Maine Memory Network

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Four sons of Jacob Abbott, Farmington, ca. 1865

"Edward was the editor of the highly regarded "Literary World" and author of various American history books."

Skowhegan Community History - Bloomfield Academy

"In 1815 there was a proposal made to the Maine Literary and Theological Institution offering Bloomfield, now Skowhegan, as the site of a new college…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Elizabeth Akers Allen, née Chase

"… Maine, where she spent seven years as the literary editor of the Daily Advertiser. She was a member of the professional women's club Sorosis, which…"

Abplanalp Library, UNE

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Raymond H. Fogler Library

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Historic Hallowell - A Post-Revolutionary Generation

"… the original Blue Stocking Club, a distinguished literary circle of mainly female writers famous for their dissenting views."

Early Maine Photography - Famous People - Page 3 of 3

"… to his public life, Governor Lincoln was a man of literary accomplishments, which included publishing poetry and historical research."

Colby College Special Collections

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Life on a Tidal River - Four Important Women of Bangor

"That article launched Mary's literary career. Mary Alden Hopkins was also able to influence the national Women’s Suffrage Movement with her literary…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Prominent Women

"For seven years she was the literary editor of the Daily Advertiser. After 1881 she and her husband lived in Tuckahoe, New York."

Maine's Road to Statehood - 1790s: A Growing Movement

"… organized. Daniel Davis, one of the movement's literary leaders, published An Address to the Inhabitants of the District of Maine Upon the Subject…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Emerson Letter

"… gladly rec’d and read, also a copy of Gleason’s Literary Companion for which I feel grateful and would be thankful for one as often as you can send…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Brief History

"… Club, The Art Study Group, The Lunkhead Club, The Literary Society of West Farmington and The West Farmington Village Improvement Society were just…"

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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