When the Maine Insane Hospital opened in 1840, one of the first eight patients was a 24-year-old Augusta man who had been kept in handcuffs at the local poor house for several weeks, according to ...

AUGUSTA — They were ... held up a 1901 superintendent’s report from AMHI, then called the Maine Insane Hospital, and read from some of its pages. The patients, who were called inmates ...

AUGUSTA, Maine — Members of the Maine Cemetery Project believe they've solved the mystery of where many patients who died at the Maine Insane Hospital are buried. Preliminary research suggests ...

At first, it had the rather catchy name of Maine Insane Hospital. Later, it was changed to the Maine State Hospital and then to the Augusta Mental Health Institution. The institution was a very ...

AUGUSTA, Maine - Bright reds and oranges explode ... What was first known as Maine Insane Hospital opened in 1840. It is said to have been deliberately located across the Kennebec River from ...

The state uses the arsenal to expand the nearby Maine Insane Hospital, later called the Augusta State Hospital, and still later, the Augusta Mental Health Institute. The first patients move into ...

Based on: Annual Report of the Trustees and Superintendent of the Maine Insane Hospital. Select the format you want to export the citation of this publication.