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The How and why of spuds [videorecording]

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This silent film details the techniques and equipment of potato farming in 1920, taking the viewer from seed preparation to harvest to enjoyment of the final product. Videocassette release of the 1920 film made by the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture.

Collection: Video Library

Evans Notch Unit plan and environmental statement : final

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Tags: Evans Notch (Me.) | White Mountain National Forest (N.H. and Me.) | White Mountains (N.H. and Me.)

Collection: Books and Pamphlets

Presidential Unit plan and environmental statement : final

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Tags: Presidential Range (N.H.) | White Mountain National Forest (N.H. and Me.) | White Mountains (N.H. and Me.)

Collection: Books and Pamphlets

Presidential Unit plan and environmental statement : draft

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Tags: Presidential Range (N.H.) | White Mountain National Forest (N.H. and Me.) | White Mountains (N.H. and Me.)

Collection: Books and Pamphlets

Federal population censuses, 1790-1890 : a catalog of microfilm copies of the schedules

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Collection: Books and Pamphlets

Postal manual

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Contents: 1. Post office services (domestic)--2. International mail

Tags: Bethel Post Office (Bethel, Me.)

Collection: Books and Pamphlets

A compilation of the messages and papers of the presidents, 1789-1897 / Published by authority of Congress by James D. Richardson

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CONTENTS: V. l, 1789-1817.--v.2, 1817-1832.--v.3, 1833-1841.--v.4, 1841-1849.--v.5, 1849-1861.--v.6, 1861-1869.--v.7, 1869-1881. v.8, 1881-1889. v.9, 1889-1897.--v.10, Appendix, Index.

Tags: Gould Academy

Collection: Books and Pamphlets

The soldier's handbook for use in the army of the United States / published by direction of the Secretary of War

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Collection: Books and Pamphlets

The war of the rebellion : a compilation of the official records of the Union and Confederate armies / prepared under the direction of the Secretary of War

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Tags: Gould Academy

Collection: Books and Pamphlets

Reports of explorations and surveys, to ascertain the most practicable and economical route for a railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean. Made under the direction of the secretary of war, in 1853-[6] ...

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CONTENTS: v. 1. Report of the Sec. of War. Examination of the routes. Memoranda on railways. Report of Gen. Jesup -- v. 1 suppl. Suppl. report by I.I. Stevens ... route near the 47th and 49th parallels -- v. 2. Reports on routes near the 38th and…

Collection: Books and Pamphlets

Heads of families at the first census of the United States taken in the year 1790: New Hampshire

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Collection: Books and Pamphlets

View of Paris Hill, 1802

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Molly Ockett and others of her kin-group were in the Bethel area in the mid-1760s and witnessed the clearing of land and the construction of houses as white people arrived to usurp the former Abenaki territory. The civilizing tendencies of these…

Tags: Paris Hill (Paris, Me.)

Collection: Molly Ockett Exhibit images

Elements of mental philosophy : embracing the two departments of the intellect and the sensibilities / by Thomas C. Upham ...

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Tags: Gould Academy

Collection: Books and Pamphlets

A clash of cultures : Fort Bowie and the Chiricahua Apaches / by Robert M. Utley

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Collection: Books and Pamphlets

Western Maine Saints [Part 1]: Mormon Missionaries in the 1830s

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Western Maine Saints: Mormon Missionaries in the 1830s by Mary E. Valentine Umbagog Lake from the highlands of Letter B Township, now Upton, Maine Editor’s Note: The area discussed in this article, and subsequent installments, includes the…

Collection: Featured Articles from The Courier

Western Maine Saints [Part 2]: A Newry Family Who Joined the Latter-Day Saints in Seeking a Home in the West

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Western Maine Saints: A Newry Family Who Joined the Latter-Day Saints in Seeking a Home in the West by Mary E. Valentine Martha Fifield Wilkins, author of Sunday River Sketches, at the Sessions-Chapman-Bennett House near North Newry in…

Collection: Featured Articles from The Courier