(1751-1835) was born in Jamaica, West Indies on April 19, 1751. He was the oldest son of Samuel Vaughan, of London, a West India merchant and planter. His mother was Sarah Hallowell, daughter of Benjamin Hallowell, a Boston merchant. Since his family were Unitarians, not belonging to the Church of England, Vaughan could not attend…
General Samuel Veazie (1787-1868) was born in Portland. After trying several ventures, including being a sailor, then owning a ship, he moved to Topsham. While there he purchased the “Androscoggin boom,” a system of guiding and sorting logs floated down the river. Veazie participated in the War of 1812, reaching the rank of General. After…
The Maine Department of Defense, Veterans and Emergency Management was established to coordinate and improve the discharge of the State Government’s responsibility relating to military, veterans and civil emergency management through the authorization, planning, provision of resources, administration, operation and audit activities in these areas. It contains the Office of Adjutant General, which has existed…
Weymouth Cross on Allen Island in the Georges Islands group in St. George (2006) Weymouth, sometimes spelled “Waymouth,” was an early English explorer of the Maine coast. In 1602 he led an expedition of two vessels for the newly formed East India Company, to find a northwest passage to India. He did enter the Hudson…
Selected works . . . The New Yorker Album (1928) One Man’s Meat (1942) Stuart Little (1945) Here is New York (1949) Charlotte’s Web (1952) The Trumpet of the Swan (1970) Letters of E.B. White (1976) Essays of E.B. White (1977) Poems and Sketches of E.B. White (1981) Writings from the New Yorker : 1927-1976…
Selected Works . . . A Sketch of the Christian Experience and Views of Ellen G. White (1851) The Great Controversy between Christ and Satan during the Christian Dispensation (1858) The Spirit of Prophecy, Vol. 1 (1870) Life Sketches. Ancestry, Early Life, Christian Experience, and Extensive Labors of Elder James White, and his wife Mrs.…
And other stories . . . 1887 Kindergarten chimes: a collection of songs and games composed and arranged for kindergartens and primary schools 1889 The Story Of Patsy 1890 The Story Hour 1890 Timothy’s Quest 1895 Froebel’s Gifts 1895 The Village Watch-Tower 1896 Froebel’s Occupation 1896 Marm Lisa 1896 Kindergarten Principles and Practice 1892 Children’s…
(1903-2000) former editor of The Washington Post, served briefly as ambassador to the United Nations, then retired to Ellsworth, where he continued to work at the Ellsworth American, a weekly newspaper he owned from 1966 to 1991 until his declining health forced him to stop in 2000. Coming off a Minnesota farm, he never got…
(1779-1846) a U.S. Representative, was born in Canterbury, Connecticut on July 31, 1779, then moved in boyhood with his father to Amherst, Massachusetts. He attended the common schools and Williams College, Williamstown, Massachusetts, and was graduated from Brown University in 1804. Williamson studied law, was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Bangor in…
Selected works American Scenery, Or, Land, Lake And River Illustrations Of Transatlantic Nature, Vols. I and II (1840) Canadian Scenery Illustrated (1842) The Convalescent (1859) Dashes At Life With A Free Pencil (1845) Famous Persons And Places (1854) Fugitive Poetry (1829) Fun-Jottings, Or, Laughs I Have Taken A Pen To (1853) Health Trip To The…
Assertive and Independent: Maine Women in the World by Polly Welts Kaufman From a presentation at the June 6, 2008 Norlands Conference. Maine women in every imaginable field have left the state taking their independent spirits, imagination, talents, and education to make their marks on the world. Others remained, breaking new ground in many areas.…
These women were residents of Maine when they achieved historic firsts in cultural, government, and political affairs. Women’s influence in the Maine State Legislature has grown substantially since 1820. Maine became the first state to have a women as a majority of its congressional delegation in 2009.