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Old York Historical Society

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Biddeford History & Heritage Project - The Civil War/Reconstruction Era as Experienced in Biddeford & Saco - Page 4 of 17

"… Andrews and Sons began a contract for the New York Harlem Bridge and a bridge in Philadelphia to provide 25,000 yards of stone to New York and 600…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Henry Knox: Sources

"… Noah Henry Knox, a Soldier of the Revolution New York: Putnam, 1900 Callahan, North Henry Knox : General Washington's General New York : Rinehart…"

Malaga Island: a story best left untold - Resources, Links, and Bibliography for Malaga Island: A Story Best Left Untold

"… Up White in America, 2007, iUniverse, Inc., New York. Batignani, Karen Wentworth, Maine’s Coastal Cemeteries, A Historic Tour, 2003, Down East…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Corn Canning Industry

"… country in corn packing, behind Illinois and New York. The season lasted a mere three weeks. Franklin Farm Products Cooperative, established in…"

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

"Hadley, J. V. Seven Months A Prisoner. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1898. Jeffry, William H. Richmond Prison 1861-1862. St."

Parsons Memorial Library

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Maine's Road to Statehood - Maine in the 17th Century

"1676 Largely an unexplored territory by European settlers, 17th century Maine mostly consisted of towns in present-day York County which had sworn…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Women in Colonial Economies - Page 4 of 4

"Laurel Thatcher Ulrich, A Midwife’s Tale: The Life of Martha Ballard, Based on her Diary, 1785-1812 (New York: Knopf, 1990)."

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Works Cited

"New York: Lewis Publishing Co., 1909. Thompson, Deborah. Bangor, Maine 1769-1914 : an architectural history."

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - The Civil War/Reconstruction Era as Experienced in Biddeford & Saco - Page 5 of 17

"Saco Water Power Company of York Manufacturing, built the Laconia Mills on the Biddeford side of the river in 1844, then started Pepperell…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Part 1, pages 000-26

"Shaw William D. McLaughlin Henry Garland New York Hippodrome Crystal Palace, London 1853 railroad accident, Chicago 1849 Bangor accident Soldiers…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Intro to pages 91-132

"… Hall that he began in Part 1, introduces New York dancer and teacher L. DeGarmo Brookes, comments on card playing, provides a program of an 1874…"

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

"They were transported to and used mostly in Boston and New York City. While the quarry was functioning, boarding houses sprang up on the island to…"

Maine's Road to Statehood - The Coasting Law of 1789

"… Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut and New York. Although the fee was minimal, the time it took to port in each state would be a considerable…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Further Reading

"New York: New York University Press, 2019. Taylor, Alan. Liberty Men and Great Proprietors: The Revolutionary Settlement on the Maine Frontier…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - VIII. Changing course and new beginnings (1955-Present) - Page 1 of 2

"… in Biddeford and Saco: the Saco-Lowell Shops, York (Bates) Manufacturing, and Pepperell (WestPoint) Manufacturing, would follow a similar pattern."

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

"… Land Speculators on the New England Frontier (New York: New York University Press, 2019). Alan Taylor, Liberty Men and Great Proprietors: The…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Captain Samuel Watts House

"Both owned large properties in New York, where they spent a good deal of time with their families when not at their homes in Thomaston."

Western Maine Cultural Alliance

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John Martin: Expert Observer - Martin swing, Center Street, Bangor, 1864

"… "we have had gent & Ladies swing in it from New York Indianna Massachusets & many other states & all the children in the neighbourhood have had…"

Historic Hallowell - Hallowell History Bibliography

"New York: Arno Press, A New York Times Co., 1982. “Hallowell Boys At Home and Abroad.” Hallowell Register (May 17, 1884)."

Life on a Tidal River - Three Civil War Letters - Page 4 of 4

"1400 Days The Civil War Day by Day. New York: Gallery Books, 1990. Print. The Bangor, Brewer and Penobscot County Directory. Boston: Samuel S."

Historic Clothing Collection - 1930-1940 - Page 2 of 4

"… found among a group of garments by important New York designer, Jessie Franklin Turner. Of high style and high quality, they count among the most…"