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John Martin: Expert Observer - Bangor Commercial article on World's Fair contest

"The Bangor Daily Whig and Courier reported on July 8, 1893: "Mrs. John Martin and Miss Mabel Martin leave on this morning’s train for the World’s…"

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

"Print. President Grant Visit Bangor Daily Whig and Courier (Newspaper) October 14, 1871 through October 20, 1871. Bangor Public Library. Microfilm."

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Early Maine Photography - Groups - Page 1 of 2

"The group took its name from the 1840 presidential campaign in which the Whig candidate, General William Henry Harrison, was transformed from a…"

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John Martin: Expert Observer - Intro: pages 74-138

"… System of Free Trade Tyler Wasgatt Brick School House Mr. Teague Dancing School William Henry Harrison, Whigs Boman Holman singing school"

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Cottagers

"… and every one almost who was of more than ordinary note. -Bangor Daily Whig & Courier, 19 August 1886. Continue to Activities for Rusticators"

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Life on a Tidal River - Resources

"Woodsmen and Whigs: Historic Images of Bangor, Maine. Virginia Beach, VA: The Donning Company, 1991. Print."

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Biddeford History & Heritage Project - IV. Engulfed by nationalism: Revolutionary Biddeford

"Biddeford was a solidly Whig town, and Tory residents didn‘t remain in town long. The citizens of Biddeford proclaimed their support of the…"

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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

"… Aroostook “War” of 1838-39, encouraged the new Whig and Tory governments of the US and Britain to finally settle the northeastern border in 1842."

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Lincoln, Maine - That Pioneer Spirit

"The Whig and Courier, a Bangor newspaper, reported the event: About half past ten o’clock last night a dispatch was received in this city for Mayor…"

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

"Zelz, Abigail and Zoidis, Marliyn. Woodsmen and Whigs: Historic Images of Bangor, Maine. Virginia: Donning Company, 1991. Print."

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

"Woodsmen and Whigs: Historic Images of Bangor, Maine. Virginia Beach, VA, Donning Co., 1991, p. 129. Ziffer, Carolyn Kinnard, and Dorothy A. Hawkes."

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

"Zelz, Abigail, and Marilyn Zoidis. Woodsmen and Whigs : Historic Images of Bangor, Maine. Virginia Beach, VA: The Donning Company, 1991. Print."

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

"… by the MCRR was reported in the Bangor Daily Whig and Courier, which carried testimonies from the hearings in the weeks following the crash."

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Lincoln, Maine - Telegraphs & Telephones

"King, George R. “Lincoln Light Power CO.” Lincoln Historical Society (1993): 252-54. Print. Whig and Courier. 1887th ser. June.21 (1887). Print."

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Life on a Tidal River - Narrative

"Zelz, Abigail E. and Marilyn Zoidis. Woodsmen and Whigs. Virginia Beach: The Donning Company, 1991. Print. Vickery, James B."