Browse Items (150 total)

  • Subject starts with "United States -- History"

American heritage / by the editors of American Heritage Publishing Co.

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Collection: Books and Pamphlets

Write quick : war and a woman's life in letters, 1835-1867 / edited by Ann Fox Chandonnet and Roberta Gibson Pevear

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Collection: Books and Pamphlets

COLL 177: Willard Ames Papers

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Collection of photocopied letters and documents relating to Willard Ames of Greenwood, Maine. Includes Civil War letters from his son, Willard O. Ames, who later died during the war.

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COLL 169: Adjutant General Certificates

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Collection of seven certificates (plus one photocopied certificate) issued by the State of Maine, Office of the Adjutant General, for Bethel area people who served in the Civil War.

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Battles and leaders of the Civil War / being for the most part contributions by Union and Confederate officers. Based upon "The Century War Series." Edited by Robert Underwood Johnson and Clarence Clough Buel...

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Atlas to Marshall's Life of Washington

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The soldier in our Civil War : famous war pictures

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Collection: Books and Pamphlets

Massachusetts officers and soldiers in the French and Indian Wars, 1755-1756 / edited by K. David Goss, David Zarowin

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Collection: Books and Pamphlets

A war of the people : Vermont Civil War letters / Jeffrey D. Marshall, editor ; foreword by Edwin C. Bearss

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Collection: Books and Pamphlets

Lives of John Ribault, Sebastian Rale, and William Palfrey

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CONTENTS: Sparks, J. Life of John Ribault.--Francis, C. Life of Sebastian Rale.--Palfrey, J. G. Life of William Palfrey

Collection: Books and Pamphlets

COLL 116: Twitchell-Wight Papers

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A collection of letters and other documents relating to the Twitchell and Wight families of Gorham, New Hampshire and Bethel, Maine. Includes approximately a dozen letters written by Albert S. Twitchell to his family back home from 1864-1865, during…

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COLL 102: David Vail Collection

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Small collection of five documents relating to the Civil War service of David Vail of Houlton (and later Newry). Includes his certificate of honorable service and documents related to his pension.

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France and New England / by Allan Forbes and Paul F. Cadman

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Collection: Books and Pamphlets

Gettysburg, union of veterans of the Civil War, blues and grays, July 1st and 4th, 1863-1913

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Collection: Books and Pamphlets

Dubros times : selected depositions of Maine Revolutionary War veterans / edited by Sylvia J. Sherman

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Collection: Books and Pamphlets

COLL 82: Lapham Family Collection

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Collection of photographs, papers, and artifacts pertaining to the Lapham family. Many of the items are related to the Civil War and a few items are related to local historian William Berry Lapham.

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COLL 78: Roberta C. Pevear Collection

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A large collection of letters, letter transcriptions, photographs, family-related artifacts, a diary, and genealogy notebooks received from Roberta C. Pevear. Many of the letters contain important historical information about the Civil War.

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COLL 65: Jay S. Hoar Sunset and Dusk Collection

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Large collection of research files on individual Civil War soldiers compiled by Jay S. Hoar for his trilogy "Sunset and Dusk of the Blue and the Gray."

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COLL 63: Jay S. Hoar Video Collection

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VHS tapes and DVDs collected by Jay S. Hoar, a professor of English at the University of Maine at Farmington and a Civil War biographer. The collection is a mixture of home videos, classroom lectures, speaking events, and television appearances by…

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BHS Program: "Civil War Encampment"

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Bethel Historical Society program, "Civil War Encampment," held in June 15-16, 1996.

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BHS program: "Silent Sentinels: Maine's Civil War Monuments"

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Bethel Historical Society program, "Silent Sentinels: Maine's Civil War Monuments," presented by Earle G. Shettleworth, Jr. on June 1, 2006.

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BHS Program: "Joshua Chamberlain"

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Bethel Historical Society program, "Joshua Chamberlain," presented by Jeremiah E. Goulka on April 9, 2005.

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First century of national existence; the United States as they were and are ... / by an eminent corps of scientific and literary men ... illustrated with over two hundred and twenty-five engravings ...

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Contents: Mining industry, fur trade [etc.] by J.T. Hodge.--Land, internal trade; Banks [etc.]; Emigration; Authors, books [etc.] by T.P. Kettell.--Social and domestic life, by F.B. Perkins.--Arts of design, by T.A. Richards.--Religious denominations…

Collection: Books and Pamphlets

Death of Gen. Clark S. Edwards

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DEATH OF GEN. CLARK S. EDWARDS An Honored Citizen—A Distinguished Soldier—A Noble Hero and Patriot has gone to his rest. Passed quietly away at his home last Sunday Evening, at 8.45 o’clock, after an illness of but a few days. A hero and patriot…

The spirit of America as shown by her great documents, 1620-1920

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Contains public documents and speeches that record the "spirt of America" from its origins and through the early twentieth century as compiled by Old Colony Trust Company, Boston, Massachusetts.

CONTENTS: The Mayflower Compact, made November 21,…

Collection: Books and Pamphlets