Bonus Material and Sources for “The Merry Affair”
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Maine Preservation, “Kennebec County Courthouse Ceremonial Courtroom, Augusta,” 2016 Honor Award, April 3, 2018, https://www.mainepreservation.org/2016-honor-awards/2018/4/3/kennebec-county-courthouse-ceremonial-courtroom-augusta
“Republican Nominations,” Daily Kennebec Journal, Augusta, Maine, July 12, 1904
“The National Home,” Daily Kennebec Journal, Augusta, Maine, January 17, 1907.
“The National Home,” Daily Kennebec Journal, Augusta, Maine, January 18, 1907.
Timothy L. Smith, Togus, Down in Maine: The First National Veterans Home (Arcadia Publishing, Charleston, SC, Chicago, IL, Portsmouth, NH, San Francisco, CA, 1998).
National Park Service, “History of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers,” National Park Service, November 14, 2017, https://www.nps.gov/articles/history-of-disabled-volunteer-soldiers.htm
U.S. National Homes for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, 1866–1938, entry for Alfred S. Merry, database, Ancestry.com (Provo, UT: Ancestry.com Operations Inc., 2007).
“Dead in Shed,” Daily Kennebec Journal, Augusta, Maine, January 19, 1907.
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Elizabeth F. Reed, “Boothbay in the War of 1812,” Boothbay Register, May 18, 2021, https://www.boothbayregister.com/article/boothbay-war-1812/147079
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“Coldest in Years,” The Kennebec Daily Journal, January 18, 1907.
“A Sudden Drop,” The Kennebec Daily Journal, January 18, 1907.
“Private Autopsy Held,” Morning Sentinel, Waterville, Maine, February 4, 1907.
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“Seal Verdict,” Kennebec Journal, Augusta, Maine, September 23, 1907.
“Clerk Saved the Day: Clara Vaughan and Her Varied Naughtiness in Maine,” Sun-Journal, Lewiston, Maine, November 19, 1892.
“The Jury Disagreed,” Kennebec Journal, Augusta, Maine, February 4, 1909.
“Superior Court,” Kennebec Journal, Augusta, Maine, September 21, 1907.
“Legal Notice, William H. Fisher,” Kennebec Journal, Augusta, Maine, March 20, 1907.
“Legal Notice, Albert S. Merry,” Kennebec Journal, February 27, 1907.
“Albert S. Merry of Chelsea versus Clara Vaughan of Gardiner,” Kennebec Journal, September 19, 1907.
“Albert S. Merry,” Kennebec Journal, Augusta, Maine, March 27, 1907.
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