Maine Memory Network

John Martin: Expert Observer - Soldiers' Monument, Bangor, 1864

"… the Scrap and Sketch Book he began in 1864 that subscriptions paid for the monument, which had been planned for Central Park."

Patten Free Library

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Porter Memorial Library

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Jesup Memorial Library

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Lithgow Public Library

"… $9,000 gift from Andrew Carnegie and the sale of subscriptions to area citizens, provided the funds to construct the building."

Mercy Hospital - Growth & Expansion - Page 1 of 2

"… $300,000 from 6,831 individual donors in a public subscription drive. Mercy also received nearly $240,000 in federal funds for furnishings and…"

McArthur Public Library

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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Island Postmistresses

"… a week and the mail carrier was to be paid by subscription but as many received little mail interest in the enterprise soon waned and the burden of…"

Historic Hallowell - A Post-Revolutionary Generation

"… of his innovative “Circulating Library,” a subscription library offered to patrons for a small fee."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Aroostook Valley Railroad

"The idea was a hit and pledges of aid and stock subscriptions began coming in. Gould thought about the railroad idea."

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

"… across the river was built by volunteer work and subscription, and opened to travel around 1821. There have been 12 bridges on the Piscataquis…"

Colby College Special Collections

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Presque Isle: The Star City - Arthur R. Gould

"The idea was a hit and pledges of aid and stock subscriptions began coming in. Gould thought about the railroad idea."

Eastern Maine Medical Center

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