Maine Memory Network

John Martin: Expert Observer - Fashion in Bangor, 1865

"… 1864, "manufacturers made a clean sweep to kill pressing over so as to sell new stock and established a fashion as above to take off the rim entire…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Farmington's Agricultural Pursuits

"… cents per yard, flannels 17-25 cents per yard and pressed cloth for 25 cents per yard. (25 cents is the equivalent to approximately $5.13 today)."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Marcellus Emery, Bangor, ca. 1864

"Union supporters destroyed Emery's press, but he continued publishing. Martin quotes Emery as writing in his newspaper in 1861, "52 thousand dead…"

Margaret Chase Smith Library

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Skowhegan Community History - Benedict Arnold's March

"… when he realized that he couldn't, he made them press on to the Skowhegan Falls, which, according to the men, was "made by the devil for the…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Continental Paper Bag Company

"Sources: The Continental Paper Bag Company press, 1905 H. Schedler Photo Engraving, New York Kiesling Bros. Press, New York"

Lincoln, Maine - Nathaniel Bodwell

"Lewiston ME: The Dingley Press, Inc., 279-435. Print. Goodwin, Kathryn. Personal Glimpses Of The Early Settlers Of Lincoln, Maine."

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Brothers of the Civil War

"Wayne E. Reilly, ed. 2002: Picton Press, Rockport, ME Luther Lawrence’s US military record "Nothing But a Miracle Could Save Us" by Bryce A. Suderow."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Agriculture

"Somersworth, N.H. New England History Press, 1983 {a reprint of 1885}. Parker, Thomas. Early History of Farmington, Maine. L'Anse, MI."

Presque Isle: The Star City - History of Presque Isle

"Orono, ME: University of Maine Press, 1963. Graves III, Richard A. Forgotten Times: Presque Isle’s First 150 Years."

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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