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1797 | Birth date in Hallowell of U.S. Senator (1841-1847) George Evans, Speaker of the Maine House and member of the U.S. Congress. |
1855 | First publication of the newspaper the Ellsworth American by William H. Chaney, later owned by James R. Wiggins former editor of the Washington Post. |
1887 | Bill introduced to create what became Maine’s Bureau of Labor, supported by the Knights of Labor. |
1923 | Shipwreck of the five masted schooner Robert W., built in 1847, when it was caught in a northeast gale and struck York Beach. |