2024-03-28T19:58:06Z
http://api.mainememory.net/oai
oai:mainememory.net:11316
2017-07-05T17:50:55Z
contributor:carylib
1832-07-03
Bangor, Penobscot County, ME, USA
Fredericton, NB, Canada
Houlton, Aroostook County, ME, USA
St. John, NB, Canada
Committee of Bangor
1832-07-03
A letter from the Committee of Bangor to the Select-men of Houlton expressing their fear that Irish immigrants traveling up the Saint John River and passing through Houlton on their way to Bangor may be carrying disease, perhaps cholera, and that these Irish immigrants should be stopped by force if necessary.
Ink on paper
30 cm x 18.8 cm
http://www.mainememory.net/item/11316
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-CR/1.0/
Cholera--Maine
Epidemics--Maine
Immigrants--Ireland
Town of Houlton (Me.)--Records and correspondence
Fisher, James B.
Hodgdon, John
Letter from Committee of Bangor, 1832
Text
oai:mainememory.net:11861
2017-07-05T17:51:07Z
contributor:carylib
1864-05-03
Houlton, Aroostook County, ME, USA
Town of Houlton
1864-05-04
The town of Houlton gave Theodore Cary a receipt for the $300 Cary paid to Richard Fulton for serving as a substitute in the Civil War.
Richard Fulton died Nov. 24, 1863.
Ink on paper
14.7 cm x 19.1 cm
http://www.mainememory.net/item/11861
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-CR/1.0/
Houlton (Me.)--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Maine--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Recruiting and enlistment
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Cary, Theodore
Fulton, Richard
Civil War bounty receipt, Houlton, 1864
Text
oai:mainememory.net:11863
2017-07-05T17:51:07Z
contributor:carylib
1864-07-01
Houlton, Aroostook County, ME, USA
1864-07-01
Enlistment and draft quotas for Houlton in 1864 for the Civil War.
Ink on paper
17.1 cm x 19.1 cm
http://www.mainememory.net/item/11863
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-CR/1.0/
Houlton (Me.)--History--Civil War, 1862-1865--Recruiting and enlistment
United States--History--Civil War, 1862-1865--Recruiting and enlistment
Enlistment and draft quotas, Houlton, 1864
Text
oai:mainememory.net:14020
2017-07-05T17:51:42Z
contributor:carylib
1895
Houlton, Aroostook County, ME, USA
1895
E. B. White was a merchant with a shop diagonally to the southwest across Market Square from the Snell House, a fashionable hotel in late nineteenth and early twentieth century Houlton.
This advertisement for his watch and jewelry business appeared on page 32 of the 1895 edition of the Houlton Directory.
White also was a skilled amateur photographer.
Ink on paper
6 cm x 9 cm
http://www.mainememory.net/item/14020
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-CR/1.0/
White, Edward B.
Houlton Fish and Game Association (Houlton, Me.)
Jewelers
Photographers--Maine
Jewelry stores
Advertising cards
White, Edward B.
Watchmaker and Jeweler advertisement, Houlton, 1895
Text and Image
oai:mainememory.net:17370
2017-07-05T17:52:51Z
contributor:carylib
1867
Houlton, Aroostook County, ME, USA
Houlton
1867-11-05
Articles of agreement between the selectmen of the town of Houlton and Harrison D. Hussey for Hussey to build an alms house on the property of the Town Farm.
Ink on paper
31 cm x 20 cm
http://www.mainememory.net/item/17370
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-CR/1.0/
Old age homes--Maine--Houlton
Farms--Maine--Houlton
Almshouses--Maine--Houlton
Building construction
Contracts
Hussey, Harrison D.
Alms House agreement, Houlton, 1867
Text
oai:mainememory.net:22608
2018-10-18T08:27:19Z
contributor:carylib
circa 1935
Houlton, Aroostook County, ME, USA
circa 1935
View looking down Court Street toward Market Square. On the left is the new Post Office, built in 1933 and on the right is the Northland Hotel, built in 1930 and torn down in 1978.
Postcard
9 cm x 14 cm
http://www.mainememory.net/item/22608
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/
Elms--Maine--Houlton
Court Street (Houlton, Me.)
Houlton (Me.)--Views
Streets--Maine--Houlton
Court Street, Houlton, ca. 1935
Image
oai:mainememory.net:22609
2018-10-18T08:27:19Z
contributor:carylib
circa 1935
Houlton, Aroostook County, ME, USA
circa 1935
The Northland Hotel was built on the corner of Court and Military Streets in 1930 and was torn down in 1978.
Postcard
9 cm x 14 cm
http://www.mainememory.net/item/22609
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/
Northland Hotel (Houlton, Me.)
Hotels--Maine--Houlton
Elms--Maine--Houlton
Trees--Maine--Houlton
Northland Hotel, Houlton, ca. 1935
Image
oai:mainememory.net:22611
2018-10-18T08:27:19Z
contributor:carylib
circa 1935
Houlton, Aroostook County, ME, USA
circa 1935
The new Post Office was built opposite the Northland Hotel on the corner of Court and Military Streets in 1933.
Postcard
9 cm x 14 cm
http://www.mainememory.net/item/22611
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/
Trees
Elms--Maine--Houlton
Post offices--Maine--Houlton
Government facilities--Maine--Houlton
Houlton Post Office, ca. 1935
Image
oai:mainememory.net:66676
2018-10-18T08:35:06Z
contributor:carylib
1924-07-12
Houlton, Aroostook County, ME, USA
Island Falls, Aroostook County, ME, USA
Ku Klux Klan
1924-07-12
Notations on the album page where this photograph was found state, "The park where we watched the Houlton ball team beat I.F." and "The KKK at Island Falls July 12, 1924."
The Houlton Times of 1924-07-16 , under "News From Island Falls and Patten" states: The Orangemen's celebration which has been looked forward to with so much interest for several weeks was most successful in every way....There were the most Orangemen ever seen here in a parade, many different lodges being represented. The Orangemen were followed by about one hundred members of the Klu Klux Klan from different towns, and as they appeared in their white robes and masks they were greeted with much enthusiasm all along the line of march..... Two ball games were played between Island Falls and Houlton both were won by the latter team."
In this photo the Klan is seen marching across the ballfield.
Photographic print
9 cm x 6 cm
http://www.mainememory.net/item/66676
Cary Library Special Collection
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/
Ku Klux Klan (1915-) (Island Falls, Me.)
Parades & processions--Maine--Island Falls
Secret societies--Maine
Ku Klux Klan march, Island Falls, 1924
Image
oai:mainememory.net:66677
2021-01-13T10:05:30Z
contributor:carylib
1924-07-12
Houlton, Aroostook County, ME, USA
Island Falls, Aroostook County, ME, USA
1924-07-12
Notations on the album page where this photograph is found state, "The park where we watched the Houlton ball team beat I.F." and "The KKK at Island Falls July 12, 1924."
The <em>Houlton Times</em> of July 16, states: "The Orangemen's celebration which has been looked forward to with so much interest for several weeks was most successful in every way....There were the most Orangemen ever seen here in a parade, many different lodges being represented. The Orangemen were followed by about one hundred members of the Klu Klux Klan from different towns, and as they appeared in their white robes and masks they were greeted with much enthusiasm all along the line of march..... Two ball games were played between Island Falls and Houlton both were won by the latter team."
In this photo the Klan is seen marching across the ballfield.
Photographic print
6 cm x 9 cm
http://www.mainememory.net/item/66677
Cary Library Special Collection
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/
Ku Klux Klan (1915-) (Island Falls, Me.)
Parades & processions--Maine--Island Falls
Secret societies--Maine
Ku Klux Klan march, Island Falls, 1924
Image
oai:mainememory.net:11314
2022-06-29T05:21:33Z
contributor:carylib
circa 1862
Arlington Heights, VA, USA
Houlton, Aroostook County, ME, USA
Penobscot, Bangor County, ME, USA
Washington, DC, USA
Hammond W. H.
circa 1862
This letter from W.H. Hammond was written to his wife from Arlington Heights shortly after leaving home as an enlisted man in the Civil War.
William H. Hammond, at the age of 30, joined the Union Army on a nine-month enlistment in December 1862 and was mustered out, along with the rest of his company, at the end of their enlistments in August 1863.
Ink on paper
19.5 cm x 12.2 cm
http://www.mainememory.net/item/11314
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-CR/1.0/
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Military life
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal narratives
Letters
Manuscripts
Hammond, W. H.--Correspondence
Hammond, William H.
Lincoln, Abraham
W.H. Hammond letter to wife, ca. 1862
Text
oai:mainememory.net:11475
2022-06-29T05:21:37Z
contributor:carylib
circa 1842
Frankfort, Waldo County, ME, USA
Houlton, Aroostook County, ME, USA
NB, Canada
Archibald Jones
1842-03-04
A letter from Archibald Jones to Samuel Cook anticipating the conclusion of negotiations for the Webster-Ashburton Treaty.
The letter requests information concerning the best arrangements to be made for shipping on the Saint John River.
Ink on paper
24.5 cm x 19.5 cm
http://www.mainememory.net/item/11475
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-CR/1.0/
Great Britain. Treaties, etc. United States, 1842 Aug. 9
Saint John River (Me. and N.B.)
New Brunswick--Boundaries--Maine
Maine--Boundaries--New Brunswick
Jones, Archibald
Samuel, Cook
Samuel Cook letter on U.S.-Canadian border, 1842
Text
oai:mainememory.net:11783
2022-06-29T05:21:46Z
contributor:carylib
1864-02-03
Houlton, Aroostook County, ME, USA
J. L. Barton
1864-02-03
This letter seeks payment of $300 from the town of Houlton to compensate Barton for the expense of hiring a substitute for him when he was drafted in the the Union Army.
Many towns paid young men to hire substitutes in an effort to avoid losing all their young men in the war. There were towns during the Civil War, both North and South, where nearly all of their military aged men were killed.
Ink on paper
31.5 cm x 20 cm
http://www.mainememory.net/item/11783
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-CR/1.0/
Bounties, Military
Recruiting and enlistment
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
United States. Army--Recruiting, enlistment, etc.
Barton, J. L.
Bradford, John H.
Pacard, W.
Letter about J. L. Barton and Civil War substitutes, 1863
Text
oai:mainememory.net:12001
2022-06-29T05:21:53Z
contributor:carylib
1831
Houlton, Aroostook County, ME, USA
N. Malloy
1831-07-23
N. Malloy at Hancock Barracks at Houlton, instructs his lawyer, Mr. Felch, to expeditiously get his money from a Mr. Taylor.
Ink on paper
http://www.mainememory.net/item/12001
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-CR/1.0/
Debt
Letters
Malloy, N.--Correspondence
Lawyers--Maine--Houlton
Malloy, N.
Taylor,
N. Malloy Sends Instructions to his lawyer, Houlton, 1831
Text
oai:mainememory.net:12003
2022-06-29T05:21:53Z
contributor:carylib
1828-04-07
Houlton, Aroostook County, ME, USA
Portland, York County, ME, USA
Charles S. Davies
1828-04-07
In 1828 Charles S. Davies of Portland, wrote Samuel Cook, land agent at Houlton, concerning State and Federal support for Aroostook settlers in the Border Dispute with New Brunswick, as well as other matters.
In the letter he refers to (John) Baker who, in 1827, raised a flag depicting an eagle partially surrounded by stars, in a community that was latter know as Fort Kent.
New Brunswick authorities arrested Baker because they considered the act to be seditious.
Davies also writes about some personal business matters.
Paper
24 cm x 21 cm
http://www.mainememory.net/item/12003
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-CR/1.0/
Cook, Samuel--Correspondence
Davies, C.S.--Correspondence
Aroostook County (Me.)
Letters
New Brunswick (Cn.)--Boundaries--Maine
Maine--Boundaries--New Brunswick (Cn.)
Baker, John
Cook, Samuel
Davies, Charles S.
C. S. Davies letter on conditions in Northern Maine, 1828
Text
oai:mainememory.net:22578
2022-06-29T05:26:48Z
contributor:carylib
1844-05-08
Boston, Suffolk County, MA, USA
Houlton, Aroostook County, ME, USA
S. Bartlett
1844-05-08
This letter from Samuel Cook's Boston agents illustrates the difficulty of doing business over large distances with uncertain reliability. The final paragraph addresses the consequences of the Webster-Ashburton Treaty and efforts to recover financial losses.
Ink on paper
25 cm x 20 cm
http://www.mainememory.net/item/22578
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-CR/1.0/
Great Britain. Treaties, etc. United States, 1842 Aug. 9
Letter to Samuel Cook, Esq., Houlton, 1844
Text
oai:mainememory.net:61836
2022-06-29T05:38:40Z
contributor:carylib
1837–1844
Houlton, Aroostook County, ME, USA
New Salem, Franklin County, MA, USA
Walter Cary
1940-03-05
Letter by Walter Cary describing the contents and authorship of the S. Cary & Co. Ledger 2, glued to the inside cover of the ledger.
This ledger records the accounts of S Cary and Co for the period 1837-1844. This period covers the formation of Aroostook County (1839), the Bloodless Aroostook War (1839), and the settling of the boundary with British North America by the Webster Ashburton Treaty (1842). It gives background information about Shepard Cary and Collins Whitaker and their rise to positions of importance.
Shepard Cary was an early legislator, lumberman, and merchant in Houlton. The letter also provides much information regarding the importance of this ledger and what can be learned from it.
Walter Cary was the son of Theo Cary and grandson of Shepard and Susanna (Whitaker) Cary. Walter was a prominent Houlton attorney and Cary Library president. Cary Library was endowed through the will of Walter's uncle, Dr George Cary.
Ink on paper
28 cm x 22 cm
http://www.mainememory.net/item/61836
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/
Business records
Account books
Documents
Stores & shops--Maine--Houlton
Lumber industry--Maine
Cary, Shepard, 1805-1866
Agriculture--Maine
Cary, Shepard
Cary, Susanna
Cary, Walter
Whitaker, Collins
Presentation letter by Walter Cary, Houlton, 1940
Text
oai:mainememory.net:22566
2023-02-01T09:28:03Z
contributor:carylib
circa 1850
Houlton, Aroostook County, ME, USA
NB, Canada
Varney Pearce
circa 1840
Varney Pearce's description of Aroostook County. As part of the description he mentions Houlton, the county's main rivers and the principle exports.
Varney Pearce was a trustee of the Academy of New Salem when the Academy petitioned the Commonwealth of Massachusetts for a half township and was one of the first proprietors of Houlton.
Ink on paper
20 cm x 13 cm
http://www.mainememory.net/item/22566
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-CR/1.0/
Aroostook County (Me.)--Description
Pearce, Varney
Pearce description of Aroostook County, ca. 1840
Text
oai:mainememory.net:11311
2023-03-12T08:27:42Z
contributor:carylib
1863-09-01
Bangor, Penobscot County, ME, USA
Houlton, Aroostook County, ME, USA
Board of Enrollment
1863-09-01
A certificate of non-liability was a form issued to men who for a variety of reasons were not available for conscription for a specified number of years. In this case, Henry Chapman provided an accepted replacement.
Printed form
24.5 cm x 19.3 cm
http://www.mainememory.net/item/11311
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-CR/1.0/
Chapman, Henry C.--Records and correspondence
Military service
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Exemption from service
Chandler, C. H.
Chapman, Henry C.
Low, Elijah
Paten, Sumner A.
Certificate of non-liability for Civil War, Houlton, 1863
Image
oai:mainememory.net:11318
2023-03-12T08:27:42Z
contributor:carylib
1863-09-03
Bangor, Penobscot County, ME, USA
Houlton, Aroostook County, ME, USA
James Feeley
1863-09-03
This document states that James Feeley is accepted as a conscription substitute for Llewellyn Powers and is eligible to receive his $300.
Llewellyn Powers, a Republican, served five terms in the Maine Legislature and was Governor of Maine from 1897-1901.
James Feeley served in the 11th Regiment of Maine, Company F and survived the war.
Ink on paper
20.3 cm x 12.6 cm
http://www.mainememory.net/item/11318
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-CR/1.0/
United States. Army--Recruiting and enlistment--Draft
Feeley, James--Affidavits
Bounties (Military)
Powers, Llewellyn--Records and correspondence
Governors--Maine
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Recruiting and enlistment
Feeley, James
Pearel, Frank W
Powers, Llewellyn
Feeley substitute for conscription, Bangor, 1863
Image
oai:mainememory.net:11308
2023-03-12T08:27:44Z
contributor:carylib
circa 1835
Houlton, Aroostook County, ME, USA
Houlton, Washington County, ME, USA
Town of Houlton
circa 1835
This apprenticeship contract bound William Jones over to Israel Oakes to learn husbandry and farming until Jones, a poor boy and ward of the town, was twenty-one years old.
The starting date of the agreement is not stated but it was to conclude on September 25th, 1847. Since the agreement was signed when Houlton was still part of Washington County, it must have been before 1839, the year Aroostook County was formed.
The contract stipulates the parties' rights and obligations to one another.
Signers affixed a blood seal, a drop of their blood, to finalize the agreement.
Ink on paper
32 cm x 20 cm
http://www.mainememory.net/item/11308
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-CR/1.0/
Apprenticeships--Maine--Houlton
Frisbie, Timothy
Jackson, Eleaser
James, Joseph
Jones, William
Lambert, Eleanor
Lambert, Samuel
Oakes, Israel J.
Paslin, H.
Putnam, Joshua
William Jones apprenticeship contract, Houlton, ca. 1835
Text
oai:mainememory.net:11309
2023-03-12T08:27:44Z
contributor:carylib
1864-05-04
Houlton, Aroostook County, ME, USA
Town of Houlton
1864-05-04
The Town of Houlton issued a receipt for payment to Black Hawk Putnam for obtaining a substitute for conscription.
Putnam had served as a captain in Co. E of the 1st Maine Cavalry, but resigned and was discharged in February 1863.
Putnam paid for Alexander Gervin to serve as his substitute. Gervin was mustered into the 3rd Maine on September 25, 1864.
Paper
13.2 cm x 20 cm
http://www.mainememory.net/item/11309
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-CR/1.0/
Bounties, Military
Recruiting and enlistment
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
United States. Army--Recruiting and enlistment, etc.
Geruin, Alexander
Putnam, Black Hawk
Putnam payment for conscription substitute, Houlton, 1864
Text
oai:mainememory.net:11310
2023-03-12T08:27:44Z
contributor:carylib
1863-09-01
Bangor, Penobscot County, ME, USA
Houlton, Aroostook County, ME, USA
Fourth District of Maine Board of Enrollment
1863-09-01
Henry C. Chapman's form 31. Form 31 was issued to individuals who provided a substitute (usually for a cash payment) to serve in his place in the U.S. Army during the Civil War. Houlton, as well as many other communities, paid for substitutes for its young men out of fear that if all the young men of a town went off to war they could all be killed and there would be no future for the town. This was not an idle fear, Civil War era army units were organized by communities. In a pitched battle, most of a community's young men could be wiped out.
Ink on paper
25 cm x 19 cm
http://www.mainememory.net/item/11310
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-CR/1.0/
Chapman, Henry C.--Records and correspondence
Military service
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Exemption from service
Chandler, C. H.
Chapman, Henry C.
Law, Elijah
Patten, Sumner A.
Chapman form 31, Bangor, 1863
Text
oai:mainememory.net:11312
2023-03-12T08:27:44Z
contributor:carylib
1864-03-28
Houlton, Aroostook County, ME, USA
John M. Gerry
1864-03-28
Bounty money for service in the Civil War paid by the town of Houlton regarding John B. Gerry to E. R. Foster, Mar. 28, 1864.
Ink on paper
20 cm x 12.7 cm
http://www.mainememory.net/item/11312
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-CR/1.0/
United States. Army--Recruiting and enlistment, etc.
Recruiting and enlistment
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Bounties, Military
Foster, E. R.
Gerry, John B.
Notice about bounty money, Mar. 28, 1864
Text
oai:mainememory.net:11317
2023-03-12T08:27:44Z
contributor:carylib
1863-08-29
Houlton, Aroostook County, ME, USA
J. Truworthy
1863-08-29
This document certifies that Llewellyn Powers requests that James Feeley will serve as his substutute, if accepted, in the U.S. Army for which Feeley will be paid $300 by Llewellyn Powers.
Llewellyn Powers, a Republican, served five terms in the Maine Legislature and was Governor of Maine from 1897-1901.
Ink on paper
9.4 cm x 18.8 cm
http://www.mainememory.net/item/11317
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-CR/1.0/
Bounties, Military
Recruiting and enlistment
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
United States. Army--Recruiting and enlistment, etc.
Feeley, James
J., Truworthy
Powers, Llewellyn
Llewellyn Powers' conscription substitution, Houlton, 1863
Text
oai:mainememory.net:11470
2023-03-12T08:27:45Z
contributor:carylib
1827
Baring, Washington County, ME, USA
Houlton, Washington County, ME, USA
Littleton, Aroostook County, ME, USA
Monticello, Aroostook County, ME, USA
Ichabod Bucknam
1827-07-16
Ichabod Bucknam, acting on behalf of the County of Washington, wrote to Samuel Cook of Houlton Plantation. The letter appears to be in response to a petition to build a road from the Baskahegan carrying place to the northern boundary of the Framingham Academy Grant (now the Littleton/Monticello townline). Bucknam states he will need someone familiar with the country and the wishes of the petitioners to meet his party at the carrying place on August 18, 1827 "that the road may be located in the best place."
Ink on paper
25 cm x 20 cm
http://www.mainememory.net/item/11470
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-CR/1.0/
Road construction--Maine
Bucknam, Ichabod
Cook, Samuel
Ichabod Bucknam to Samuel Cook regarding road building, 1827
Text
oai:mainememory.net:11471
2023-03-12T08:27:45Z
contributor:carylib
1828-08-30
Calais, Aroostook County, ME, USA
Houlton, Aroostook County, ME, USA
George Downy
1828-08-30
A committee of individuals sent this letter to Samuel Cooke of Houlton Plantation setting out their opinion about the suitability of Jarius Keen over a Mr. Vance in an upcoming election for the House of Representatives, written in 1828. One of the arguments against Mr. Vance was his contracting to build the road from Calais to Houlton, with a conflict of interest if he was elected representative. Signers of the letter include George Downy, Abner Sawyer, Asa Pond, William Goodwin and William Deming.
Ink on paper
31.7 cm x 19.6 cm
http://www.mainememory.net/item/11471
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-CR/1.0/
Letters
Legislators--Maine
Cook, Samuel--Correspondence
Conflict of interests
Elections--Legislators--Maine
Manuscripts
Road construction contracts
Keen, Jarius
Vance,
Letter to Samuel Cook about an upcoming election, Aug. 30, 1828
Text
oai:mainememory.net:11855
2023-03-12T08:27:46Z
contributor:carylib
1863-10-20
Augusta, Kennebec County, ME, USA
Houlton, Aroostook County, ME, USA
Board of enrollment of 4th District of Maine
1867-09-17
This form was used to certify that a particular volunteer to the Union Army during the Civil War was a substitute for another man who was subject to the military draft. This document states that Daniel Emerson, aged 42, substituted for Warren Mansur.
On the back of the document are four brief certifications and declarations. One states that Daniel Emerson is a suitable substitute and is signed by Elijah Sour, Provost Marshal; Capt. C.H. Chandler, Commissioner of Board, and Sumner N. Patten, Surgeon of Board.
The Declaration of Substitute is signed by Daniel Emerson and witnessed by Geo. R. Smith.
On the back of the document is a notation from the Adjt. Genls. Office, dated Augusta, Sept 17, 1867, that, "I certify that this is a true copy of the original enlistment paper now on file in this office, John C. Caldwell."
Also on the back is a handwritten declaration of payment to Daniel Emerson reads, "I hereby certify that I paid Daniel Emerson for Warren Mansur the sum of three hundred and ten dollars, is being the amount due said Daniel Emerson for becoming a substitute for said Warren Mansur in the military service of the U.S. on the twenty-fifth day of October, 1863. Rufus Manny."
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http://www.mainememory.net/item/11855
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-CR/1.0/
Bounties, Military
Recruiting and enlistment
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
United States. Army--Recruiting and enlistment, etc.
Caldwell, John C.
Chandler, C. H.
Emerson, Daniel
Low, Elijah
Manny, Rufus
Mansur, Warren
Patten, Sumner N.
Smith, George R.
Army enlistment form, Houlton, 1867
Image
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contributor:carylib
1863-09-19
Houlton, Aroostoook County, ME, USA
Board of Enrollment of the fourth District of the State of Maine
circa 1865
Theodore Cary's certificate of non-liability, 1863, showing that he had permission to pay a substitute to serve in his stead in the Army during the Civil War.
Ink on paper
24.8 cm x 19.1 cm
http://www.mainememory.net/item/11859
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-CR/1.0/
Maine--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Recruiting and enlistment
United States-History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Cary, Theodore
Chandler, C. H.
Green, J. H.
Hussy, S. H.
Low, Elijah
Paten, Sumner A.
Theodore Cary non-liability certificate, Houlton, 1863
Text
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1863-09-25
Bangor, Penobscot County, ME, USA
Houlton, Aroostook County, ME, USA
Board of Enrollment of the fourth District of the State of Maine
1863-09-25
Black Hawk Putnam of Houlton found a substitute to serve in his place in the Civil War. This certificate of non-liability shows that he did not have to serve additional time.
Putnam was captain of Co. E of the 1st Maine Cavalry from its founding on Oct. 19, 1861 until he was honorably discharged on Feb. 19, 1863.
Ink on paper
22 cm x 17.5 cm
http://www.mainememory.net/item/11862
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-CR/1.0/
Houlton (Me.)--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Recruiting and enlistment
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Chandler, C. H.
Low, Elijiah
Patten, Sumner
Putnam, Black H.
Black Hawk Putnam's certificate of nonliability, 1863
Text
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contributor:carylib
1826
Fredericton, NB, Canada
Houlton, Aroostook County, ME, USA
Houlton, Penobscot County, ME, USA
James Irish
1826-06-12
This letter concerning the border dispute between Maine and New Brunswick was written before the formation of Aroostook County while Houlton was part of Washington County. It discusses the loss of timber to the British.
Ink on paper
27 cm x 21 cm
http://www.mainememory.net/item/11985
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-CR/1.0/
New Brunswick--Boundaries--Maine
Irish, James--Correspondence
Cook, Samuel--Correspondence
Lumber industry--Maine
Lumber industry--New Brunswick
United States--Boundaries--Canada
Canada--Boundaries--United States
Maine--Boundaries--New Brunswick
Cook, Samuel
Gallatin, M.
Irish, James
James Irish Letter to Samuel Cook, June 12, 1826
Text
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1856
Houlton, Aroostook County, ME, USA
Moses White
1856
Annual return of the names of all the persons enrolled in the Militia in the town of Houlton, County of Aroostook for the year 1856; the whole number enrolled being two hundred and two (202).
Ink on paper
25 cm x 19 cm
http://www.mainememory.net/item/17716
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-CR/1.0/
Military organizations--Maine
Militias--Maine--Houlton
Cogan, David
Dillin, George
Dillin, William
Militia List, Houlton, 1856
Text
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1863-09-01
Bangor, Penobscot County, ME, USA
Board of Enrollment
1863-09-01
Form 31 was issued to individuals who provided a substitute (usually for a cash payment) to serve in his place in the U.S. Army during the Civil War. Many young men of prominent families avoided military service by hiring substitutes. Llewellyn Powers, a Republican, served five terms in the Maine Legislature and was Governor of Maine from 1897 - 1901.
James Feeley, Llewellyn Powers substitute, was paid $300, served in the 11th Regiment of Maine, Company F and survived the war.
Ink on paper
25 cm x 20 cm
http://www.mainememory.net/item/22528
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-CR/1.0/
Bounties, Military
Recruiting and enlistment
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
United States. Army--Recruiting and enlistment, etc.
Feeley, James
Powers, Llewellyn
Llewelyn Powers' form 31, Bangor, 1863
Text
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contributor:carylib
1810-09-13
Houlton, Aroostook County, ME, USA
Houlton Plantation
1810-09-13
An agreement between the Houlton Plantation Proprietors and Aaron Putnam for the construction and operation of a corn mill and a sawmill for the benefit of the settlers of Houlton.
Ink on paper
25 cm x 20 cm
http://www.mainememory.net/item/22577
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-CR/1.0/
Mills--Maine--Houlton
Holden, Simeon
Kendell, Samuel
Pearce, Varney
Putnam, Aaron
Contract for Aaron Putnam's mills, Houlton, 1810
Text
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1842–1845
T1 R2 WELS, Aroostook County, ME, USA
T10 R4 WELS, Aroostook County, ME, USA
T10 R6 WELS, Aroostook County, ME, USA
T16 R4 WELS, Aroostook County, ME, USA
T16 R6 WELS, Aroostook County, ME, USA
T8 R4 WELS, Aroostook County, ME, USA
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
1845
A stumpage bill for 1842-1843 shows how much timber the S. Cary Co. cut and the costs of the timber.
Shepard Cary was a prominent Houlton lumberman, merchant and legislator. This document shows Cary took advantage of the settlement of the boundary dispute by the Webster-Ashburton Treaty of 1842 to continue his operations on the Aroostook River and to expand into the Fish River watershed which drains to the St. John River at Ft. Kent.
Ink on paper
24 cm x 19 cm
http://www.mainememory.net/item/63801
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-CR/1.0/
Business records
Cary, Shepard, 1805-1866
Lumber industry--Maine
Cary, Shepard
Cary, Jr, William Holman
Greene, George G
Truworthy, Jer.
S. Cary & Co stumpage bill, 1844
Text
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1848-05-15
Fort Fairfield, Aroostook County, ME, USA
Fredericton, York County, NB, Canada
Spring Hill, York County, NB, Canada
Isaac L. Cornelius
1848-05-15
Shepard Cary, prominent Houlton merchant, legislator and lumberman was agent for the Aroostook Boom Company at Ft. Fairfield.
The company gathered white pine timber "sticks" harvested in the Aroostook River Watershed and arranged for their transportation, often to Fredericton, New Brunswick. Many of the logs were shipped farther downriver to St. John, New Brunswick.
Shepard Cary's brother-in-law Collins Whitaker served as his principal agent at St. John, as well as U.S. Consul there. With this receipt Isaac L. Cornelius acknowledged receipt of a raft of 71 sticks of white pine timber for which he was to be paid 5 pounds upon delivery at Spring Hill (Fredericton).
The receipt, dated May 15, 1848, shows a continuation of the earlier spelling of "Arestook," despite the fact that the spelling of "Aroostook" was chosen officially in 1839 when Aroostook County separated from Washington County.
Ink on paper
24 cm x 19 cm
http://www.mainememory.net/item/64005
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-CR/1.0/
Logs--Transportation--Maine
Logs--Transportation--New Brunswick
Lumber industry--Maine
Receipts (Acknowledgements)
Cary, Shepard
Cornelius, Isaac L.
Shepard Cary receipt from Isaac L. Cornelius, Fort Fairfield, 1848
Text
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1809
Boston, Suffolk County, MA, USA
Eastport, MA, USA
Northern Maine, MA, USA
St. John, NB, Canada
Oliver Shead
1809-06-26
This letter illustrates the difficulty in conducting business with Northern Maine communities in the early nineteenth century before Maine became a state. Since there was no road to Northern Maine, people, supplies and communication to Northern Maine traveled through New Brunswick, Canada.
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33.8 cm x 18.9 cm
http://www.mainememory.net/item/11467
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-CR/1.0/
Houlton, Joseph--Correspondence
Letters
Manuscripts
Shead, Oliver--Correspondence
Transportation
Black, John
Houlton, Joseph
Putnam, M.
Shead, Oliver
Thompson,
Letter to Joseph Houlton - June 26, 1809
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1838–1843
Fort Fairfield, Aroostook County, ME, USA
Hodgdon, Aroostook County, ME, USA
Saint John River, NB, Canada
John Warren Jackins
1843-06-27
Hodgdon farmer John Warren Jackins describes his employment cutting and driving timber on the Aroostook River during the winter and spring of 1838-1839 in this affadavit.
Jackins states Maine Militia Captain and Deputy Land Agent William Parrot refused to let the timber of S Cary and Company pass.
Jackins describes the difficulties and costs Parrot's interference caused. This action occurred against the backdrop of the so called "Bloodless Aroostook War."
The settlement of the boundary dispute under the Webster-Ashburton Treaty of 1842 allowed for compensation for losses and guaranteed free passage on the St John River.
Ink on paper
24 cm x 21 cm
http://www.mainememory.net/item/13983
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-CR/1.0/
Lumber industry--Maine
Log transportation--Maine
Jackins, John Warren--Affidavits
Saint John River (Me. and N.B.)
Cary, Shepard
Cary, Jr, William Holman
Jackins, John Warren
Parrot, William
John Jackins affadavit on timber interference, Fort Fairfield, 1839
Text
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1847-03-29
Little Falls, Aroostook County, ME, USA
Madawaska, Aroostook County, ME, USA
S Cary and Company
1847-03-29
This receipt, found in a large cache of S. Cary and Co. papers shows the transfer of "two barrels 81 gals brandy" at Madawaska on March 29, 1847. The brandy was transferred to John Harte who was at Little Falls and signed for by Patrick Timony. Patrick's mark was witnessed by John Barnard.
Shepard Cary, Houlton legislator, lumber baron , and merchant began cutting virgin pine timber in the upper St. John River watershed immediately following the settlement of the northern boundary by the Webster-Ashburton Treaty of 1842. The treaty gave Americans the right of free navigation of the St. John River through New Brunswick to the Atlantic. Cary not only could transfer his pine timber downriver, he could also bring goods upriver duty free. Cary quickly discovered many goods were in short supply on the Upper St. John and began hauling his own supplies for his logging operations upriver, and selling to others as well.
Ink and pencil on paper
9 cm x 20 cm
http://www.mainememory.net/item/63748
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-CR/1.0/
Alcoholic beverages--Maine
Brandy--Maine
Cary, Shepard, 1805-1866
Duty-free importation--Maine
Receipts
Tariff--Maine
Barnard, John
Cary, Shepard
Harte, John
Timony, Patrick
S. Cary and Co. receipt for brandy, Madawaska, 1847
Text
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1850-05-24
Allagash, Aroostook County, ME, USA
Houlton, Aroostook County, ME, USA
Mouth Allaguash, Aroostook County, ME, USA
John Henderson
1850-05-24
Shepard Cary was a prominent Houlton merchant, legislator, and lumberman. He operated as S. Cary and Co. This receipt, dated May 24, 1850, acknowledges payment in full of $168 to John Henderson for the labor of his sons Luther and John from August 15, 1849 to March 13, 1850.
The payment was made at "Mouth Allaguash," now Allagash, and reflects Cary's practice of paying his men only after the timber was sold. This not only benefited cash flow, but also served to keep his men from jumping camps during the winter harvesting season.
Ink on paper
9 cm x 20 cm
http://www.mainememory.net/item/64114
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-CR/1.0/
Laborers--Maine
Loggers--Maine
Lumber industry--Maine--Allagash
Receipts (Acknowledgements)
Cary, Shepard
Henderson, John
Henderson, Luther
S. Cary and Co. receipt from John Henderson, Allagash, 1850
Text
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contributor:carylib
1828-04-28
Bangor, Penobscot County, ME, USA
Houlton, Aroostook County, ME, USA
Joseph Treat
1828-04-28
In this letter dated April 28, 1838,, Joseph Treat of Bangor recommends Major N. S. Clark to his friend Joseph Houlton.
Paper
20 cm x 15 cm
http://www.mainememory.net/item/12011
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-CR/1.0/
Houlton, Joseph--Correspondence
Letters
Treat, Joseph--Correspondence
Clark, N. S.
Houlton, Joseph
Treat, Joseph
Letter of Introduction, Bangor, 1828
Text
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1846-09-08
Aroostook County, ME, USA
Fort Kent, Aroostook County, ME, USA
John Sinclair
1846-09-08
John Sinclair wrote an order authorizing Mr. Turner, an early merchant at Fish River (Fort Kent), to allow John Henderson to pick up two pounds of "salerates" and one pair of women's shoes for Sinclair. The order was written at Black River, either the Little Black or Big Black, both of which are upriver from Fort Kent.
Saleratus is sodium bicarbonate and used as a leavening agent in bread. The value of the items received appears to be in pounds and shillings. The British monetary system continued to be used in many transactions on the Upper St. John during the period closely following the Webster-Ashburton Treaty.
Shepard Cary was a prominent Houlton merchant, legislator, and lumberman.
Ink on paper
12 cm x 20 cm
http://www.mainememory.net/item/63929
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-CR/1.0/
Invoices
Shoes--Maine
Sodium bicarbonate
Women--Clothing and dress
Cary, Shepard
Henderson, John
Sinclair, John
Turner, Mr.
Order from S. Cary and Co. agent John Sinclair, Black River, 1846
Text