October 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 1842 Webster-Ashburton Treaty settling the boundary dispute with England was ratified by Great Britain. 1870 Samuel Cony of Augusta, Maine Governor from 1864…
October 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 1918 With the number of cases of influenza in the Italian quarter of Portland, the Italian church at 235 Fore Street has opened…
October 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 1918 Red Cross is mobilizing the nursing force of the City of Portland to help in caring for the many who have been…
October 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 1775 Benedict Arnold expedition arrives at Norridgewock Falls 1897 Neal Dow, crusading prohibitionist, Mayor of Portland, member of the Maine House of Representatives,…
October 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 “In recognition of the value and importance of firefighters, the State designates the first Saturday in October as Firefighter’s Recognition Day.” (1 MRSA…
September 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 1816 The Brunswick Statehood Convention convenes, only to dissolve in confusion in two months later. 1918 In Livermore Falls the Androscoggin County Fair is…
September 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 1775 Benedict Arnold expedition reaches Skowhegan and makes camp. 1872 Ephraim K. Smart, a member of the Maine House of Representatives, the Maine Senate,…
September 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 1835 Benjamin Ames, a Democratic-Republican from Bath, acting governor 1821-1822 and President of the Maine Senate in 1824, dies. 1918 In Portland theaters, public…
September 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 1895 First publication of the newspaper the Coast Watch in Cape Elizabeth by Libby & Smith 1912 Birth date of Nathaniel M. Haskell in…
September 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 1775 Benedict Arnold expedition Arrives at Fort Halifax (Winslow) 1789 Henry Dearborn appointed first Maine U.S. Marshal 1898 E Plantation now a township in…
September 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 1815 John Chandler who served in Congress 1820-1823; 1823-1825; 1825-1829 as a Democratic-Republican, Crawford Republican, and a Jacksonian, dies. A member of the 1819…
September 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 “In recognition of the value and importance of every child, the State designates the last Friday in September as Children’s Day.” (1 MRSA Chapter…
September 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 1815 The “September Gale” of 1815 felled trees in Wells after it had wreaked havoc elsewhere in New England. 1898 Shipwreck of the steamer…
September 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 1775 Benedict Arnold Expedition arrives in Gardnerstown (Pittston). 1866 Vessel Nellie Chapin Day from Jonesport arrives in Jaffa, Palestine intending to establish a colony…
September 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 1775 Benedict Arnold expedition to Quebec enters the Kennebec River and reaches Swan Island. 1868 University of Maine opens with twelve students and two…
September 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 “The Governor annually shall issue a proclamation designating the 3rd Friday in September as Prisoner of War – Missing in Action Recognition Day in…
September 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 1775 Benedict Arnold expedition sails from Newburyport, on its way through Maine to Quebec. 1887 Isaac Reed, member of the Maine House of Representatives,…
September 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 1762 Incorporation of the town of Bowdoinham 1805 Birth date of John Stevens Cabot Abbott of Brunswick, a historian and author of many books…
September 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 1892 Samuel Mayall, member of the Maine House of Representatives, the Maine Senate, member of Congress and a Civil War veteran, dies 1964 Emma…
September 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 1889 First publication of the newspaper the Philatelic Era in Portland published by Pickard & Eustis. 1903 Fourteen men lose their lives near Pemaquid…