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Resources List

Maine Philatelic Society, “Bristol Postal History,” , updated 2023.

Libby, Hilda. The Story of Pemaquid Point Lighthouse (Bristol: self-published, n.d.)

Lewis, Ed. “Bristol’s Religious Heritage“. Talk series sponsored by the American Revolution Bicentennial Committee. New Harbor Methodist Church and Round Pond Methodist Church, May 16 and June 6, 1976. Lecture.

Johnston, John. A history of the towns of Bristol and Bremen in the state of Maine, including the Pemaquid settlement (Albany: Joel Munsell, 1873)

Pete Hope, local historian and author of multiple works on the Pemaquid Peninsula

Hannah, Josh. Pemaquid Peninsula: A Midcoast Maine History (Charleston: The History Press, 2015)

Gamage, Nelson W. A Short History of South Bristol, Maine (South Bristol: Rev. Harold W. Woodbury, n.d.)

Dodge, Christine Huston. Vital records of old Bristol and Nobleboro in the county of Lincoln, Maine : including the present towns of Bremen, Damariscotta, South Bristol, and the plantation of Monhegan; vol. 1 – births and deaths (Portland: Maine Historical Society, 1951)

Averill, Phil. Woodstoves and Backhouses: Schoolhouses of Bristol, Maine, 1800-2000 (Bristol: self-published, 2001)

1941 Map of Pemaquid

1857 Map of Lincoln County

Riess, Warren C. Angel Gabriel: The Elusive Galleon (1797 House; First Edition 2001)

Hough, Franklin B. Papers relating to Pemaquid and parts adjacent in the present state of Maine, known as Cornwall County, when under the colony of New York, comp. from official records in the office of the Secretary of State at Albany, N.Y. (Albany: Weed, Parson, 1856)

De Paoli, Neill. Life on the edge: Community and trade on the Anglo -American periphery, Pemaquid, Maine, 1610—1689 [dissertation] (Durham: University of New Hampshire, 2001)

Cartland, John Henry. History of Pemaquid Maine -Twenty Years at Pemaquid (Pemaquid Beach: L.A. Moore, 1914)

Camp, Helen. Pemaquid: Lost and Found (Ancient Pemaquid Restoration, 1967)

British History Online

Bradley, Robert L. & Helen Camp. The Forts of Maine, 1607-1945: An Archaeological and Historical Survey (Augusta: Maine Historic Preservation Commission: Maine Bureau of Parks and Recreation, 1981)

“To 1500: People of the Dawn” (Maine Historical Society, 2000-2010)

Speck, Frank G. Wawenock Myth Texts from Maine. (Forty-third Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1925-26, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1928, pp. 165-198)

Cash, Cassidy, host. “Samoset, his Life and Legacy“. That Shakespeare Life. Episode 344. Nov. 25, 2024. Guest Jody Bachelder.

Bachelder, Jody. Here First: Samoset and the Wawenock of Pemaquid, Maine (Camden: Down East Books, 2022)

Silent Film: The Seventh Day, filmed in New Harbor and John’s Bay in 1921 and released in 1922; starring Richard Barthelmess, Louise Huff, Frank Losee, and Anne Cornwall.

Russ Lane Videos

Library of Congress, Maine: Local History & Genealogy Resource Guide

Historical Tour Map of Bristol

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