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James Parker, Artificer, First Maine Heavy Artillery Regiment, ca. 1863

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Civil War

"… manage family business, care for the sick and elderly, raise children, and bear the awful news that too often came in the form of long casualty…"

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - The Brick Inn

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - The Brick Inn

"Once Elder Margaret died in Maine, her estate was turned over to Trustees - Thompson and Richard; from probate records it appears they took very good…"

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Harbor Cottage at Asticou Northeast Harbor Maine ca. 1880

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Harbor Cottage, The Old Ell (“Mame’s House”), and the Big Barn

"… child rearing, cooking, and caring for the sick, elderly, and dead. She took on these roles in an era where there were no modern services as we…"

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Ice Storm, Wingate Residence, Hallowell, 1998

Historic Hallowell - Ice Storm Interviews - Page 2 of 2

"I have a number of elderly neighbors and so we would make coffee in the morning, we had a lot of those mugs with the covers on them."