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White horse and goats in the snow in New Portland (December 2009)
| 1799 | Birth date of Stephen C. Foster in Machias, member of the Maine House of Representatives, the Maine Senate and the U.S. Congress |
| 1814 | The Treaty of Ghent ends the War of 1812, which had a major impact on Maine. The news did not reach Maine until February 1815. | ||
| 1847 |
Governor (1839-1843) John Fairfield, who served during the “Aroostook War” and Webster-Ashburton Treaty period, and later a U. S. Senator, dies. |
| 1864 |
John M. Wood, member of the Maine House of Representatives in 1852 and 1853, owner and publisher of the Portland Daily Advertiser 1853-1857, and a member of the U.S. Congress, dies. |