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Historical Items

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Item 108756

Plot adjacent to Peables' fence, ca. 1800

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1800 Media: Ink on paper

Item 108750

Survey of Land, Leeds, 1834

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1834-10-02 Location: Leeds Media: Ink on paper
This record contains 3 images.

Item 12851

Kennebec River, June 1798

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1798 Media: Ink on paper
This record contains 2 images.

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Online Exhibits

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Land Claims, Economic Opportunities?

The landmark 1980 Maine Indian Land Claims Settlement Act provided $81.6 million to Maine Indians for economic development, land purchase and other purposes. The money and increased land holdings, however, have not solved economic and employment issues for Maine Indians.

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Colonial Cartography: The Plymouth Company Maps

The Plymouth Company (1749-1816) managed one of the very early land grants in Maine along the Kennebec River. The maps from the Plymouth Company's collection of records constitute some of the earliest cartographic works of colonial America.

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State of Mind: Becoming Maine

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?

Site Pages

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - John Frank Stevens

"… of the project was increased threefold during his tenure as well. Stevens supported the theory that the reason the workers were getting sick from…"

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Early Settlers

"During his tenure there, he may have become acquainted with others who eventually settled in Farmington, because about 1791 he traveled here with his…"

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Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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