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Androscoggin Historical Society curator Douglas Hodgkin is surrounded by exhibits on the top floor of the Androscoggin County Courthouse in Auburn last week.
Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal
Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal
For Douglas Hodgkin, the history at the Androscoggin County Historical Society is his own. A descendent of Jonathan Hodgkin, an original settler in the late 1770s, some of the artifacts housed in the rooms at the top of the Androscoggin County Courthouse in Auburn are ones his family is intimately connected to.
Though he didn’t know the “depth” of his ancestry, Hodgkin joined the society because he knew it was “part of my heritage.” He quickly worked his way up to becoming the president, though currently he is the newsletter editor, secretary, and the Collection Committee chair.
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