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Eastern Maine Medical Center

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Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Farmington's Agricultural Pursuits

"(25 cents is the equivalent to approximately $5.13 today). Cash price for carding wool was 4 cents per pound (approx. $.82 per pound today)."

Presque Isle: The Star City - History of Presque Isle

"… more settlers; the state sold land at .50 cents an acre and settlers could help build roads for approximately 9 days a year for four years to pay…"

Surry by the Bay - Nineteenth Century

"Each workman furnished his own tools, all of which were sold at the store of William Coggins. The Civil War With an 1860 population of 1319 (the…"