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Letter from A. R. Robinson to Lucretia Turner
Fogler Special Collections, Text

Letter from (Mrs.?) A. R. Robinson of Portland, Maine, to Mrs. Lucretia Turner of Deer Isle. The letter discusses the room preferences of Mrs. Robinson and her party for the summer, and also where individuals will get their board, or food, during their summer visit to Deer Isle. This type of boarding was common during the early period of summer tourism on the Maine coast. Some coastal and island residents would vacate their homes for the summer in order to accommodate tourists, while others rented out spare rooms.

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Food
Recreation/Tourism
Tourism
Vacation rentals

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Man Dragging a Deer
Fogler Special Collections, Still Image

Photograph of a man dragging a deer. He is using straps suspened from his shoulders to get the deer, probably one he just shot, back to the encampment of the William Tell Club.

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Hunting
Hunting and fishing clubs
Hunting, Trapping and the Fur Trade
Recreation/Tourism

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Deer in Winter
MPBN: Quest Series, Moving Image, 0:04:48

To survive winters, deer have an ability to adjust their lower critical temperature downward more effectively than just about any other animal. They also decrease their activity level, and they have dense coats of fur that help "waterproof" the fur.

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Deer -- Wintering
Deeryard
Ecology/Energy
Deer -- Feeding and feeds.

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Letter from Benjamin Mathes, Jr. to Samuel S. Lewis, Apr. 12, 1836
Maine Historical Society, Text

Letter from Benjamin Mathes, Jr. to Samuel S. Lewis of Boston, April 12, 1836 about two cargos of lumber.

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Boston and Eastern Mill and Land Company
Letters
Lewis, Samuel S.
Lewis, Samuel S. -- Correspondence
Lumber trade -- Maine
Manuscripts
Mathes, Benjamin
Mathes, Benjamin -- Correspondence
Shipping -- Maine
West River Mill & Lumber Company

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Jacking Deer
Maine Folklife Center, Still Image

Photograph of J. E. Smart and friends of Seboeis, demonstrating the method of jacking deer. J. W. Dearborn with rifle, George Hopkins holding lantern, and Joseph Emery Smart, Jr. paddling, Jacking has long been an illegal hunting method. It was practiced at night, and the deer was immoblized by the light from the lantern held by the man behind the shooter, and became an easy target. We know these men are only demonstrating the technique because the photograph was taken in daylight.

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Canoes and canoeing
Hunting
Hunting, Trapping and the Fur Trade
Outdoor recreation
Poaching
Recreation/Tourism

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Receipt for lumber
Maine Historical Society, Text

Receipt for lumber between Samuel Knight and N. Blanchard and sons, Nov. 30, 1856.

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Knight, Samuel
Lumber industry -- Maine
Manuscripts
N. Blanchard and Sons
Shipbuilding -- Maine
Welch, Allen

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The Frontier Wars
MPBN: Home Series, Moving Image, 00:27:01

Land disputes, tensions about resource allocation and European wars combined to trigger intense strife and armed conflict between Maine's English, French and Native populations. The Frontier Wars were a series of six wars spanning nearly a century that devastated populations in Maine, and had a permanent and chilling effect on the relations between English settlers and Native Americans.

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Natural resources
Land Disputes
Native Americans
History - Colonial Period

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Webb family reminiscences about Samuel Webb, 1696-1785
Maine Historical Society, Text

Historical reminiscences by Seth Webb about Samuel Webb of Redrift, England, a captain of a slave ship who was poisoned by African natives and whose son, Samuel, made his escape back to England and then ran away to America, was captured by pirates, and eventually moved to the Maine frontier during King George's War.

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Slave ships
Slavery -- Africa
Slavery -- England
Webb family
Webb, Margaret
Webb, Samuel
Webb, Samuel, 1696-1785
Webb, Seth -- Personal narratives
Webb, Susanna
Yucatan (Ship)
Yucatan (Slaver)

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A Place Apart
MPBN: Home Series, Moving Image, 00:27:01

Maine is a place apart from the mainstream of American society. Beginning early in Maine’s history, settlers, merchants, visitors, artists, and writers brought images of Maine to the rest of the world that shaped the State's economy, identity, and heritage. The history behind the image of Maine remains a vital part of how we and those from away view Maine today.

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Maine heritage
European settlement
History - Colonial Period

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E.L. Lovejoy letter concerning Gilbertville Mill, September 5, 1906
Maine Historical Society, Text

E. L. Lovejoy, superintendent of the Portland & Rumford Falls Railway, wrote a letter concerning his documentation efforts for the defunct Gilbertville Steam Lumber Mill.

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Gilbertville Steam Lumber Mill (Me.)
Lovejoy, E. L.
Lovejoy, E. L. -- Correspondence
Lumber industry -- Maine
Mills -- Maine -- Gilbertville
Portland and Rumford Falls Railway (Me.) -- Records and correspondence
Railroads -- Maine

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