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Maine State Archives

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Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Founding of the Farmington State Normal School

"In this year, the Secretary of Maine's first Board of Education, William G. Crosby of Belfast, called for the need of a Normal School in Maine in his…"

Lincoln, Maine - Lincoln Historical Society - Page 1 of 2

"At the time, Gertrude Mills was the secretary and Addie Pinkham was the Treasurer. Some of the charter members are as follows: Sadie Adams, Mary…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Riverside Park

"… class distinctions were meticulously maintained, Secretary of the Bangor Board of Trade Edward Mitchell Blanding assured the public that Riverside…"

Early Maine Photography - Famous People - Page 1 of 3

"During both the Jefferson and Madison administrations, Dolly Madison conducted the social life of the White House."

Maine's Road to Statehood - The Final Vote

"William King's brother Rufus, along with the Secretary of Treasury William Crawford, passed a revised Coasting Law through Congress, which turned the…"

Lincoln, Maine - Jacob Stinchfield

"He kept track of all the records and files of the town. He was later elected to become a state legislator. Even then, he still logged."

Early Maine Photography - Famous People - Page 2 of 3

"… led President Abraham Lincoln to appoint him as Secretary of the Treasury, a post he held for a year before returning to the Senate for the balance…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - History of Presque Isle

"… County,” in Thirty-Fifth Annual Report of the Secretary of the Maine Board of Agriculture for the Year 1892."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Groups, Clubs & Organizations - Page 1 of 3

"Men and women have corresponding titles of address in each of the first four degrees: Faith - laborer and maid; Hope -- cultivator and shepherdess…"

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

"… Historical Society Champlain Society member, secretary, and Botany Department chair Edward Lothrup Rand published Flora of Mount Desert with John…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - People Who Called Scarborough Home - Page 2 of 4

"Cyrus studied law and then served as private secretary to his half-brother Rufus when he was United States Minister to Great Britain in 1796."

Guilford, Maine - BUILDINGS - Page 4 of 5

"The secretary for the board was to write Mr. Andrew Carnegie a letter asking for a grant to build the new library in Guilford."

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - The Shaping of the Borderlands: Arcane Deeds and Failed Colonies - Page 1 of 5

"Croix Island, 1797 Used by the British Secretary Ward Chapman of the St. Croix Commission (1796-1798) to help settle the dispute over the Northeast…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - National Community Christmas Tree - 1959

"The President was introduced by Fred Seaton, Secretary of the Interior. President Eisenhower lit the tree at 5:15 p.m."

Life on a Tidal River - Bangor and Social Reform Movements of the 1800s-1900s

"X Women's Christian Temperance Union of Bangor Parade Sept. 15, 1909 X Bar on Exchange Street in 1904 X Unitarian Church X…"

Life on a Tidal River - Early Railroads in Bangor - Page 1 of 2

"Bangor planned days of celebration to bookend the overnight stay of the party: there was a parade, military review, fire engine trials, a regatta, a…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Fixing Borders on the Land: The Northeastern Boundary in Treaties and Local Reality, 1763-1842 - Page 4 of 5

"The final treaty process was led by US Secretary of State Daniel Webster and his British counterpart Lord Ashburton, himself a former land speculator…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - John Martin, Bangor, ca. 1868

"Martin was the group's founding secretary and prepared a book about the group, with details about each member."

Life on a Tidal River - William S. Cohen, The Man and the School

"Bangor was proud of one of its former students. It was during Cohen’s tenure as Secretary Defense, that the name of Garland Street Middle School was…"

Washburn-Norlands Living History Center

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Edmund S. Muskie Archives and Special Collections Library

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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Thomaston is Incorporated - 1777

"… of the American artillery in the Revolution, Secretary of War from 1785 to 1794 and close friend of George Washington, left his duties and retired…"