Maine Memory Network

Lincoln, Maine - Post Office

"Finally the mail route was established, and Lincoln got its own mailman. The first mail carrier went by the last name of Moor."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Island Postmistresses

"… department established a mail route and paid the mail carrier In 1894 this old mail route was discontinued and a steamboat company contracted to…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Invitation, Farmington, 1903

"It is thought to have been mailed much as we would now mail items to "Resident". It has a one cent postage stamp and cancellation marks from…"

Historic Hallowell - Post Office and Fire Station

"… the only ones that can postpone the delivery of mail, otherwise mail must be delivered. Q Was this very bad? A Yes it was and we were even warned…"

Clifton Historical Society

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Biddeford History & Heritage Project - CONTACT

"… addition to the website? Please contact us! BY MAIL: BIDDEFORD HERITAGE PROJECT c/o McArthur Public Library 270 Main Street Biddeford, Maine…"

Lincoln, Maine - Ariel G. Edwards, WW II soldier, Lincoln, 1943

"He was both a mail clerk and truck driver during his service. He was discharged September 15, 1945. View additional information about this item on…"

Naples Historical Society

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Maine's Paper & Heritage Museum

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Presque Isle: The Star City - Sears and Roebuck Company Building

"This building replaced a mail order office. When it was built, the store was the second largest Sears building in New England."

Brewer Public Library

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Lubec Historical Society

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Island Falls Historical Society

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Mexico Historical Society

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John Martin: Expert Observer - Intro: pages 121-end

"Mail boxes. He wrote again about his family's history in Ellsworth, his childhood in Brewer and Hampden, his lameness, his mother's illnesses, his…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Bangor Commercial article on World's Fair contest

"… to fill out "coupons" from the paper and mail or deliver them with their votes for the teacher, clerk, or wage earner -- from Bangor or from…"

Historic Hallowell - Commerce on the Kennebec Citations

"13 Apr. 2011 Lipfert, Nathan “Whaling.” E-mail to Samantha L. Hallowell 8 Apr. 2011. Lipfert, Nathan. “Whaling Tool History.” E-mail to Regina A."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 3 of 4

"Bridle paths were the only tracks for early mail carriers through the wilderness north of Augusta. The first mail route to Strong was established in…"

Historic Hallowell - Cotton Mill & Johnson Shoe Citations

"1978: N. pag. Webber, Sumner. “Electrophone.” E-mail to Sydney Perry. 28 Apr. 2011. Webber, Sumner. “Electrophone.” E-mail to Sydney Perry."

Scarborough Historical Society & Museum

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Historic Hallowell - Communication

"… first half of the 1800’s communicated mostly by mail. Next in the later half of the 1800’s, they communicated by telegraph.” People first started…"

Historic Hallowell - Industry and Immigrants-A Changing Community

"… a sandpaper mill and The Heart Cure Co., a large mail order patent-medicine concern. The largest single employer, established after the Civil War…"

Acton-Shapleigh Historical Society

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Salmon Brook Historical Society

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