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Hallowell, Kennebec, ME
The city is named for Benjamin Hallowell, a Boston merchant and one of the Kennebec Proprietors, holders of land originally granted to the Plymouth Company by the British monarchy in the 1620s.
First to settle here was Deacon Pease Clark, who emigrated with his wife and son Peter from Attleborough, Massachusetts, in the spring of 1762.
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- 1839 - Hallowell
Hallowell, Maine
Kennebec county. Hallowell is delightfully situated on both sides of Kennebec river, between Augusta and Gardiner, two miles below...Read MORE... - 1854 - Hallowell
Hallowell, a post-village of Kennebec county, Maine, on the right bank of the Kennebec river, and on the Kennebec and Portland railroad, 58 miles N....Read MORE... - 1859
HALLOWELL, a township in Lincoln co., in the state of Maine, U.S., on the W side of the Kennebec river, at the head of the tide-waters, 129 m. N by E ...Read MORE... 
1869 - A resident of Hallowell, Me., died recently, after having been confined to his house over twenty years.
His sickness was caused by painting window blinds in the winter season, using green paint, and keeping them in the room where he worked. He inhaled...Read MORE...- 1871 - ANOTHER HORROR! Collision on Maine Central. TWO TRAINS WRECKED. One Man Killed and Several Injured. Engines Smashed, Cars Overturned, &c.
Our Special Reporter on the Train.
(Special Despatch(sic) by Western Union Line.)
GARDINER, June 27. Misfortunes come not singly, but in...Read MORE... - 1886 - Emmaline Prescott, of Hallowell, is one of the characters of Maine.
She is over fifty years old, and for more than twenty-five years has peddled pins and needles, and such small wares, from house to house through the...Read MORE... - 1886 - Hallowell
Hallowell, in Kennebec County, was incorporated in 1771, and included Augusta, Chelsea and part of Manchester. It was named for Mr. Benjamin...Read MORE... - 1889 - Hallowell
The irony of history is well illustrated in the fortunes of the twin cities-Hallowell and Augusta. A century ago the former place seemed to have much ...Read MORE... - 1895 - Hallowell
Hallowell, häl'lo-well or höl']o-well, a city of Kennebec co., Me., on the W. bank of the Kennebec River, 2 miles by rail below Augusta, and 60 miles ...Read MORE... 
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Hallowell, a banking city of Kennebec co., Me., on the W. bank of the Kennebec River, 2 miles below Augusta, on the Maine Central R. It has an...Read MORE...
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1839 - Hallowell
Hallowell, Maine
Kennebec county. Hallowell is delightfully situated on both sides of Kennebec river, between Augusta and Gardiner, two miles below... Read MORE...
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1854 - Hallowell
Hallowell, a post-village of Kennebec county, Maine, on the right bank of the Kennebec river, and on the Kennebec and Portland railroad, 58 miles N.... Read MORE...
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1859
HALLOWELL, a township in Lincoln co., in the state of Maine, U.S., on the W side of the Kennebec river, at the head of the tide-waters, 129 m. N by E ... Read MORE...
1869 - A resident of Hallowell, Me., died recently, after having been confined to his house over twenty years.
His sickness was caused by painting window blinds in the winter season, using green paint, and keeping them in the room where he worked. He inhaled... Read MORE...
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1871 - ANOTHER HORROR! Collision on Maine Central. TWO TRAINS WRECKED. One Man Killed and Several Injured. Engines Smashed, Cars Overturned, &c.
Our Special Reporter on the Train.
(Special Despatch(sic) by Western Union Line.)
GARDINER, June 27. Misfortunes come not singly, but in... Read MORE...
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1886 - Hallowell
Hallowell, in Kennebec County, was incorporated in 1771, and included Augusta, Chelsea and part of Manchester. It was named for Mr. Benjamin... Read MORE...
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1886 - Emmaline Prescott, of Hallowell, is one of the characters of Maine.
She is over fifty years old, and for more than twenty-five years has peddled pins and needles, and such small wares, from house to house through the... Read MORE...
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1889 - Hallowell
The irony of history is well illustrated in the fortunes of the twin cities-Hallowell and Augusta. A century ago the former place seemed to have much ... Read MORE...
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1895 - Hallowell
Hallowell, häl'lo-well or höl']o-well, a city of Kennebec co., Me., on the W. bank of the Kennebec River, 2 miles by rail below Augusta, and 60 miles ... Read MORE...
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1916
Hallowell, a banking city of Kennebec co., Me., on the W. bank of the Kennebec River, 2 miles below Augusta, on the Maine Central R. It has an... Read MORE...
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