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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Andrew Anderson

"… age 85, at the retirement home he resides in, in Thomaston, on January 14th, 2009. He discusses the differences in different places during the…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Georges Valley High School

"… X Georges Valley High School 47 Valley Street, Thomaston, Maine 04861 Telephone: (207)354-2502 Fax: (207) 354-2369 www.msad50.org Georges…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Prison Fires - 1849 to 1924

"The State of Maine, No. 3, Thomaston, Maine c 1870Thomaston Historical Society A new stone building was erected in 1851."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Henry Knox: Wharf, Store and Blacksmith Shop

"Thomaston Historical Society This complex, located near the modern-day bridge to Cushing at the end of Wadsworth Street, was a thriving business…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Early History - 1719 to 1740

"Map of Lincoln, Thomaston, Maine in 1719Thomaston Historical Society Throughout Lovewell’s War, 1721-1726, the Indians and their French allies again…"

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

"… Knox: Brick Works Brick from Montpelier, Thomaston, 1794The General Henry Knox Museum The Eleventh Annual Report of the Bureau of Industrial…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Shipbuilding During and after the Civil War - 1861 to 1900

"Dunn and Elliot's Sail Loft, Thomaston, Maine 2008Thomaston Historical Society Following the close of the war, Dunn & Elliot (D&E), established a…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Henry Knox: Land Dealings

"… Historical Society Henry Knox was lured to Thomaston by the land in the Waldo Patent, a 576,000 acre tract of land in midcoast Maine that had been…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Henry Knox: The Old Church on the Hill

"… entrance. Paul Revere Bell Commissioned for Thomaston Meeting House, 1797The General Henry Knox Museum Eaton describes the interior of the…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - JP Cilley Ledger From Post

"Jonathan P. Cilley Personal Sketch from P. Henry Tillson Post Journal, Thomaston, Maine 1895Thomaston Historical Society"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - P.H. Tilson Death Notice

"Thomaston Historical Society "Battle of Bull Run or Manassas." Oracle ThinkQuest Library. 01 May 2009…"

Thomaston Historical Society

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The General Henry Knox Museum

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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - II. Pinkies, wherries, skiffs and chebaccos: Early Settlement

"… this structure as a model for the Knox Mansion in Thomaston. Swan sought out laborers (preferably Protestant families) to cultivate the land and…"

Historic Hallowell - Shipping

"… Hallowell shipped to were: Newburyport, Salem, Thomaston, Boston, Portland, Washington City, New York, and New Bedford."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - A Murder In Strong

"He died at the Maine State Prison after only serving six years, proclaiming his innocence to the day he died."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Maritime Tales: Shipyards and Shipwrecks - Page 2 of 2

"According to Peter Dow Bachelder in his book Ships and Maritime Disasters of the Maine Coast, the ship was the largest wooden sailing ship ever…"