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Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Wabanaki Agency in the Proprietor Records - Page 2 of 5

"… and Robin [Ramegin] to James Thomas and Samuel York.Maine Historical Society In 1670, according to one deed in the Pejepscot Proprietors…"

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Western Maine Foothills Region - Continental Paper Bag Company

"Sources: The Continental Paper Bag Company press, 1905 H. Schedler Photo Engraving, New York Kiesling Bros. Press, New York"

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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - People Who Called Scarborough Home - Page 2 of 4

"He became a member of the New York assembly and then was elected to the United States Senate, resigning in 1796 to become United States Minister to…"

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Dyer Library/Saco Museum

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Maine's Road to Statehood - 1790s: A Growing Movement

"Additionally, many in York County opposed separation because the current capital in Boston would likely be closer than a new capital in Maine.[15] In…"

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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - "Fly Rod" Crosby - Page 1 of 3

"… large outdoor trade shows in Boston and New York, where she advocated for the Narrow Gauge Railroad as a means of accessing bountiful fishing and…"

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Architecture & Landscape database - Gridley Barrows

"… Barrows (1912-1999) was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1912. His father was an engineer, and his mother was an artist."

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

"& Mrs. Ernest Stillman of New York. As the Stillman family grew in numbers, Clover Cottage saw the addition of more upstairs bedrooms and a new…"

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - WWI Impact on Farmington's Agriculture

"… acre at a profit of $40.04.” (Note: Brenda Voter York (and Herbert "Bussy" York) of Sandy River Farms, won the 2008 National Corn Growers' Assoc."

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Life on a Tidal River - Resources

"New York: Facts on File, 1992. Print. Olian, Joanne (Ed). Everyday Fashions of the Forties. Mineola, New York: Dover Publications, Inc., 1992. Print."

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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Historical Overview - Page 4 of 4

"New York: Penguin Books, 2004. York Deeds. Vol. II, 114. Centervale Farm - Business and Retail Center X Shops at Bessey Square X"

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Jesup Memorial Library

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

"He died in New York City on July 8, 1912 at age 67. SOURCES: Hugh J. Chisholm’s Magic Town, 1882-1912, by Peter A."

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Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Beyond Borders: A Wabanaki Perspective - Page 4 of 4

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

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - …next came the artists and rusticators.

"… Art Museum) X The 1844 visit of New York painter Thomas Cole (1801-1848) marked the start of Mount Desert Island’s influx of summer…"

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Historic Hallowell - Communication

"… work well, so they took it to an automobile show in New York in the early 1900‘s. Unfortunately, not many people were interested in the product."

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Historic Hallowell - Eastern Illustrating Company

"… traveled through rural New England and New York focusing their lenses on locally known landmarks, street scenes, country stores and businesses…"

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Presque Isle: The Star City - Phair House, the Bellstead and the Social Security Building

"He was born in New York in 1850. In 1856, Phair and his mother moved to Presque Isle. He built his house in Presque Isle in the 1890s on the corner…"

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Presque Isle: The Star City - Grant Memorial United Methodist Church

"… Street, the present site of Craig Green’s New York Life. The old church, formally known as the Methodist Church, was built in 1908; the church was…"

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Presque Isle: The Star City - Green's Department Store

"Maurice Klein, from New York, rebuilt the building from brick in 1914. Green rented the building and added on to the store in 1923."

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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Greenleaf Cilley

"He returned to New York in October 1846, and he was ordered to the Naval academy in Annapolis, Maryland."

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Life on a Tidal River - Bangor Site Resources

"New York, N.Y.: Newcomen Society of the United States, c2000. Print. Haley, John West. The Rebel yell & the Yankee hurrah: the Civil War journal of a…"

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Life on a Tidal River - The Flying Torah

"… in Chicago and the Theological Seminary in New York. Aside from one flight before him, he was soon to become the pilot of the "Flying Torah" as he…"

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Biddeford History & Heritage Project - RESOURCES

"(N) Clayton, W.W., et al. History of York County, Maine: with illustrations and biographical sketches of its prominent men and pioneers."