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Lincoln, Maine - Methodist Church

"Nobody can remember where services were held before the church was built. The first preacher was Elliot B."

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Lincoln, Maine - Solomon's Store

"5 Apr. 2010. "Solomon's Store, 1941". Photograph. Pictorial History of Lincoln, Maine. Lincoln. Ed. Penobscot Services Division."

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Guilford, Maine - BUSINESSES - Page 2 of 3

"Herring Brothers offers lots of services for slaughtering, processing, and wild game. Beef processing costs 55 cents per pound dressed; federal beef…"

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Guilford, Maine - Early Manufacturing - Page 3 of 3

"… Products Company: Celebrating 75 Years of Service, Company History Boolet, 1994 Town of Guilford meeting minutes and recordings, Volume 12, pp…"

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Highlighting Historical Hampden - Expansion

"The Boston and Bangor Steamboat Company (1834-1935) serviced a steamboat wharf in Hampden and carried passengers and freight from town to town along…"

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Guilford, Maine - Veterans Tributes - Page 1 of 2

"… the highest traditions of the United States Naval Service.” He also received the Purple Heart for wounds received during this engagement On Iwo…"

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Lincoln, Maine - Newspapers

"Lincoln: Lincoln News Print Services Division, 1995. 39-40. Print. Lyons, Pauline. "Lincoln Opportunities." Lincoln History. 1 & 2 ed. Lincoln: Mrs."

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Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Our Shared History - Page 4 of 4

"Residential areas are joined to stores and services by new sidewalks. A distinct sense of community thrives and is evident at a number of community…"

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Cumberland & North Yarmouth - About the Team

"This project is supported by a National Leadership Grant from the Institute of Museum & Library Services."

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Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Maine's Pauper Laws and the Cumberland Overseers of the Poor

"… Pleas discharging the servant or apprentice from service. Cumberland Town Farm, 1857 X Living idly The laws provided for the creation of work…"

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Lincoln, Maine - That Pioneer Spirit

"The facility "provides dozens of services... including some of the most cutting-edge technologies in the state." In 2006, the hospital won national…"

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Guilford, Maine - Historic Buildings - Page 2 of 2

"… Guilford, 1908Guilford Historical Society Services and speeches were given at the Universalist Church in observance of the Centennial in 1916."

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Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Our Shared History - Page 2 of 4

"… In these early years, the Second Church services alternated between the meetinghouse in Cumberland and the one in North Yarmouth."

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Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Our Shared History - Page 1 of 4

"… where inhabitants could go to acquire goods or services—at general stores, blacksmiths, and carriage-making shops."

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Highlighting Historical Hampden - John Crosby

"“Contra” is the list of goods or services that Crosby bartered as payment for the work that Curtis had done for him."

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Highlighting Historical Hampden - Hampden Academy

"… came very close to securing the educational services of J.P. Hanson, who later became the first preparatory instructor in the state."

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Guilford, Maine - Pre-Settlement And The First 100 Years

"… settlement and from that time forward religious services were held on more or less continuous basis. Guilford Center Schoolhouse, ca."

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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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John Martin: Expert Observer - John Martin gate design, Bangor, 1867

"… to be located too near a house and is made for service and show." Martin was an accountant and shopkeeper who was interested in architecture…"

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Lubec, Maine - Parade, Pins and Pageantry, 1911

"… the Army in every respect, their titles were military, their lodges had military names and they wore special uniforms. (The U.R.K.P."

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Aroostook Historical and Art Museum

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Eastern Maine Medical Center

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Presque Isle: The Star City - History of Presque Isle

"… County relied on outside influences such as the military to aid in the continued growth of the region."

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Life on a Tidal River - Narrative

"Bangor had almost 2000 men who qualified for military service; many would serve in either the Army or the Navy."