Keywords: Anglo-American relations
Item 135945
Barclay Collection Correspondence, January-March, 1798
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society
Date: 1798
Location: Saint John
Media: Ink on Paper
This record contains 60 images.
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Anglo-Americans in northern New England sometimes interpreted their own anxieties about the Wilderness, their faith, and their conflicts with Native Americans as signs that the Devil and his handmaidens, witches, were active in their midst.
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Britain was especially interested in occupying Maine during the Colonial era to take advantage of the timber resources. The tall, straight, old growth white pines were perfect for ships' masts to help supply the growing Royal Navy.
