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Annis, John H
No full textPrivate John H. Annis , Company F, 6th Maine Infantry, mustered in Aug 22, 1862. Transferred to the 1st Maine Veteran Volunteers.https://digicom.bpl.lib.me.us/spc_cw_cdv/1000/thumbnail.jp
Berry, Hiram G.
No full textGeneral Hiram Berry was from Rockland, Maine. He was mustered in with the 4th Maine Infantry as their Colonel. He was promoted to General of Volunteers March 17, 1862. Promoted to Major general, killed at Chancellorsville.https://digicom.bpl.lib.me.us/spc_cw_cdv/1002/thumbnail.jp
Ayer, Richard Small
No full textA photo of Richard Small Ayer, age 32 as a first lieutenant of the 4th Maine Infantry. Mustered in June 15, 1861, promoted to Captain Co. A December 1861. Discharged for disability March 22, 1862. He was a U.S. Congressman from Virginia in 1870-71, and in the Maine House of Representatives in 1888.https://digicom.bpl.lib.me.us/spc_cw_cdv/1001/thumbnail.jp
Our Country\u27s Claim: Oration at the Citizens\u27 Celebration of the Eighty-fifth Anniversary of the Declaration of Independence of the United States Delivered in Norombega Hall, Bangor, July 4th, 1861
Get PDFThe present eventful time is restoring their significance to some words and usages. The celebration of this day has been an empty pageant, and Fourth of July oratory but another name for political gasconade. But when this year it seemed likely that there would be no public celebration on account of the obvious propriety of avoiding the customary expense, every one of us felt a hungering of the heart for some patriotic observance of the day.
Samuel Harris, July 4th, 1861https://digicom.bpl.lib.me.us/books_pubs/1156/thumbnail.jp
Report of Commissioners Appointed to Settle with the Sureties of Benjamin D. Peck, Late Treasurer of Maine
Get PDFReport focuses on the mishandling of bonds and tax revenue by the Treasurer of the State of Maine, Benjamin D. Peck.https://digicom.bpl.lib.me.us/books_pubs/1154/thumbnail.jp
Bangor Maine Lithograph Published by Charles Magnus & Co. New York, circa 1860s
No full textA lithograph of Bangor estimated published between 1850 to 1860. Charles Magnus operated a printing enterprise in New York City, most known for color lithographs of city views, song sheets, maps and patriotic illustrations during the Civil War.
Three steamships, the Penobscot, Daniel Webster, and one that looks to read as City Point are in the harbor.https://digicom.bpl.lib.me.us/spc_bangor_images/1184/thumbnail.jp
Report of Henry O. Kent, Commissioned on the Part of New Hampshire to Ascertain, Survey and Mark the Eastern Boundary of Said State, from the Town of Fryeburg to the Canada Line. A.D., 1859
Get PDFClosing paragraphs:
It is believed that the line above described is now sufficiently marked and designated to afford a distinguishable and permanent dividing line, which will subserve all the purposes of the two States equally well as a more expensive system of monuments.
All of which is respectfully submitted, John W. Wilson (on the part of Maine), Henry O. Kent (on the part of New Hampshire), Dated the 21st day of December, A.D., 1858https://digicom.bpl.lib.me.us/books_pubs/1153/thumbnail.jp
Map of the City of Bangor Penobscot County Maine, 1853
No full textThis is taken from a photographic reproduction of a wall size map. This is a Map of the City of Bangor Penobscot County Maine published under the patronage of the city government. Created by Henry F. Walling, civil engineer, 81 Washington Street, Boston, 1853. Published by S.S.Smith, 17 West Market Square, Bangor.https://digicom.bpl.lib.me.us/maps_bangor_city/1004/thumbnail.jp
Rules and By-Laws for the Government and Discipline of the Maine State Prison at Thomaston, with a Catalogue of Officers
Get PDFSections are:
General Rules and Regulations
Powers and Duties of the Warden
Duties of the Depute Warden
Duties of the Clerk and Commissary
Duties of the Chaplain
Duties of the Physician
Duties of Overseers and Turnkeys
Duties of the Watchmen
Officers of the Maine State Prisonhttps://digicom.bpl.lib.me.us/books_pubs/1123/thumbnail.jp
Plan of the City of Bangor, 1846
No full textThis is Samuel S. Smith\u27s Plan of Bangor that he published in 1846. E.W. Bouve of Boston was the lithographer.https://digicom.bpl.lib.me.us/maps_bangor_city/1003/thumbnail.jp