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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Sources

"American Merchant Ships General Publishing Co. Ltd, Printer 1987 Rockland Courier Gazette Newspaper clippings, documents, deeds, manuscripts and…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Sources

"American Merchant Ships General Publishing Co. Ltd, Printer 1987 Rockland Courier Gazette Newspaper clippings, documents, deeds, manuscripts and…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Sources

"American Merchant Ships General Publishing Co. Ltd, Printer 1987 Rockland Courier Gazette Newspaper clippings, documents, deeds, manuscripts and…"

Guilford, Maine - WELCOME

"… settlers, farmers, and land holders, through merchants and businessmen, to the soldiers and heroes who lived and died here, and of the sacrifices…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Gorham L. Boynton, Bangor, ca. 1867

"… of Gorham L. Boynton, a Bangor lumber merchant, whom he described as "among a class of risky and reckless men." Martin, who wrote and illustrated…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Who were the Kennebec and Pejepscot Proprietors? - Page 2 of 7

"… fur trade with the Wabanakis, until four Boston Merchants bought it in 1661 for £400. During the wars of 1675-1678 and 1688-1699, the Wabanakis—who…"

Lubec, Maine - S.S. Cumberland: Steamer Brought Passengers and Prosperity to Lubec but Met Tragic End

"Sumner and Co.; Staples & Son, general merchant; F.Y. Trefry, postmaster and merchant in South Lubec; F.M."

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - V. A Cascade of Booms & Busts (1790-1865) - Page 1 of 3

"… Public Library Matthew Cobb was the principal merchant in Biddeford during these years and had a large store until he removed from the area in…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Andrew Smith Store

"… (his marriage license in 1923 lists him as a merchant). The Andrew Smith home was owned by Tina Joyce from 1946 to 1964."

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Summer Street

"Hampden merchants maintained wharves, warehouses, and retail stores on Summer Street, all necessary related to the buying and selling of goods…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - 1850 to 1870

"… and specialty shops were in great number and merchants did a brisk business. After an initial drop in census numbers to 3600 in 1860, due to the…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - The End of Wooden Shipbuilding - 1910 to 1950

"… was certainly sad for Thomaston builders and merchants alike. Symbolic of the last days of this boom in shipping was the “Reine Marie Stewart,”…"

Brick Store Museum

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Lithgow Public Library

"… is named for Llewellyn Lithgow, an Augusta merchant and book lover, who left a $20,000 bequest to the City for the purpose of building a public…"

Early Maine Photography - Art

"… granddaughter of businessman Asa Clapp, the daughter of real estate developer Charles Q. Clapp, and the wife of tobacco merchant John B. Carroll."

Early Maine Photography - Groups - Page 1 of 2

"… wearing leather gloves, very much looking the part of the daughter of Portland merchant Ezekial Day and the wife of attorney Kiah Bailey Sewall."

Architecture & Landscape database - Eaton W. Tarbell

"… Corporation Guest House (1946) in Brewer and the Merchants National Bank (1974) in Bangor. Eaton Tarbell was one of the first architects in…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Beyond Borders: an historical overview - Page 2 of 6

"… In the early eighteenth century, Massachusetts merchants, lawyers, and political leaders increasingly saw the Maine borderland as a place to…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Pejepscot Proprietors Biographies - Page 2 of 2

"… Jonathan Belcher, who was an influential Boston merchant and Governor of Massachusetts (1730-1741.) Noyes graduated from Harvard College and also…"

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

"… to Mary Alsop, daughter of wealthy New York merchant John Alsop. He became a member of the New York assembly and then was elected to the United…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - About the Project

"Rumford itself is the commercial hub of the area, offering supermarkets, restaurants, and a wide variety of merchants."

Historic Hallowell - Shipping

"… a system called the triangular trade in which the merchants would trade and ship goods between Boston to Hallowell."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Thomaston Expands - 1805 to 1846

"It punished American merchants in the process by prohibiting trading. However, Paine surreptitiously continued trading at great risk and was so…"

Early Maine Photography - Famous People - Page 2 of 3

"… the largest ship owner in Maine and a successful merchant. His business interests included real estate, banking, and cotton manufacturing."