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Biddeford History & Heritage Project - The Civil War/Reconstruction Era as Experienced in Biddeford & Saco - Page 13 of 17

"… up these small packages; and we shall be amply rewarded, and most happy to do more, if by so doing we can contribute in the least to soften the…"

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Men carrying a whale fin, Ragged Island, 1927

Historic Hallowell - Whaling

"They would share the rewards, except for the tongue, which was given to the church as a favored delicacy."

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Historic Hallowell - Values and Charity

"A community that well understood that the rewards of a life at sea might be few organized a Seaman’s Relief Society in 1848 forwarded relief packages…"

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Jacob and Lyman Abbott's Desk, Farmington, ca. 1830

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Jacob Abbott

"… Jacob began as a tutor at Amherst College and was rewarded with a job as a professor of mathematics and natural philosophy in 1825 or 1826."

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Fales Edgarton House, Thomaston, ca. 1870

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Atticus: A Fugitive Slave

"In the hopes of receiving the $20 reward posted by James Sagurs, two local men, whose names remain unknown, pretended to befriend Atticus and…"

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

"He received the $1500 reward and a congratulatory telegram from J. Edgar Hoover. People from all over the world sent letters and telegrams thanking…"