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Site Pages
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"… managed the daily provisioning of her household and supervised its labors, and performed vital work as a midwife, attending 816 births within 27…"
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"… teams in their field efforts were extreme and more than four boxes of the Barclay Collection includes financial records and receipts from 1796 to…"
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"… between what is today the American state of Maine and the Canadian province of New Brunswick was, prior to about 1800, one largely of failure and…"
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"He married Sarah Toppan, the daughter of Edward and Sarah Toppan of Newbury, on March 23, 1770. Josiah went into business with his father, and later…"
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Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Pejepscot Proprietors Papers, 1627‐1866
"… are small histories and genealogies gathered and written by John McKeen, historian and one of the founding members of the Maine Historical Society…"
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"… the French and British come to the village and talk about war, trade and alliances. When Francis was a young man, his father Chief Jean Baptiste…"
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John Martin: Expert Observer - Intro: pages 84-107
"He leaves politics temporarily with clipping a clipping of an account he wrote in 1876 about Bangor's failure to properly deal with streets and…"
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Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Search the Collections
"The Zooniverse page will be kept live and volunteers can continue to work on the remainder of the pages, and as they are approved the documents will…"
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Maine Department of Transportation
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John Martin: Expert Observer - Intro: pages 00-29
"… this section and this journal, however, relate to politics. Items mentioned include: Horse racing Dr."
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John Martin: Expert Observer - Intro: pages 74-138
"Some of the people and events mentioned are: Allen Rogers Reed Harding Ephraim Stubbs Alonzo Raynes Rebecca Raynes Mary Ann Harding Attending school…"
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Life on a Tidal River - Bangor and Social Reform Movements of the 1800s-1900s
"Laws intended to stop the sale and use of liquor were often ignored. Officers would sometimes conduct raids but keep the liquor."
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John Martin: Expert Observer - John Martin, Bangor, ca. 1868
"… in much that surrounded him: architecture, politics, gardening and farming, business, boats, horses, trolleys, churches, and, especially dancing…"
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John Martin: Expert Observer - Fashions in Bangor, 1866
"… a discussion of the fashion and comments on how politics, social life, and fashion had changed by the end of the Civil War."
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"It sought to promote and assist their activities and to promote ethical business dealings. Maine led the eastern U.S."
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John Martin: Expert Observer - Part 3, pages 38-56
"He offers and illustration and a quite interesting discussion of a former slave who lived in Bangor and who explained to Martin and others what…"
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"The descendants of these Tribal Nations are found within our Nations and communities today. Particularly recognized are the descendants of…"
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John Martin: Expert Observer - Intro: pages 452-534
"Patten; and local politics, including his failed bid to become city clerk. Martin noted that "the evil one" followed him as he constantly felt…"
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John Martin: Expert Observer - Senator James Doolittle, Bangor, 1866
"… mid-year elections with the hope of forming a new political party to help President Andrew Johnson, who was heavily criticized for his policies."
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"Settlers, including the Pejepscot and Kennebec Proprietors, sometimes relied on the Wabanaki people who remained to interpret early documents and the…"
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"… Agency in the Proprietor Records Kinship and Leadership Copy, deed from James and Rachell Berry to Proprietors, page 1 of 3Maine Historical…"
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"… River deed, Nanudemance retained “liberty unto me and my heirs to fish, fowl, and hunt also to set otter traps without molestation.” In a 1684 deed…"
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John Martin: Expert Observer - Intro: pages 65-83
"He begins this section with printed accounts of Lincoln's first inaugural address and Jefferson Davis's inaugural address."