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Western Maine Foothills Region - Hugh J. Chisholm, Sr. - Page 1 of 2

"It would take 8 years to complete all the transactions, and allow Chisholm to pursue his construction and manufacturing plans for creating a paper…"

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Western Maine Foothills Region - Rumford - Page 1 of 4

"… Pettengill of Rumford Center, as his business agent to procure the riparian rights along the Androscoggin River above and below the Rumford Falls."

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Western Maine Foothills Region - Building Boom and Piers above the Falls

"5 car loads of the town bridge are here and we expect to have it put up at once. Yours Very Truly, Waldo Pettengill Agent"

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Biddeford History & Heritage Project - ABOUT US

"… mills, and the energy of Robert McArthur, an Agent of the Pepperell mills, the association bought the former Pavilion Congregational Church at 270…"

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McArthur Public Library

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Lincoln, Maine - Jeremy Nelson

"… selectman, a trustee, the town treasurer, a town agent, a land owner, a collector of taxes, and a constable in Lincoln’s early years."

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Surry by the Bay - History of Surry

"… in East Surry, Nathaniel Coffin was chosen as an agent to petition that Township #6 be incorporated as a town to be called Peru."

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Guilford, Maine - BUSINESSES - Page 3 of 3

"There have also been many different railroad agents for the Bangor and Piscataquis Railroad Company."

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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - People Who Called Scarborough Home - Page 3 of 4

"… other at Piscataqua where Cammock had been an agent of Gorges and Mason until he assumed proprietorship of his 1500-acre Black Point Patent in…"

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New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - Bridges of West New Portland

"… the town report simply states “Paid David Elder, agent for bridge $3,624.97". Since the structure in town which could have cost that amount of…"

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Lubec, Maine - Timeline

"… (Allan’s Island) 1790 • John Cooper, acting as agent for North Lubec (Seward’s Neck) settlers, petitioned Massachusetts General Court declaring…"

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Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"Flour produced by his grist mill helped provide a more varied diet for area residents. In 1832 a canal connecting Johnson Bay and South Bay was dug…"

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Education

"Each district had an agent, and that agent was responsible for obtaining and paying a teacher, in addition to providing wood, water, and crude…"

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Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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