Keywords: Maine--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775
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"… of this collection pre‐ and post‐dates the period of the company’s operation (1749‐1816). The collection includes bound or once bound volumes of…"
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"… Canada was created by human actions over a long period of time and was not formed by a natural or organic process."
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"The geographic range of maps produced in this period, to the east in 1817 and to the west in 1820 arose from the opaque issues at stake as well as…"
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"Yet, when we look more closely at the period, it is clear that both Wabanaki peoples and White women were actively involved in the region’s economy."
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"… the American Revolutionary War but died during period around 1780. The succession of chief was now Francis Joseph Neptune’s duty."
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"… Kennebec River describing the Plymouth patent, ca. 1719Maine Historical Society The Kennebec Proprietors traced their title back to a 1629 grant…"
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"… Colonies Islands in Passamaquoddy Bay, ca. 1800Maine Historical Society Initially, however, the primary legacy of these efforts prior to…"
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"… Plan for towns along the Androscoggin River, ca. 1760Maine Historical Society Similarly, some of the maps within these collections contain vital…"
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Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Project Home
"… establishment of the American-Canadian border (ca. 1843.) Topics included Maine’s role in the American historic narrative, including exploration…"
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Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Pejepscot Proprietors Papers, 1627‐1866
"… Map of lots on Maquoit & Merriconeeg, ca. 1719Maine Historical Society Coll. 61 at Maine Historical Society Acquired by MHS in 1863, the…"
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"Croix, ca 1790 A sketch of Isle St. Croix from a map sent to Lt. Sydney by Lt. Gov Carleton in 1786.Maine Historical Society By 1783, then, the…"
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"… of Canadian Biography (http://www.biographi.ca/en/index.php) has excellent scholarly assessments of a vast number of individuals including many…"
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"Who were the Kennebec and Pejepscot Proprietors? Brunswick Town Meeting Minutes, 1719Maine Historical Society The Pejepscot Proprietors…"
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"Who were the Kennebec and Pejepscot Proprietors? Residents on company lands also complained, with considerable justification, about suffering as a…"
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"Who were the Kennebec and Pejepscot Proprietors? Wabanaki deed to Richard Wharton, 1684Maine Historical Society The Pejepscot Proprietors…"
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"Who were the Kennebec and Pejepscot Proprietors? Essay by Ian Saxine, Fall 2022 Ian Saxine, PhD, is an Assistant Professor of History at…"
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"Who were the Kennebec and Pejepscot Proprietors? Coll. 61, vol. 7, pg. 401 Example of a proprietor meeting at the Royall Exchange Tavern on King…"
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"Who were the Kennebec and Pejepscot Proprietors? Coll. 61, vol. 10, p. 179b-1 A copy of a letter issued by Samuel Goodwin to Mr."
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Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Further Reading
"Further Reading Akagi, Roy Hidemichi. The Town Proprietors of the New England Colonies: A Study of Their Development, Organization, Activities and…"
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"Women in Colonial Economies Copy, deed from James and Rachell Berry to Proprietors, page 1 of 3Maine Historical Society For their part, as…"
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"Women in Colonial Economies The work of Hallowell, Maine resident Martha Ballard (1735-1812) exemplifies female settlers’ varied and extensive…"
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"Women in Colonial Economies About the Author Sara T. Damiano, Ph.D. is a historian of women and gender in early America and the Atlantic World."
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"Beyond Borders: an historical overview Further to the east, new boundary issues erupted. At the end of the Revolutionary War, in the 1783 Treaty of…"
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"Beyond Borders: an historical overview In the early eighteenth century, Massachusetts merchants, lawyers, and political leaders increasingly saw…"
