Maine achieves statehood in the Missouri Compromise
The 25-year movement to separate the district of Maine from the state of Massachusetts culminates with Maine's 1820 admission to the Union.
Revolutionary War service of Hezekiah Stetson
Hezekiah served three enlistments in the Continental Army, seeing services in the Battles of Trenton and Princeton
Pembroke families resettle in the Maine District
Following his war service, Stetson joined other Massachusetts families in settling Oxford County in the Maine territory