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"Josh Shaw "What if the post office never existed?" The postal service refers to the post offices and mailing."
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Highlighting Historical Hampden - War of 1812
"Those officers included Major Chamberlain, whose grandson, Joshua, became a hero in the Civil War. The elder Chamberlain was a shipbuilder from…"
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Lincoln, Maine - Post Office, Lincoln, Built in 1856
"Post Office, Lincoln, Built in 1856 Contributed by Lincoln Historical Society Description The Lincoln Post Office was in the Plumly…"
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Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Brothers of the Civil War
"The scene was chaotic. “We were short of officers, our remaining line officers barely sufficing to furnish each company with a commander, some…"
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Early Maine Photography - War - Page 2 of 2
"War As the Civil War began in 1861, the ambrotype was joined by the tintype as a form of photography "popular with soldiers and camp photographers…"
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Life on a Tidal River - The War Effort
"Rationing Gas The OPA, the Office of Price Administration, was in charge of rationing, and it issued tips for rationing."
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Life on a Tidal River - Bangor and the Civil War Resources
"… of Privations And Sufferings of United States Officers and Soldiers While Prisoners of War in the Hands of the Rebel Authorities."
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Lincoln, Maine - Main Street, Lincoln, ca. 1920
"… St., next is the Masonic Hall where the Town Offices are now located. The beautiful building on the right was the Litton House."
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Lincoln, Maine - Aaron Huntress
"Warren was ranked 1st Lieutenant in the Aroostook War. He was later discharged in muster on September 11, 1865. He later died on December 20, 1913."
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Life on a Tidal River - Three Civil War Letters - Page 3 of 4
"… good thing they have captured 4 Commissioned Officers; - 43 Privates; 60 Horses and Mules; A large lot of Boots & shoes; cloth ect. ect."
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"In 1907, it cost 5 cents. The office is now on West Broadway in Lincoln. A new building has been built, after a fire burned it down in November of…"
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"… Gordon Memorial in front of the Masonic Hall/Town Office X Gary Gordon is a well-known man in his hometown of Lincoln, Maine."
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Lincoln, Maine - Weatherbee Hardware
"… and tin shop in the same building as his law office. In 1900 a contractor built E.A. Weatherbee’s Hardware store for Edward Albert Weatherbee…"
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Highlighting Historical Hampden - Introduction
"Hampden Highlands Post Office, ca. 1908Hampden Historical Society Hampden has been described as “perhaps, the most famous of the old towns of the…"
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Highlighting Historical Hampden - Riverside Park
"… a stable of security guards, as well as police officers Fred Flynn and Harry Edgecomb, available to escort any riffraff from the park as deemed…"
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Architecture & Landscape database - John P. Thomas
"Soon after opening his office, Thomas formed a partnership with Charles O. Poor, a former draftsman for Frederick A. Tompson."
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Architecture & Landscape database - Eaton W. Tarbell
"… firms in Boston and Bangor before opening his office in Bangor in 1944. Over the next forty-four years, Eaton W."
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Cumberland & North Yarmouth - "Main Streets" of North Yarmouth and Cumberland
"The Buxton enterprises included an early post office, cooperage, and blacksmith shop. Samuel B. Chase built a brick Federal style house in 1831 that…"
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Surry by the Bay - Early Twentieth Century
"One man, Wilbur McKeown, a 2nd Class Petty Officer, was killed by Japanese bombers at the battle of Savo Island, August 28,1942, while serving on the…"
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Surry by the Bay - Phebe Fowler: A Woman of Property
"… Phebe’s junior, Olin became a distinguished Civil War soldier and ended the war six years later as a lieutenant in the South leading…"
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Lincoln, Maine - Asa Griffin, Lincoln, ca. 1900
"The Masonic Hall later became the Lincoln Town Office. View additional information about this item on the Maine Memory Network."
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Lincoln, Maine - High Street Bridge, Lincoln, ca. 1903
"… right is the Plumly Building, home of the Post Office in Lincoln. The home in the center belonged to Ira Fish. His large barn is also shown."
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Surry by the Bay - Early Settlement
"… cordiality.” With this change, the Ellsworth post office was in Surry and the Surry post office was six miles away."
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"The town office was on the second floor, also the court system was located there, and eye exams were taken there."