Collection
Journal of Several Visits to the Indians On the Kennebec River
by the Rev. Joseph Baxter, of Medfield, Mass., 1717 with notes by the Rev. Elias Nason. "Reprinted from the N.E.Hist. and Genealogical Register for January, 1867."
David Clapp & Son, Printers, 334 Washington St., Boston, 1867.
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
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.