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Historic Hallowell - Dummer House

"As a judge on the Court of Common Pleas in Kennebec County, in 1794 he presided over a paternity case involving one of Martha Ballard's patients."

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Meeting House Park

"… Hampshire was put into service in front of the Court House. The trough cost the town fathers ~ $125."

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Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Pejepscot Proprietors Biographies - Page 1 of 2

"… years, and represented Boston in the General court 1714-6, 1719, and 1720. Oliver married Anne Belcher, sister of Massachusetts Governor Jonathan…"

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Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Who were the Kennebec and Pejepscot Proprietors? - Page 3 of 7

"… used to argue that an absence of English-style houses and agriculture in an area meant an absence of any legal ownership."

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Blue Hill, Maine - The Homestead, Blue Hill, 1907

"… Description The Homestead and tennis court at Parker Point, Blue Hill, 1907. View additional information about this item on the Maine…"

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John Martin: Expert Observer - Intro: pages 65-83

"Coombs Eben French Court House Maine Charity School Bangor House Peter Edes Bangor-Old Town railroad Mount Hope Cemetery North Bangor (Veazie) Bangor…"

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Blue Hill, Maine - Blue Hill Spearheads Development on the Downeast Coast

"… Council and House of Representatives in General Court Assembled.” “We the Subscribers, having been soldiers at Fort Pownall and now settled at a…"

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Blue Hill, Maine - In Search of the Rustic Life

"On Parker Point, a tennis court was built in 1912 by George Cochran. The tennis court is now gone and all that can be seen is a flattened area where…"

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Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 3 of 4

"There were tennis courts and, in the evening, the Inn’s own orchestra played at dinner and dances. During the early years of the twentieth century…"

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John Martin: Expert Observer - Scrap & Sketch Book 2: 1864-1866

"… Lowell Antiquarian Society lecture, 1849 Police Court report, newspaper clippings   Part 3, pages 38-56 Daniel Chaplin tribute, favorite apple…"

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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Historical Overview - Page 4 of 4

"… Acts and Resolves Passed by the General Court of Massachusetts. "An Act for Establishing a Turnpike Corporation Within the Town of Scarborough."…"

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John Martin: Expert Observer - Part 8, pages 135-150

"… the criminal activity in Bangor, the results of court appearances of those charged, and various changes in manners and morals."

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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Historical Overview - Page 3 of 4

"It ceased operation as a motor court with the advent of World War II and gas rationing, and the Government converted the units to housing for South…"

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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - People Who Called Scarborough Home - Page 3 of 4

"He was a justice of the peace for 40 years and no case decided by him went to a higher court. As a gentleman farmer, he sold surplus marsh hay and…"

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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Historical Overview - Page 1 of 4

"… Massachusetts appealed to the English Chancery Court, claiming the territory rightfully belonged to her."

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Maine State Archives

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Presque Isle: The Star City - Presque Isle’s Historic Fire Station

"The 1912 building served as the municipal court (top floor), fire house (main floor) and jail (cellar)."

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Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Maine's Pauper Laws and the Cumberland Overseers of the Poor

"The Circuit Court of Common Pleas in the county where any relatives resided had the ability to assess and apportion sums for the support of the…"

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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - JP Cilley Ledger From Post

"§ Wounded at Dinwiddie Court House on March 31, 1865. § Participated in the Battle of High Bridges April 6 – 7, 1865 § Participated in the Battle of…"

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Guilford, Maine - SPORTS - Page 2 of 3

"… the parish house and only played a few foreign courts. In 1919 the boys were allowed to play in the town hall; they continued until the burning of…"

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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - People Who Called Scarborough Home - Page 2 of 4

"… and became a member of the Massachusetts General Court. In 1784 Rufus was elected to represent Massachusetts at the Continental Congress."

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - More Permanent Settlers Arrive

"… be found in the Lincoln County or Hancock County court houses. The original town records for the Plantation of Mount Desert -- now Mount Desert…"

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Bowdoin College Library

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Maine's Road to Statehood - The Final Vote

"… separationist petitioners flooded the General Court. Additionally, all nine of Maine's senators elected that spring were separationists."