September 18
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 17
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 16
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…
September 15
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 1853 Henry David Thoreau reaches Greenville and Moosehead Lake on his journey to Chesuncook. 1944 Great Atlantic Hurricane, a category 2, hits Maine. 2000…
September 14
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 1852 Birth date in Buckfield of Seba Smith, considered the father of Downeast humor writing, whose Portland Courier was Maine’s first daily newspaper. 1918 …
September 13
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 1852 Birth date of U.S. Senator (1911-1913) Obadiah Gardner 1853 Henry David Thoreau leaves Boston on his trip to Chesuncook. 1880 Voters approve amendment…
September 12
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 1843 Birth date of Republican Governor (1880-1881) Daniel F. Davis of Corinth, selected by the Legislature in a controversial decision. 1910 Washington State Normal…
September 11
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 moves out from Cambridge, Massachusetts on its way through Maine to Quebec. 1902 Lewiston Typographical Union is organized 1954 Hurricane…
September 10
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 1805 Birth date of Governor William G. Crosby of Belfast elected in 1852 by the legislature though he received fewer popular votes than his…
September 8
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 1828 Birth date in Brewer of Joshua L. Chamberlain, Civil War General, Governor (1867-1871), and President of Bowdoin College. 1869 A violent gale drives…
September 9
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 1849 Birth date of Maine author Sarah Orne Jewett in South Berwick 1875 Harris M. Plaisted, who also served as Maine Governor and Attorney…
September 7
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 1846 Henry David Thoreau first climbs Mount Katahdin, then climbs again the next day reaching the summit. 1853 First publication of the newspaper the…
September 6
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 1831 Nathaniel Parker Willis, a very popular poet and journalist in the mid-nineteenth century, delivers one of his poems at a Brown University commencement…
September 5
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 1774 First Continental Congress convenes in Philadelphia 1813 Capture of the British brig Boxer by the American brig Enterprise off Portland during the War…
September 4
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 1877 First publication of the newspaper the Eastern Star in Biddeford by W. Lester Watson. 1969 B-52 bomber crashes and burns near Butterfield Lake…
September 3
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 1783 Treaty of Paris confirms American independence, sets Maine’s boundaries, though they remain uncertain until the Webster-Ashburton Treaty of 1842. 1849 Birth date in…
September 2
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 1802 Dedication of Massachusetts Hall, the first building erected on the Bowdoin College campus. 1816 Voters support statehood for Maine 12,007 to 10,382, but…
August 31
August 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 1846 Henry David Thoreau leaves Concord, Massachusetts for “Bangor and the backwoods.” 1954 Hurricane Carol produces flooding rainfall; winds of 69 mph in…
August 30
August 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 1787 A meteor, about the size of “a nine pound cannon ball,” is seen at York, Portland, New Gloucester, and elsewhere in New…
August 29
August 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 1817 Birth date of Ephraim W. Farley, member of the Maine House of Representatives, and elected as a Whig to the U.S. Congress.…