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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Elizabeth Akers Allen, née Chase

"Moulton. p. 18. Leonard, John William; Marquis, Albert Nelson (1908). Who's who in America. Marquis Who's Who."

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Thomaston Bank, Stereo View, Thomaston, ca. 1865

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Shipbuilding Declines - 1857 to 1861

"Brown, Joshua Morton, J. O. Cushing, William Singer, Lemuel Strout, Burgess and O’Brien, Samuel Watts, Gilchrest, Stetson & Gerry, James Creighton…"

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Bangor from the east bank of the Penobscot River, ca. 1905

Life on a Tidal River - Bangor and the Civil War Resources

"New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1898. Jeffry, William H. Richmond Prison 1861-1862. St. Johnsbury, Vermont: The Republican Press, 1893."

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Titcomb shipyard, Kennebunk Landing, ca. 1855

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Representative Industries of Cumberland and North Yarmouth

"A few years later it was sold to William R. Wood, of Portland, who was proprietor in 1904 and ran the business as The United Packers, with a capacity…"

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Children's Gate, Longfellow Garden, Portland, ca. 1930

Longfellow Garden Club

View collections, facts, and contact information for this Contributing Partner.

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Western Maine Foothills Region - Rumford - Page 4 of 4

"… First Settlement in 1779 to the Present Time, by William B. Lapham, Press of the Maine Farmer, Boston, MA. 1890; Hugh J."

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Captain Lewis Mitchell, Portland, ca. 1855

Early Maine Photography - Occupational Photography

"The tintype of bearded Captain William Blanchard of Richmond is a reminder of that Kennebec River town’s flourishing pre Civil War shipbuilding…"

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Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - 1925 National Governors' Association Convention

"The guns were fired from Ft. Williams, the horns came from the 5th Maine Infantry band, and whistles were from the steamboat Calvin Austin."

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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Henry Knox: Lime Works

"A letter from Knox to his foreman William Howe Wiggen, dated January 15, 1805 and quoted in Eaton, gives a glimpse into Knox’s lime burning business…"

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

"… particularly near the Royal River, named for William Royall, one of the earliest settlers of this area called Wescustogo."

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Grist and saw mills on the Upper Falls, Rumford, ca. 1895

Western Maine Foothills Region - For The Love Of Paper - Page 3 of 4

"… Love Of Paper THIRD GENERATION CHISHOLM LEADER William H. Chisholm was the third generation of his family to become President of Oxford."

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Rose Lane and Clover Cottage - Asticou Way Panorama ca. 1935

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Postscript: More Moving Buildings

"William Vanderbuilt of Rhode Island, writer Willa Cather (who wrote the final draft of her last book at the house), and Mrs."

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Somes Sound, Mt. Desert Island, ca. 1900

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Source Materials

"Dr. William R. Horner for proofreading draft text and providing needed edits. Jennifer Judd-McGee for her patience, proofreading draft text and…"

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Maternity, Hallowell Granite Works, ca. 1895

Historic Hallowell - Cotton Mill & Johnson Shoe Citations

"Webber, Sumner. Personal interview. 20 Apr. 2011. Whitman, William. ed. The Wealth and Industry of Maine. Augusta: Sprague, Owen and Nash, 1873."

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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Notable Residents

"William Keith sold a lot with a partially constructed house at the corner of Robinson and Main Street to a friend and business acquaintance of Henry…"