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St. Joseph Healthcare

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Historic Hallowell - Transportation Challenge

"… drying sails at granite wharf, was named after a Connecticut oyster king and skippered by Captain Lyman W. Lyons of New Haven. Captain Lyman W."

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

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

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Life on a Tidal River - Bangor Site Resources

"Bangor's Street Railway. Warehouse Point, Conn.: Connecticut Valley Chapter, National Railway Historical Society, 1974. Print. Pullen, John J."

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National Archives at Boston

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Mercy Hospital - People of Mercy - Page 2 of 2

"… the Sisters of Mercy in 1955, later training at Connecticut School of Pharmacy as a registered hospital pharmacist."

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Historic Hallowell - Child Labor

"In 1813 Connecticut said that children must have schooling in order to work. By 1899 twenty-eight states had enforced rules about child labor."

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Friends of the Kotzschmar Organ

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Maine's Road to Statehood - The American Revolution and Early Attempts at Separation - Page 2 of 2

"… Movement to Separate Maine from Massachusetts, (Connecticut: Wesleyan University Press), 13. Maine only had three incorporated counties before…"

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Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Pejepscot Proprietors Biographies - Page 2 of 2

"… in North Carolina and the Bedford Plantation in Connecticut. In Boston, he was elected to the office of scavenger, clerk of the market, and…"

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Carolyn Stone

"… at the New Britain Model School in New Britain, Connecticut. In 1901, Miss Stone returned to Maine, and more specifically, to the Farmington State…"

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Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield - Page 1 of 5

"… to build a road from the headwaters of the Connecticut River to the Kennebec. Years later their efforts turned into the Coos Road, running from…"

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Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 3 of 4

"The owners had permanent homes in Massachusetts, Connecticut, New York and New Jersey, and particularly Pennsylvania and Ohio."

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Surry by the Bay - Early Twentieth Century

"… in the shipyards in South Portland, Bath and Connecticut. One or two cars drove around the village tooting their horns. That was about it."

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Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Fixing Borders on the Land: The Northeastern Boundary in Treaties and Local Reality, 1763-1842 - Page 3 of 5

"… the west, from the northwesternmost head of the Connecticut River, through the Great Lakes, and the eastern border’s terminus at Lake of the Woods…"

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Historic Hallowell - Hurricanes Of 1954 - Stories and Timelines

"… Carol tore through New England covering all of Connecticut, Rhode island, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, part of Vermont and all of Maine."

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Life on a Tidal River - Bangor: Healthcare Center of Eastern and Central Maine - Page 2 of 2

"The Felician Sisters, who were from Enfield, Connecticut, purchased it then in that particular year. Dedication groundbreaking of St."

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Guilford, Maine - Early Manufacturing - Page 2 of 3

"… business, They also acquired Johnson Woolen of Connecticut adding raw wool scouring and grading of fleece."

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Lubec, Maine - Klondike: Lubec's Gold from Sea Water Hoax

"… to investors in Massachusetts, New York and Connecticut. Jernegan and Fisher designed and published an elaborate prospectus to attract and convince…"

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Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Early Settlements

"… and emigrated to Islesboro from Stonington, Connecticut. Little did they realize that the land they farmed would eventually become some of the most…"

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Skowhegan Community History - A Brief History of the Skowhegan Area

"The tribes east of the Connecticut River were called the Abenaquois and this name was confined to the valley of the Kennebec River."

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Life on a Tidal River - Four Important Women of Bangor

"She died in Danbury, Connecticut of natural causes. During her life she inspired many suffragettes to keep fighting for equal rights."

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Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview

"… on Islesboro, arriving in 1764 from Stonington, Connecticut. He cleared land and built a log house near what is now called Bounty Cove, mid-point…"

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Eastern Maine Medical Center

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