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Tate House Museum

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Historic Hallowell - A Bay State Exodus

"… Taylor observed that in the years following the Revolutionary War, "population growth and careless exploitation had wrought worsening scarcities of…"

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Monson Historical Society

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

"Drake, c1873. Lonergan, Thomas J. Henry Knox : George Washington's Confidant, General of Artillery, and America's First Secretary of War Rockport, Me."

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Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield - Page 1 of 5

"… 1988Dixfield Historical Society Following the Revolutionary War, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts needed to raise money to pay off its huge war…"

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Rum, Riot, and Reform - Taverns, People, and Scenes

"… Collection Billy Hans was a veteran of the Revolutionary War who had become an alcoholic and fallen on hard times."

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William Fogg Public Library

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Blue Hill, Maine - Jonathan Fisher: Unlocking the Person Beyond the Parson

"His father died in 1777 while serving in the Revolutionary War, leaving his mother as the sole support of the family."

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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Maritime Tales: Shipyards and Shipwrecks - Page 1 of 2

"Prior to the war, raw materials for building ships were sent to England. The area was heavily forested, much of it with tall pines ideally suited for…"

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Porter Memorial Library

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New Hampshire Historical Society

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Kings Landing Historical Settlement

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Mercy Hospital - Growth & Expansion - Page 1 of 2

"One headline trumpeted the “Revolutionary Telephone System” installed in the building, which boasted a brand-new system of 110 phones dedicated to…"

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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Henry Knox: Land Dealings

"… the Waldo Patent, Knox had ongoing problems with Revolutionary War veterans and other settlers, who, in his absence while he was Secretary of War…"

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Thomaston Historical Society

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The General Henry Knox Museum

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Rum, Riot, and Reform - 1620 to 1820: New England's Great Secret

"By the time of the Revolutionary War, Dr. Benjamin Rush of Philadelphia, a leading physician, helped introduce the notion that alcohol was not always…"

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Longfellow House-Washington's Headquarters

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Life on a Tidal River - Narrative

"… of so great a sum..." Moses Patten, 1814 The Revolutionary War Years challenged the tiny hamlet on the western shores of the Penobscot."

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

"Captain Parker was a soldier in the Revolutionary War and came to the area once the war was over. Parker is noted as the second settler in town…"

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Building Community and Commerce

"… Desert Island Historical Society After the Revolutionary War, on February 17, 1789, the Town of Mount Desert was created."

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

"Josiah Parker, a Revolutionary War soldier came to the East Village shortly after his discharge from the Army."

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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - People Who Called Scarborough Home - Page 1 of 4

"The King family prospered before the Revolutionary War. Suspected of having Tory sympathies, Richard was harassed by the Sons of Liberty and his…"

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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - II. Pinkies, wherries, skiffs and chebaccos: Early Settlement

"… author, merchant, politician, Son of Liberty, Revolutionary War figure, and all-around interesting character, Swan followed the current trend of…"