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Text		Letter from Capt. John Davison to his wife, Eliza Ann Davison, March 13, 1845 Maine Historical Society, Text Letter from Captain John Davison to his wife, Eliza Ann (Gannett) Davison concerning the schooner Yucatan, describing places visited, the southern slave system and the loss of a man at sea, March 13, 1845. (Relevance: 201) Find Similar Resources	Davison, Eliza Ann -- Correspondence Davison, John Davison, John -- Correspondence Letters Manuscripts Merchant ships Seafaring Ships Slavery -- United States Yucatan (Schooner)

Text		Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife Science, Text Information about Maine wildlife, fishing, and hunting with links to educational materials. (Relevance: 199) Find Similar Resources

Still Image		Cutting Ice from Lake Maine Folklife Center, Still Image Photograph of two men cutting ice from a lake. Before the technological advances that allowed ice to be produced artifically, the business of cutting ice from Maine's frozen rivers, lakes, and ponds was an important industry in the state. The ice would be stored in specially constructed warehouses, packed with sawdust, and would remain frozen through spring and summer. It was sold to business and individuals for use in iceboxes, which were early refrigerators that kept food cool by use of a big block of ice. (Relevance: 194) Find Similar Resources	Ice Industry Industry

Still Image		Ice Blocks Cut from Lake Maine Folklife Center, Still Image Photograph of a team of horses hauling a sled loaded with ice blocks cut from a lake. Men in background still cutting. Before the technological advances that allowed ice to be produced artifically, the business of cutting ice from Maine's frozen rivers, lakes, and ponds was an important industry in the state. The ice would be stored in specially constructed warehouses, packed with sawdust, and would remain frozen through spring and summer. It was sold to business and individuals for use in iceboxes, which were early refrigerators that kept food cool by use of a big block of ice. (Relevance: 192) Find Similar Resources	Ice Industry Industry

Text		Letter from Benjamin Mathes, Jr. to Samuel L. Lewis, 1835 Maine Historical Society, Text Letter from Benjamin Mathes, Jr. to Samuel L. Lewis regarding the lumber trade, and the affairs of the company originally known as the West River Mill & Lumber Company, then known as the Boston and Eastern Mill and Land Co. operating near Machias, Maine, dated Nov. 2, 1835. (Relevance: 179) Find Similar Resources	Boston and Eastern Mill and Land Company Letters Lewis, Samuel L. Lewis, Samuel L. -- Correspondence Lumber trade -- Maine Lumbering -- Maine -- Machias Manuscripts Mathes, Benjamin Mathes, Benjamin -- Correspondence West River Mill & Lumber Company

Text		Passamaquoddy Indian Agent Report Maine State Archives, Text Report on the Pleasant Point reservation discussing the school, farming and the outbreak of smallpox. (Relevance: 179) Find Similar Resources	Indians of North America Education External Forces: economic, demographic, technology, disease, wars Indians -- cultural relationships, traditions, adaptations Indians -- Education Smallpox Native Americans

Text		Penobscot Indian Treaty Maine State Archives, Text Penobscot Indian Treaty. (Relevance: 173) Find Similar Resources	Indians of North America Land tenure Indians of North America Treaties Conflict-Stability: control of Maine, land disputes, French-English-Indians Indians -- land rights Native Americans Land Disputes

Text		My Debt to Maine by Theodore Roosevelt Maine Historical Society, Text Theodore Roosevelt describes his visits to Island Falls, Maine in Aroostook County when he was a boy and the Sewall family with whom he stayed. The essay goes on to describe his home, the Elkhorn, where he invited the Sewalls and the Dows of Island Falls to visit and hunt with him. (Relevance: 168) Find Similar Resources	Dow family (Island Falls, Me.) Dow, Wilmot Elkhorn (house) Hunting -- Maine -- Island Falls Katahdin (Mt.) Lumbering industry -- Maine Manuscripts Presidents -- United States -- Personal narratives Roosevelt, Theodore Sewall family (Island Falls, Me.) Sewall, Bill Sewall, Dave Showshoeing Winter -- Maine -- Island Falls Winter camping

Moving Image		Archaeology MPBN: Quest Series, Moving Image, 00:58:03 Sifting through a 6,000-year-old prehistoric settlement; Discovering the remains of 1812 soldiers under a city seafood shop; We'll follow several teams of professional and amateur archaeologists as they unearth pieces of northern New England's past. We'll see the latest techniques and technologies they're using to detect, excavate and preserve these interesting finds. (Relevance: 153) Find Similar Resources	Archaeology - New England New England - Antiquities Archaeologists - New England Archaeologists - Canada New England - History

Moving Image		Change in Air Quality MPBN: Quest Series, Moving Image, 0:01:20 Warm winters combined with early arrival of spring, and then plus more CO2, may boost the pollen that causes allergies, hay fever and asthma. (Relevance: 151) Find Similar Resources	Asthma Climatic changes

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