Keywords: Land speculation
Item 98971
K.B. Sewall on sale of land, New York, 1836
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1836 Location: Portland; New York Media: Ink on paper
Item 112083
Pejepscot Company Records, Volume 1A, 1683-1814
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society
Date: 1683–1814
Location: Brunswick
Media: Ink on paper
This record contains 309 images.
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The history of the region now known as Maine did not begin at statehood in 1820. What was Maine before it was a state? How did Maine separate from Massachusetts? How has the Maine we experience today been shaped by thousands of years of history?
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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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"… counterpart Lord Ashburton, himself a former land speculator in Maine, who had married Anne Bingham in 1798, whose father had once been the largest…"
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"… of Empire: Indians, Colonists, and Land Speculators on the New England Frontier (New York: New York University Press, 2019) Taylor, Alan."
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Reverend Thomas Smith of First Parish Portland
by Kristina Minister, Ph.D.
Pastor, Physician, Real Estate Speculator, and Agent for Wabanaki Genocide
