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John Martin: Expert Observer - Fashion in Bangor, 1865

"… off the rim entire and leave nothing but the crown and a visor." He suggested that women's fashions changed when men went off to the Civil War."

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Historic Hallowell - Dummer House

"… learned of the successes and honor that have here crowned his life. We also know of the charm and happiness in the social life of the rapidly…"

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John Martin: Expert Observer - Gorham L. Boynton, Bangor, ca. 1867

"… him very large not very tall wears usually a low crowned straw hat drab or yellow pants & vest sometimes a black coat & sometimes dark or brown…"

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Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - The Shaping of the Borderlands: Arcane Deeds and Failed Colonies - Page 2 of 5

"… of land made in the area east of the Kennebec River would be legally recognized unless separately and specifically approved by the British crown."

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Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - The Shaping of the Borderlands: Arcane Deeds and Failed Colonies - Page 4 of 5

"… east of the Penobscot River confirmed by the Crown, as the charter required, were stymied. Even Governor Francis Bernard, who received a grant of…"

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Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Who were the Kennebec and Pejepscot Proprietors? - Page 3 of 7

"… stood on equal footing to those from the crown. Without acknowledged Indian deeds of their own, the Kennebec Company came to the opposite…"

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Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Beyond Borders: an historical overview - Page 4 of 6

"… leading proprietors remained loyal to the British crown; although new leadership soon muscled into control of the companies, many potential…"

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

"… impacted by the 1621 grant given by the Scottish Crown to William Alexander, First Earl of Stirling."

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Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - New Sweden Athletic Club

"They crowned a King and Queen, put on ski races, hockey tournaments, and on Pierson (or Ringdall) Hill they made the biggest ski jump."

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Historic Hallowell - Values and Charity

"… let us labor on, trusting that our efforts may be crowned by the preparation of some of those whose “home is on the deep” for that New Heaven and…"

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Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Pejepscot Proprietors Biographies - Page 1 of 2

"… pled with him to be reimbursed for the Crown appropriating large amounts of timber for the Royal Navy, which he seemingly had no interest in…"

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Charles K. Savage (1903-1979): The View from Asticou - Page 5 of 6

"The crowning jewel of Charles's partnership with Curtis resulted in the creation of the Thuya Garden in the late 1950s and a small library of rare…"

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

"… they now lie: They’ve run the race and won the crown They, the first settlers of the town They endured much through toil and pain But now, they’ve…"

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Acadian Archives

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Lubec, Maine - Susie Calder: Lubec's Sardine Queen

"… notice in the photograph that you had a very nice crown. Did someone make it for you? S: Well, I don’t know who made it; whether it was Noni…"

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Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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