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Skowhegan Community History - Benedict Arnold's March

"1775 letter from G.Washington to B. ArnoldMaine Historical Society On September 13, 1775 Benedict Arnold and the army left to go on the expedition."

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Bath's Historic Downtown - Church Block

"… little girls, was elaborately printed in gilded letters that advertised his good taste, location, and practical skills."

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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Henry Knox: Lime Works

"A letter from Knox to his foreman William Howe Wiggen, dated January 15, 1805 and quoted in Eaton, gives a glimpse into Knox’s lime burning business…"

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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Woodrow Wilson

"… a bit longer and you weren’t allowed to write letters so to tell people where you were but ugh I managed."

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Life on a Tidal River - Bangor Man Rats Out Brady Gang - Page 1 of 2

"Edgar Hoover. People from all over the world sent letters and telegrams thanking Shep Hurd for his bravery."

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Guilford, Maine - Veterans Tributes - Page 1 of 2

"… school in Guilford where he excelled in sports, lettering in baseball and basketball. He graduated in June of 1940."

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Lincoln, Maine - Jacob Stinchfield

"The only way would be to send letters back and forth and that took a long time. The telephone hadn’t been invented yet, and wouldn’t be for a few…"

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

"Her chatty letters full of local news provided a valuable link to home. A group of civilians known as the Ground Observer Corps watched the skies for…"

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Edmund S. Muskie Archives and Special Collections Library

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Surry by the Bay - Early Settlement

"… house teaching the pupils one-on-one to know the letters and to say the catechism. The catechism, which contained 100 questions and answers…"

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Surry by the Bay - History of Surry

"… Ross, an agent to General David Cobb, wrote a letter to General Cobb who was then President of the Massachusetts State Senate."

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Western Maine Foothills Region - Rumford - Page 1 of 4

"… in his plans for a model town, expressed in a letter to Charles A. Mixer, resident engineer with the Rumford Falls Power Company."

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New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future

"Many letters exist today written to Ms. Greenleaf, thanking her for her generosity. One is from an Augustus Vaughn who was from the area, and…"

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Lubec, Maine - Lubec's 1911 Centennial Celebration - Page 2 of 2

"… form of nails, splinters of wood and bits of the lettering are eagerly sought for as relics of our hundred year remembrance.” None of these…"

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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - A Look Inside the Classroom Over Time - Page 3 of 4

"It was green with orange letters and said something like A Child's First Reader. On the first page we were introduced to Dickie Dare, who taught us…"

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Malaga Island: a story best left untold - Maine State documents and Proclamations

"… document like a diary entry or meeting minutes or letters, that clearly spell out Governor Plaisted and his Council’s rationale."

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Basketball: From Rivals to Teammates

"… front page of the March 10 Bar Harbor Times was a letter from Gerald Rich, the president of Pemetic High School’s student council: “The students of…"

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Guilford, Maine - BUILDINGS - Page 4 of 5

"Andrew Carnegie a letter asking for a grant to build the new library in Guilford. The town voted to support the library with $500 per year if Mr."

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Prince Memorial Library

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Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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Lincoln, Maine - That Pioneer Spirit

"The town records and letters in the post office connected to the store were all saved without injury."

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Otisfield Historical Society

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Education

"Robert Tyler's Letter SweaterFarmington Historical Society Farmington High School Pennant, ca."

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Eastern Maine Medical Center

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