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

"… Rivers near Franconia, in Fairfax County, Virginia two months after their involvement at Bull Run. Fred writes: Hardtack, ca."

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Life on a Tidal River - Bangor and the Civil War

"Libby prison was located in Richmond, Virginia. Ironically, Libby prison was named after Luther Libby who was a Maine native."

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Lincoln, Maine - Gary Gordon

"… "Gordon" naming ceremony program, Newport News, Virginia, 1996Lincoln Historical Society Gary Gordon was born August 30, 1960 in Lincoln, Maine."

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Lincoln, Maine - Civil War

"He fought in Virginia and North Carolina until April 1864. After the war, William Clark was a member of the Maine House of Representatives."

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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Prominent Women

"… After several years of living in Richmond, Virginia, Elizabeth returned to Portland in 1874. For seven years she was the literary editor of the…"

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

"Mary’s Church Virginia. He died on October 6, 1864, in Andersonville Prison of scorbutus. Scorbutus was the term for used scurvy during the Civil War…"

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Western Maine Foothills Region - Continental Paper Bag Company

"… of the Rumford Historical Society, chaired by Virginia Weston, many of the former mill employees were present."

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

"… Androscoggin river, above the High Bridge, in the Virginia Area of Rumford. Here is the letter from Waldo Pettengill to Hugh J."

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Life on a Tidal River - Bangor: Lumber Capital of the World

"Virginia: Donning Company, 1991. Print. Bangor Lumber Company lumbermen with horses, ca. 1910Bangor Public Library Lumber schooners on the…"

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Music in Maine - Radio Cowboys and Country Music

"… on the WWVA Wheeling Jamboree radio show in West Virginia. The couple divorced in 1963, with Betty returning to Auburn and Hal initially performing…"

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

"Virginia Beach, VA, Donning Co., 1991, p. 129. Ziffer, Carolyn Kinnard, and Dorothy A. Hawkes. “Church History.” Unitarian Universalist Society of…"

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Life on a Tidal River - Bass Park: A History of Fillies, Fame, and Fun

"Virginia Beach, VA: The Donning Company, 1991. Print. Postcard of 1897 Auditorium X Postcard of 1897 Auditorium With Horsedrawn Carriages X…"

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Music in Maine - Community Music

"… who assisted the Kemps escaping enslavement in Virginia and moving to Maine. North Atlantic Blues Festival Click to read about the North…"

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Life on a Tidal River - Four Important Women of Bangor

"… back to Yale University and the University of Virginia where she earned several degrees and to teach literature and writing."

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Freedom & Captivity Portal

The Freedom & Captivity digital collection in the Maine Memory Network, and the complete digital archive housed at Colby Special Collections, is a repository of personal testimonies, ephemera, memorabilia, artifacts, and visual materials that capture multiple dimensions of the experiences of incarceration for individuals, families, and communities, as well as for survivors of harm.

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Life on a Tidal River - Narrative

"and Marilyn Zoidis. Woodsmen and Whigs. Virginia Beach: The Donning Company, 1991. Print. Vickery, James B. An Illustrated History of Bangor, Maine."

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Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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