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Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Who were the Kennebec and Pejepscot Proprietors? - Page 3 of 7

"… and spent the next few decades struggling to recruit settler-colonialists willing to move to what they viewed as a dangerous frontier."

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Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - Narrative History: Maine Swedish Colony

"W.W. Thomas, Jr. returned to Sweden and recruited 51 Swedes to accompany him to T15-R3. The Swedes wanted land; it was promised to them in 100-acre…"

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Biddeford History & Heritage Project - II. Ripples of change: European exploration & settlement at Winter Harbor - Page 1 of 2

"… 40 settlers were living in the area; the patentees were obligated to recruit 50 settlers within 7 years to fulfill their contractual duties."

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Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Who were the Kennebec and Pejepscot Proprietors? - Page 1 of 7

"… shaped the composition of Maine communities by recruiting Scots-Irish, Huguenot, and German settlers when New Englanders did not find their terms…"

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Freedom & Captivity Portal

The Freedom & Captivity digital collection in the Maine Memory Network, and the complete digital archive housed at Colby Special Collections, is a repository of personal testimonies, ephemera, memorabilia, artifacts, and visual materials that capture multiple dimensions of the experiences of incarceration for individuals, families, and communities, as well as for survivors of harm.

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

"… headed by Barbara Bruno, and membership recruiting was actively begun. Books were being collected from a multitude of volunteer sources, including…"

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Life on a Tidal River - Bangor: Healthcare Center of Eastern and Central Maine - Page 1 of 2

"… Group, beginning the modernization project, and recruiting 21 new physicians to expand the amount of care they can supply."

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Life on a Tidal River - Three Civil War Letters - Page 2 of 4

"… that the Grand army of the Potomac is to be recruited and filled up to its former strength, and that no hostile demonstrations will be made by it…"

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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - People Who Called Scarborough Home - Page 2 of 4

"… as a colonel in the United States Army, he led recruiting efforts for the regular army. During the war, he was particularly concerned with coastal…"

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Mercy Hospital - Mercy & the Community

"Nurse Corps with recruitment. In 1947, an emergency struck closer to home. Known as the Great Fires of 1947, a series of blazes from York County to…"

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Eastern Maine Medical Center

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Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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