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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Island Postmistresses
"… in 1844 and Benjamin Stinson was appointed postmaster The mail at this time came to the island from Brooklin once a week and the mail carrier was…"
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Presque Isle: The Star City - Allen Building
"The first postmaster was James Phair. Later the building became the first organized bank called the Presque Isle National Bank."
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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Bonnie and Donnie Staples' house
"Bessie was a Postmaster from 1940-1956 and used the front part of the house as the post office, while the back was the store."
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Historic Hallowell - Dummer House
"He served as the town's first postmaster from 1794 to 1802. As a judge on the Court of Common Pleas in Kennebec County, in 1794 he presided over a…"
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Historic Hallowell - Post Office and Fire Station
"… bad? A Yes it was and we were even warned by the postmaster to be careful. Hallowell Fire StationHubbard Free Library Academy…"
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New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - East New Portland Village
"Harold Atwood was the postmaster for many of those years. He started in1917 and continued as postmaster or someone from his family until it closed."
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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 3 of 4
"The first postmaster was William Read, and the post office was in his home. The post offices continued in private homes without a formal name until…"
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Bath's Historic Downtown - The Customs House
"Snow was U.S. Postmaster. The U.S. Post Office moved to its present site on Washington Street in 1975."
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"Foster, postmaster and storekeeper; Chas. Gove, North Lubec sardine packer; A.W. Kelley, druggist; Pike’s Market; A. Rowell; A.B."
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New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - West New Portland Village
"Hodson Postmaster S.S. Locklin Dry Goods & Groceries S. Lake Stoves, Dry Goods & Groceries T. & B. Emery Boots & Shoe Mfg."
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New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - North New Portland Village
"Herbert W. Kennison, a tailor, postmaster, and druggist in the North Village manufactured a patented garment hanger that he invented."
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Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - Stockholm, Maine
"Lewis Anderson was the postmaster. In 1905, on a 233 mile delivery route, Olaf Anderson began to deliver the mail."
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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Rustication
"In 1855 Bar Harbor postmaster Tobias Roberts opened Agamont House at the foot of Main Street, where he also built the village's first wharf."
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Guilford, Maine - Special Events
"… cancellation stamp that was developed by Postmaster E.E. Ross and Mrs. Ada Knowles of the post office."
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Scarborough Historical Society & Museum
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New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future
"Once he returned to the area, he became the postmaster of the North New Portland post office in 1869. Later he became a justice of the peace. Mr."