Joseph
AKELEY
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Born: 4 March 1811 in Franklin Plantation, Oxford, Massachusetts (District of Maine)
Joseph AKELEY died 2 August 1866
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Birth — 18114 March 1811
Franklin Plantation, Oxford, Massachusetts (District of Maine)
1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)
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The name Maine is probably a practical nautical term which refers to the region being a mainland (separate from the many surrounding islands). Reference to the area as 'Maine' in writing first appeared in 1622. (statesymbolsusa.org)Prior to 1685 - New England
1686 - 1689 - Dominion of New England
1690 - 1775 - New England
1776 - 1820 - Massachusetts (District of Maine)
March 15, 1820 - Maine becomes 23rd U.S. state
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