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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Emerson Letter

"Emerson Letter Emerson Fales, born October 11, 1834 lived in Thomaston Maine. He was a mason soldier of the 4th Me."

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

"I suppose you have some trouble to read my writing, but you must get used to it for I cannot write any better not now and I think I never can learn…"

Life on a Tidal River - Three Civil War Letters - Page 2 of 4

"Three Civil War Letters The souvenirs of war collected by Frederick Rogers. The Fourth Regiment would not see any action for the next seven…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Site Navigation Tips

"We have generally presented the letter he intended. We have made every effort to accurately transcribe the Journal and Scrapbooks."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Charles K. Savage (1903-1979): The View from Asticou - Page 6 of 6

"… creating many detailed and illustrated personal letters with his observations and analyses of local issues while also maintaining close personal…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - A Look Inside the Classroom Over Time - Page 3 of 4

"The new writing utensils did not have these disadvantages, and were considered a great invention. Slates and slate pencils are no longer used for…"

Mercy Hospital - The Spanish Flu

"… from Camp Taylor, Louisville, Kentucky, 1918 A letter from Sumner Cobb to his family, discussing the Spanish Flu.Maine Historical Society Another…"

Early Maine Photography - Famous People - Page 3 of 3

"When the letters first appeared in book form in 1833, Smith’s brand of political writing captured national attention and launched his thirty-five…"

Blue Hill, Maine - John Edward Horton, Civil War Soldier

"… of John’s time in California emerges through the letters he sent to his brother Josiah and his father, John."

Home: The Wadsworth-Longfellow House and Portland - The Wadsworth Era: 1786-1807

"… (when not helping at home) were reading, writing letters, playing the spinet, and drawing. John, 16, later went to Harvard College."

Mercy Hospital - School of Nursing - Page 3 of 3

"A letter to Quigley during the 1930s mentioned that Sister Gloria LeVasseur “enjoyed the operating room experience she received at Madigan” when…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Beyond Borders: A Wabanaki Perspective - Page 2 of 4

"… the form of traveling, making speeches, writing letters to state, national, and international authorities, and sometimes this took the form of open…"

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

"Here is the letter from Waldo Pettengill to Hugh J. Chisholm regarding plans to build the booms and piers for the mill. Mr."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Champlain Society - Page 2 of 2

"… concern for the land in their logbooks, their letters, and their published articles. “…is it possible to protect the natural beauty of the island…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Woodrow Wilson

"… a bit longer and you weren’t allowed to write letters so to tell people where you were but ugh I managed."

Presque Isle: The Star City - History of Presque Isle

"… that would become Presque Isle and Maysville were Letter F, Range 2 and Letter G, Range 2, respectively."

Lincoln, Maine - Telegraphs & Telephones

"… few goods were saved, but the town’s records and letters in the post office were saved without any damage to them at all."

New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future

"Many letters exist today written to Ms. Greenleaf, thanking her for her generosity. One is from an Augustus Vaughn who was from the area, and…"

Guilford, Maine - BUILDINGS - Page 4 of 5

"Andrew Carnegie a letter asking for a grant to build the new library in Guilford. The town voted to support the library with $500 per year if Mr."

Prince Memorial Library

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Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Education

"Robert Tyler's Letter SweaterFarmington Historical Society Farmington High School Pennant, ca."

Eastern Maine Medical Center

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