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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: 633) Find Similar Resources	Davison, Eliza Ann -- Correspondence Davison, John Davison, John -- Correspondence Letters Manuscripts Merchant ships Seafaring Ships Slavery -- United States Yucatan (Schooner)

Artifact		Maliseet or Micmac Beaded Pouch or Purse Maine State Museum, Artifact Purse of dark brown velveteen, decorated with beads in blue, white, mauve, green, clear, brown and red. The purse is shaped with a flat bottom and top, and the sides are shaped in rounded points. The top opening is covered in a folded-over flap. The edges are bound in red silk ribbon. On the back, the purse is beaded in four curving stems in clear beads, terminating in carnation-like flowers in clear, red, green and white. The edges are beaded in concentric lines of white, turquoise, white, and brown beads. The front is beaded with a linear motif which flares with similar carnation-like petals along the side and at the ends. The framing of this motif follows the contours of the purse sides and the double-pointed flap. The flap is beaded inside each point with a trefoil design in mauve and turquoise. The purse is lined with green glazed cotton. (Relevance: 629) Find Similar Resources	Wabanaki Maliseet Tribe Micmac Tribe Native Americans Handbags Beadwork

Text		Letter from John Minot to his father regarding the murder of Jesuit priest Sebastien Rasles Maine Historical Society, Text This letter dated June 20, 1732 discusses logging in the Brunswick, Maine area, then goes on to relate issues around the murder of the Jesuit Priest Sebastien Rasles (Rale), who had a Mission in Norridgewock, Maine with the Abenaki Indians. (Relevance: 627) Find Similar Resources	Abenaki Indians -- Maine -- History -- 18th century Dummer's War, 1721-1727 Indians of North America -- Maine -- Alcohol Indians of North America -- Maine -- History -- 18th century Jaquish Jesuit missions -- Maine -- Norridgewock Lumber industry -- Maine -- Brunswick -- History -- 18th century Minot, John Minot, Stephen Missions -- Maine -- Norridgewock Murders -- Maine -- Norridgewock -- History -- 18th century Native Americans Rale, Sebastien

Artifact		Bag - beaded Maine State Museum, Artifact Pouch of dark brown or black velveteen, worked with beads in red, white, blue, clear, yellow, green and mauve. The bottom edge of the bag is tri-lobed in shape, and the sides taper to the flat top. The opening edge is finished with a binding of black/brown silk/cotton tape. The sides and bottom edge are bound with red silk ribbon. On one side, the pouch is decorated with tri-lobed motifs filled with multi-colored bands. These motifs are worked over paper (now much deteriorated) to reflect the light. The two motifs on the sides have frond-like designs emanating from the center lobe, while the center motif is mounted on top of a similar frond design. On the opposite side, abstract tri-lobed flowers dangle from a central stem. The edges are beaded in concentric rows of white, blue, red and lavender or yellow beads. The pouch is lined with plain cotton; one side is cut on the bias. (Relevance: 615) Find Similar Resources	Native Americans Beadwork Bags Wabanaki

Artifact		Square Handkerchief Basket Maine State Museum, Artifact Square, flat bodied, wicker plaited ash splint basket with lid and clock spring closures. Construction: (note most ash dyed green with exception of some alternate weaver rows for pattern). Base tightly woven standards with corners woven with thin splints and sweet grass braids in continuous rows. Corners are then turned sides up with parallel sides bent nearly flat inward to form a square opening in the middle. Weavers from base continue over top surface. Lid: Flat/square with pattern of two continuous splint rows and one same sweet grass braids. Rim: both rims double reinforced sweet grass strands. Single splint lashed. (Relevance: 565) Find Similar Resources	Wabanaki Native Americans Basket making Indian baskets

Artifact		Beaded Armlet (pair) Maine State Museum, Artifact Pair of beaded sleeve decorations for small child's dress. Both are worked predominately in yellow, red, and green, with white, blue, and navy beads also. The loom-woven beaded strips are slightly narrower than 1/2 inch wide, and are 3 3/4 inches long. Each end is attached to a striped green, yellow, and red silk ribbon for tying up the sleeve. The beading of one is worked in the center with the initials "H.S.J." (or possibly "W.S.J.") flanked by a floral pattern and red and white pillar. The other band is worked with a central floral pattern, flanked by wider red and white pillars, along with other motifs. (Relevance: 565) Find Similar Resources	Wabanaki Native Americans Beadwork

Artifact		Beaded Native American Cuff Fragment Maine State Museum, Artifact Fragment of a red jacket cuff trimmed with handsewn fine white beads (a few blue beads form the center of flower petals) and green, ivory, blue and black ribbon. Probably Penobscot, possibly Maliseet. Zigzag top of cuff has white beads and black silk edging. Below that is a row of small white beads and a thin band of green silk applique. Below that is a band of beaded ribbon applique featuring two rows of peaks in green and blue silk, edged with black, yellow, green silk and white beads. Then follow two rows of white beaded double curves with petals or leaves at their centers, filled with blue beads. (Relevance: 564) Find Similar Resources	Wabanaki Native Americans Penobscot Tribe Beadwork

Artifact		Bowl/dish Maine State Museum, Artifact Shallow dish form. Hexagonal center/base panel with 6 lobed panels sewn around it to form the sides. Panels have birchbark backing, velvet is sewn with flowers and leaves. Side panels alternate with 6-petaled and 4-petaled flowers. Center panel has 4-petaled flower surrounded by 6 smaller flowers separated by beaded fronds. (Relevance: 556) Find Similar Resources	Wabanaki Maliseet Tribe Native Americans Tableware

Text		List of Gilbertville Steam Lumber Mill property, 1906 Maine Historical Society, Text The inventory of property in the defunct Gilbertville Steam Lumber Mill was prepared for the Portland & Rumford Falls Railway. The value of equipment on the first floor was $3,405.00 in 1906. (Relevance: 549) Find Similar Resources	Gilbertville Steam Lumber Co. (Me.) -- Inventories Mills -- Maine Portland & Rumford Falls Railway Company

Text		1701, Treaty of (The Great Peace) UMaine Wabanaki Studies, Text "The Great Peace of Montreal was a peace treaty between New France and 39 First Nations of North America. It was signed on August 4, 1701, by Louis-Hector de Callière, governor of New France, and 1200 representatives of 39 aboriginal nations of the North East of North America. The treaty ended 100 years of war between the Iroquois, allied to the English, and the French, allied to the Hurons and the Algonquians. It provided 16 years of peaceful relations and trade before war started again. Present for the diplomatic event were the various peoples part the Iroquois confederacy, the Huron peoples, and the Algonquian peoples."--Wikipedia. (Relevance: 548) Find Similar Resources	Native Americans Treaty Indians of North America -- Canada -- Government relations Indians of North America -- Canada -- Treaties Iriquois Indians -- Government relations Iroquois Indians -- Treaties Canada -- History -- To 1763 (New France)

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