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Eastern Steamship Company Wharf, Kennebec River, Hallowell, ca. 1890

Historic Hallowell - Seaport on the Kennebec

"… School at the Academy to teach advanced mathematics to boys who wished to pursue careers at sea. Good navigators produced good profits."

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Jacob and Lyman Abbott's Desk, Farmington, ca. 1830

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Jacob Abbott

"… and was rewarded with a job as a professor of mathematics and natural philosophy in 1825 or 1826."

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Enoch Lincoln, Paris, 1827

Early Maine Photography - Famous People - Page 3 of 3

"… graduated from Harvard in 1799 and taught mathematics there until he joined the Bowdoin College faculty in 1805."

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Survey Chart, Islesboro, 1884

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview

"Reverend Samuel Williams, Professor of Mathematics at Harvard and leader of the group of scientists who wished to record the eclipse, had to obtain…"

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Cottage baby with student nurse, Farmington, ca. 1947

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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