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Historic Hallowell - Lineman's Journal

"Lineman's Journal Dear Journal, It started as a regular day. As an off duty CMP crew member, I was sitting on the couch eating pretzels with my…"

Historic Hallowell - A Chosen Place ~ Once Again

"… great number she has sent out, I say you have a dear old town left to you, filled to the brim with memories so varied, so overwhelming, that I…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - U.S. Flagship Hartford

"… Kennebec Off Thomaston Maine April 23,1862 Dear Kenneth, I am writing to inform you that I have joined the Navy."

Home: The Wadsworth-Longfellow House and Portland - The Longfellow Era: 1807-1901

"… lived 87 of her 90 years in the house she called "dear old home." "[i] am happier here than anywhere."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Big Thunder

"… great mountains of spray.” “We have paddled with dear old Big Thunder, when the waves rocked us in his little canoe, and when we glided like…"

Life on a Tidal River - Three Civil War Letters - Page 3 of 4

"March 23 1863 Dear Mother Last nights Mail brought the ever welcome letter and the cheering tidings of “all well at home” and thanks to A Kind…"

Life on a Tidal River - Three Civil War Letters - Page 1 of 4

"11 Oct Dear Mother, I received your epistle of the 6th, and A little fellow in it that done me a sight of good."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Building Boom and Piers above the Falls

"Mr. H. J. Chisholm Dear Sir I was in Portland Tuesday and called at the office see you in regard to the Winter plans and as I did not see you I will…"

Rum, Riot, and Reform - A Call to Temperance

"Don't strike her anymore. Be good, dear papa, stop drinking, farewell! Till we meet on that golden shore." X Dr."

Lincoln, Maine - MacGregor's Spool Mill

"… imitation of our moods, as our employer and dear friend is dead. There is much speculation about what will happen to the spool mill."

Lincoln, Maine - Gordon's Fox Farms

"… at that time when a certain event happened” Dear Diary, Today at the farm, I had to go put down twelve foxes."

Mercy Hospital - Mercy & the Community

"… “the spirit of prayer and retreat must be most dear to us,” that spirit “would never withdraw us from these works of mercy.” The Sisters of Mercy…"

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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