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Lubec, Maine - Myron Avery, Lubec, and the Appalachian Trail
"… five and a half years of service with the rank of Captain and the Legion of Merit. Based mostly in Washington, D.C."
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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Henry Knox: The Old Church on the Hill
"… of Mill River, upon a piece of land conveyed by Captain David Fales which was about 116 feet wide and 109 feet deep."
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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Shipbuilding Industry Expands - 1850 to 1857
"Within a year, Captain Simon Shibles built a ship with Maxcy and Mathews on his land north of the Narrows."
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Guilford, Maine - Veterans Tributes - Page 2 of 2
"Captain Mattie Pinette, Eisenhower's secretary, Washington, D.C., 1944Guilford Historical Society To say that Mattie had a distinguished career in…"
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Lincoln, Maine - Frederick A. Edwards
"… in attendance at the execution of a Confederate Captain, who had killed a guard in an escape attempt. After the war Mr."
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Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Brothers of the Civil War
"Luther Lawrence, ca. 1861 Captain Luther Lawrence may have had this photo taken at the time of his promotion.North Yarmouth Historical Society…"
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Early Maine Photography - War - Page 2 of 2
"… of standing soldiers include an ambrotype of Captain Harrison G. Smith of Columbia Falls (1st Maine Heavy Artillery), described as a "farmer and…"
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"… beginnings from work as a tailor, then as a Captain in the militia. He was responsible for the upkeep of the Wells-Brunswick road and helped…"
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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Rustication
"In 1857 the Rockland's Captain, Charles Deering, added Bar Harbor to his stops. The next year he opened the Deering House, Bar Harbor's second hotel."
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Bath's Historic Downtown - The Sagadahock House and The Sagadahoc Block
"The hotel was built by Captain John Patten, on Shaw's Point. According to the [pride of bath] article, the four story building, with 80 rooms, cost…"
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Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - The Coming of the Swedes, 1870-73
"… as the result of an aggressive campaign by Captain G. W. Schroeder, Thomas's immigration office manager in Gothenburg, Sweden (and the leader of…"
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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Building Community and Commerce
"… had to ford the waters at the Narrows or ride Captain Thompson's ferry. Thompson charged 10 cents for someone on foot, 31 cents for a horse and…"
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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Champlain Society - Page 2 of 2
"… on this subject by one of its earnest advocates, ‘Captain’ Charles Eliot.” -- W.H. Dunbar and E.L. Rand, First Annual Report of the Botanical…"
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"… John II, made his living coasting as a schooner captain, logging Savage family land, loading his schooners with lumber and trading in ports such as…"
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Historic Hallowell - Ice Cutting and Ice Houses on the Bombahook
"… came to Hallowell almost by mistake? In 1820, Captain John Bradstreet was sailing when nasty weather forced him to port his ship in Randolph."
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Historic Hallowell - Ice Cutting and Ice Houses on the Bombahook
"… came to Hallowell almost by mistake? In 1820, Captain John Bradstreet was sailing when nasty weather forced him to port his ship in Randolph."
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"Ryan Sinclair's Interview with Captain Arthur Moore The Steam and Boom Company, incorporated on March 29, 1836 in Hallowell along the Kennebec…"
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Historic Hallowell - Shipbuilding
"… partner Grant Bowen's Interview with Captain Arthur Moore, Harbor Master Shipbuilding was a huge industry in Hallowell in the late 1800s."
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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Woodrow Wilson
"… Great Depression and his experiences as a ship captain. Woodrow Wilson, clip one Clip 1: Kristen Sawyer: What do you remember about the thirties…"
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Life on a Tidal River - Bangor and the Civil War
"Bangor and the Civil War Captain Isaac W. Case, from Kenduskeag was a member of the 22nd Maine Regiment. Photo courtesy of Isaac W."
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Blue Hill, Maine - Project Sources
"The letter from R.G.W. Dodge to Captain Treworgy, the protest (insurance claim) of the /Ocean Ranger/ and the bills of laden and Charty Party for…"
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Blue Hill, Maine - Blue Hill Spearheads Development on the Downeast Coast
"… “To His Excellency Francis Bernard, Esq’r, Captain General and Governor in and Over his Majesty’s Province afores’d, the Honorable, His Majesty’s…"