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Music in Maine - HEAR

"Wax Cylinders Translating 1890 Passamaquoddy Wax Cylinders Click to hear Dwayne Tomah discuss wax cylinder recordings Recording cylinders…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - 1840 U.S. Census Questions

"How many pounds of wool? Hops? Wax? 6. How many tons of hay? Hemp? Flax? 7. How many pounds of sugar? Silk cocoons? 8."

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

"… for higher yield as well as providing honey and wax. (In 1849, Stephen Titcomb, Jr., the son of Farmington’s first settler Stephen Titcomb patented…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Scrapbook 1: 1885-1899, Katahdin Iron Works, Silver Lake Hotel

"… of the company changed over the years as business waxed and waned, the area remained known as "Katahdin Iron Works." The large furnace was fueled…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Island Postmistresses

"… were merely folded and secured with sealing wax no envelopes were used Postage was charged according to the distance the letter was sent It often…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 3 of 4

"The project waxed and waned, even disappeared for a while, until the Ladies Social Library of Blue Hill was established in 1868 with Mary Jane Clough…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Agriculture

"… your poultry? How many pounds of wool, hops and wax do you produce? (A List of 1840 Census Questions) Farmington's Agricultural Landscape in 2009…"