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Item 110905

Map of "Islands by Treaty of 1783," ca. 1817

Map of "Islands by Treaty of 1783," ca. 1817

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1783 Media: Ink on paper
This record contains 2 images.

Item 116488

A New Map of the Province of Lower Canada, 1838

A New Map of the Province of Lower Canada, 1838

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1838 Media: Ink on paper
This record contains 2 images.

Item 136092

Coll. 26, box 14/2, Image 1

Appendix to the Report of the British Commissioners 1829–1864

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1829–1864 Location: St. Andrews Media: Ink on Paper
This record contains 53 images.

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Map of Maine, 1905

The Shape of Maine

The boundaries of Maine are the product of international conflict, economic competition, political fights, and contested development. The boundaries are expressions of human values; people determined the shape of Maine.

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MMN Image 105643

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?

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W. R. Allan Residence, Dennysville, ca. 1910

Washington County Through Eastern's Eye

Images taken by itinerant photographers for Eastern Illustrating and Publishing Company, a real photo postcard company, provide a unique look at industry, commerce, recreation, tourism, and the communities of Washington County in the early decades of the twentieth century.

Site Pages

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Plan of J. Robinson lot, Topsham, 1761

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Fixing Borders on the Land: The Northeastern Boundary in Treaties and Local Reality, 1763-1842 - Page 5 of 5

"… of 1763, the Quebec Act (1774), Treaties of Paris (1763 and 1783), the Jay Treaty (1794), the Treaty of Ghent (1814), and the Webster-Ashburton…"

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British survey highlands map, ca. 1840

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Fixing Borders on the Land: The Northeastern Boundary in Treaties and Local Reality, 1763-1842 - Page 3 of 5

"The Treaty of Paris (1783) caused the most prolix problems in establishing the border, and subsequent US-British treaties gradually tried to make…"

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St. John River Boundary survey, 1843-1844

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Fixing Borders on the Land: The Northeastern Boundary in Treaties and Local Reality, 1763-1842 - Page 2 of 5

"It made multiple ambiguous geographic assertions, especially about the placement of the boundary separating the yet-to-be-created province of New…"