Papers 1827-1920 (bulk 1846-1876)

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Papers 1827-1920 (bulk 1846-1876)

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The Gideon Mayo papers begin with incoming correspondence, 1846-1876, primarily concerning financing and running the sawmills and other properties of Mayo and his business partners. Other letters deal with efforts to finance and build the Penobscot Railroad. The legal, financial, and company records sub-series give more detailed information about Mayo's various business ventures, especially his involvement in lumbering, sawmills, and railroads. The papers of Charles W. Mayo, Gideon Mayo's son, deal primarily with his activities as administrator of his father's estate, as well as personal and family matters. The papers of George H. Hamlin are a mix of personal and business records. His incoming correspondence, 1876-1912, includes information about forming the Alumni Association for the Maine State College, the promotion in 1896 of an engineering experiment station bill similar to the Hatch Act for agriculture, and letters concerning his involvement in lumbering activities.

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Mayo, Gideon, 1808-1876.

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Gideon Mayo was born in 1808 and lived in Orono, Maine. He was involved in various businesses in the Orono area and served as agent for several sawmills on the Stillwater River, including the Basin Mills, the Island Mills, and the Orono Manufacturing Company which consisted of sawmills and water-power on the lower dam at Ayers Island on the Stillwater River in Orono. Mayo also became involved in the 1850's in founding and financing the Penobscot Railroad Company and served as a memb...

Orono Manufacturing Company.

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Penobscot Railroad.

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Mayo, Charles W. (Charles William), 1898-1968

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Hamlin, George Beals, 1834-

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George H. Hamlin, the son of Wellington and Philena Robinson Hamlin, was born in Sidney, Maine, on November 18, 1850. He graduated from the University of Maine in 1873 and served the university from 1873 to 1898 as a professor in several fields: drawing and field engineering, mathematics and drawing and civil engineering. He was also treasurer of the university from 1889-1896, librarian from 1884-1889, and one of the founders of the Alumni Association in 1875. After leaving the university, he wa...