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Title: Judge Emery house, Paris

Contributed by: Hamlin Memorial Library and Museum

Date: 2007

Location: Paris

Media: Photograph

Title: Paris Hill Common as it looked ca. 1822

Contributed by: Hamlin Memorial Library and Museum

Date: circa 1900

Location: Paris

Media: print of drawing

Title: Smith's Brook, Paris, ca. 1880

Contributed by: Hamlin Memorial Library and Museum

Date: circa 1880

Location: Paris

Media: Photograph (cyanotype)

Hannibal Hamlin of Paris Hill

2009 marked the bicentennials of the births of Abraham Lincoln and his first vice president, Hannibal Hamlin of Maine. To observe the anniversary, Paris Hill, where Hamlin was born and raised, honored the native statesman and recalled both his early life in the community and the mark he made on Maine and the nation.

Harry Lyon: An Old Sea Dog Takes to the Air

Through a chance meeting, Harry Lyon of Paris Hill became the navigator on the 1928 flight of the Southern Cross, the first trans-Pacific flight. His skill as a navigator, despite his lack of experience, was a key factor on the flight's success.

The Aroostook War and the Northeast Border

From the Treaty of Paris that ended the American Revolution in 1783 to the Webster-Ashburton Treaty in 1842, the northern border of Maine -- and the United States -- was uncertain and a source of considerable tension between the U.S. and Britain.

Hamlin Memorial Library and Museum

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Paris Cape Historical Society

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