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Longfellow House-Washington's Headquarters

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Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"… for the District of Passamaquoddy by George Washington. With the end of the war in 1783 and formation of the federal government efforts were made…"

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Lubec, Maine - Timeline

"… Superintendent of Eastern Indians by George Washington 1783 • War of Independence ends with signing of Treaty of Paris 1789 • Louis Delesdernier…"

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Architecture & Landscape database - George Coombs

"Home for Joseph Briggs designed by George M. Coombs, 1884 Maine Historical Society George Millard Coombs (1851-1909) was born in Brunswick in 1851."

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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - The "Edward O'Brien", the "Washington B. Thomas", & "Edna Hoyt"

"Thomas,” a 5-master of 2639 tons, the largest craft of any type ever built on the St. George River. Her career was cut short by a shipwreck off…"

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Porter Memorial Library

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Early Maine Photography - Famous People - Page 1 of 3

"… in 1814, she rescued the full-length portrait of George Washington from the East Room. In 1817 the Madisons returned to Montpelier, their Virginia…"

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Early Maine Photography - Landscape Photography - Page 3 of 3

"Eight years later in August, 1861, the Mount Washington Carriage Road Company opened the road to the top."

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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Groups, Clubs & Organizations - Page 3 of 3

"… organization and secret society founded at Washington, DC, in 1864. The Knights of Pythias received its charter through an act of the US Congress…"

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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 4 of 4

"George Washington was not yet President, and Maine was still part of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts."

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Rum, Riot, and Reform - Influential & Interesting Documents

"… known for his imaginative biography of George Washington, entered the temperance fray with this book, which became popular throughout the United…"

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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Soldiers Of The Civil War

"… a widower and resident of the Soldiers Home in Washington Precinct, Hall County, Nebraska. After the War many Maine residents had moved West in…"

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Music in Maine - Community Music

"1895Maine Historical Society George Washington Kemp, Leeds, ca. 1890Maine Historical Society George Washington "Wash" Kemp, came to Maine in…"

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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - About Us - Page 3 of 3

"One directors’ report included an entry that George W. Norton was approved to start in September as a teacher at the Free School, with a salary of…"

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Rum, Riot, and Reform - Acknowledgements

"… of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C, Unprocessed in PAGA 7, no. 392 (D size) [P&P] X This exhibition, which was on…"

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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - National Blue Ribbon School

"… school with a barbecue and plaque presentation by George Tucker of the Maine Department of Education."

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Music in Maine - Drum, Portland, ca. 1854

"… Theodore Ingalls King (1854-1906) of Portland and Washington D.C. View additional information about this item on the Maine Memory Network."

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Rum, Riot, and Reform - Quenching the Thirst

"… House, Cambridge, 1881NPS, Longfellow House-Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882) Ca."

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Music in Maine - Country Music

"… up in the small town of Robbinston in eastern Washington County, population around 400. There was a small family band called Stanhope’s Orchestra…"

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Music in Maine - Music Makers

"… vaudeville stages including in New York, Boston, Washington DC and Philadelphia. After Dunham’s rise to popularity in 1925, he published fiddling…"

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Music in Maine - Rock and Roll, Punk, and Elvis

"… in places like Pittsburgh, Baltimore, New York, Washington and Boston, what was it about Maine that attracted them to play in Old Orchard Beach…"

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Bath's Historic Downtown - Davenport Memorial and City Hall

"George P. Davenport was born at 55 Front Street, his father's home, and died on December 29, 1926 at his home on 1135 Washington Street due to a…"

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Blue Hill, Maine - A Real Downeast County Fair

"… new farms are beginning to appear in Hancock and Washington Counties. The sheepdog trials are still a major attraction known throughout the U.S."

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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Henry Knox: Sources

"Lonergan, Thomas J. Henry Knox : George Washington's Confidant, General of Artillery, and America's First Secretary of War Rockport, Me."