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Hampden Historical Society

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Town
Hampden
Mailing Address
PO Box 456, Hampden, ME 04444
Street Address
83 Maine Road South, Hampden
County
Penobscot
Contact
Mary E. Poulin, President
Phone
207-862-2027

The Hampden Historical Society is located in the Martin Kinsley House Museum and maintains the museum collection and an archival collection dating back to the late 1700s. The unique documents include early store ledgers from the 1800s, Rev John Miller?s record of marriages performed by him, eight family bibles, one of Dr Wetherbee?s ledgers from1934, diaries of daily life in early Hampden, correspondence of Hannibal Hamlin?s granddaughter Myra Louise Hamlin, two books from Hannibal Hamlin?s Library signed by him, Hampden Town Orders 1829 ? 1851,school records from community schools during the 1800s, some wills and deeds, photographs and glass plates, alphabetic genealogical files of local families, and MOCA files among other items.

Hours
Tuesdays, 10-4; April-October