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- ↑ pressherald.com. "The Night Portland Burned". Portland Press Herald. Retrieved 2022-03-26.
- ↑ "MAINE PAPER DISCONTINUES.; Eastern Argus Will Be Succeeded by The Portland Herald". The New York Times. 22 January 1921. Retrieved 21 April 2020.
- ↑ "Newspapers | Maine: An Encyclopedia". 2012-02-04. Retrieved 2022-03-26.
- ↑ Griffin, Joseph (1819). History of the Press of Maine. The Press. p. 51. Retrieved 21 April 2020.
- ↑ Hanchett Jr, Leland J. (2017). Connecting Maine's Capitals by Stagecoach. Pine Rim Publishing LLC. p. 8. ISBN 978-0-692-94135-5 . Retrieved 21 April 2020.
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