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While digging through the archives at Bangor City Hall this week, Bangor City Clerk Lisa Goodwin unearthed a unique historical surprise.Goodwin found the document in a dusty old book dating to 1796, when Maine was still a part of Massachusetts. The letter 鈥?technically a warrant, or a call for voters for the citys first-ever presidential election 鈥?is addressed <a href=https://www.owalas.co.nz>owala to the town constable, and reads as follows: To Archibald
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