Keywords: first Secretary of War
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Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington
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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…"
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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."
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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."
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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…"
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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…"
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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."
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Guilford, Maine - Veterans Tributes - Page 2 of 2
"Captain Mattie Pinette, Eisenhower's secretary, Washington, D.C., 1944Guilford Historical Society To say that Mattie had a distinguished career in…"
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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."
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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."
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Historic Clothing Collection - 1890-1900 - Page 3 of 3
"… as store clerks, telephonists, office clerks, secretaries, and typists were opening up (by now typewriters were common in business use)."
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"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…"
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Guilford, Maine - PROJECT OVERVIEW - Page 1 of 2
"… Society As one would expect it was the secretary of Guilford Historical Society who was alerted to the MCHP grant and in connection with the…"
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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."
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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Henry Knox: Sources
": Picton Press, c2003 Puls, Mark Henry Knox: Visionary General of the American Revolution. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2008."
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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - General Henry Knox Museum
"Housed primarily in Montpelier, an elegant reconstruction of the nineteen room mansion Knox built as a retirement home in Thomaston, the museum…"
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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Henry Knox: Land Dealings
"… other settlers, who, in his absence while he was Secretary of War, had settled and improved parts of the Waldo Patent, considering it their just…"
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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…"
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Lubec, Maine - Myron Avery, Lubec, and the Appalachian Trail
"As Steve Clark, corresponding secretary of the Maine Appalachian Trail Club says, “his name is still in a legendary status.”"
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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Agriculture
"Butler secretary. The first “Cattle Show and Fair” was held on Oct. 19 & 20, 1840. “Ample, and secure accommodations will be provided for all kinds…"
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Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview
"… Henry Knox, who served under George Washington as Secretary of the Department of War, began acquiring large parcels of the Waldo Patent, the…"
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