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Eastern Maine Medical Center

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Highlighting Historical Hampden - Hampden Academy

"On June 18, 1803, they were granted half a township of land out of any unappropriated lands in the district to use for building the Academy."

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview

"One of these grants became known as the Waldo Patent, which comprised approximately 1000 acres. It included the whole of Knox County (except for Fox…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Emerson Letter

"… guard against such a surprise as befell General Grant at Pittsburg last night, and this forenoon it has been raining right down."

Life on a Tidal River - Bangor: Healthcare Center of Eastern and Central Maine - Page 2 of 2

"… in 1956, the hospital was provided a grant by the Ford Foundation for $130,000. The money was put forth to build two more sections as an extension…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Historical Overview - Page 2 of 4

"While some veterans used government-backed grants to claim land elsewhere in the state, others remained and pushed outward to North Scarborough."

Caribou Public Library

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Presque Isle: The Star City - History of Presque Isle

"… theirs and encouraged settlement by offering land grants and mill privileges. The first American, Dennis Fairbanks, settled in the area in 1828 and…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Aroostook Valley Railroad

"Permission was also granted for the Aroostook Valley Railroad to connect with both the Canadian Pacific Railway and the Bangor & Aroostook Railroad."

Guilford, Maine - Pre-Settlement And The First 100 Years

"… the year 1794 the Commonwealth made a large land grant to Bowdoin College consisting of four townships, one of which is now the incorporated Town…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Peru

"… by Peru Historical Society The original land grant for the purchase of Township Number One, later known as Peru, was made to William Wedgery of New…"

Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"This, coupled with a series of federal grants during the 1970s, led to improvements to the infrastructure including upgrading of the water, electric…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - "Main Streets" of North Yarmouth and Cumberland

"… the creation of roads that we so often take for granted. Imagine a wagon ride during the mid 1700s from the small settlement of ancient North…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Agriculture

"… Agricultural Society In 1840, the legislature granted a charter to the Franklin County Agricultural Society."

Lincoln, Maine - That Pioneer Spirit

"… of which would be funded by a federal Hill-Burton grant to improve hospital technology. The remaining funds for the hospital had to be raised by…"

Otisfield Historical Society

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Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Brief History

"… Society In 1840, the Maine State Legislature “granted a charter to the Franklin County Agricultural Society” for the purpose of creating a fair…"

Lubec, Maine - Canning Sardines in Lubec: Technology, the Syndicate and Labor

"… be given shares in the syndicate and cash for granting title and control to Seacoast. Often they would stay on as managers."

Life on a Tidal River - Narrative

"The Morrill Act of 1862 established the land grant colleges across the United States. For Maine, its college would be founded in 1865 just eight…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Educating Blue Hill

"… and convincing words persuaded the legislature to grant Blue Hill its wish. The citizens "felt it to be the duty imposed upon them by the author of…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Education

"In 1807, the Massachusetts General Court granted incorporation to Farmington Academy, just 13 years after the first Town Meeting."