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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

"The rich records about the creation of the border preserved here provide readers with the historical resources to reconsider how and why the border…"

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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

"… acquire rich timber lands (on both sides) and to preserve an overland route from New Brunswick to Quebec (for the British)."

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Kings Landing Historical Settlement

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Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Skyline Farm - Making and Preserving History

"Skyline Farm - Making and Preserving History Down The Lane to Skyline Farm Photo by Diana Logan X Skyline Farm is a community-based non-profit…"

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Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Wabanaki Agency in the Proprietor Records - Page 3 of 5

"… people without using kinship terms, terms that embed relationships of responsibility and reciprocity, which Wabanaki leaders sought to preserve."

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Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Women in Colonial Economies - Page 2 of 4

"James signed above Rachel on the land deed, exemplifying the intertwining of husbands’ and wives’ economic fortunes through marriage.(4) Overall…"

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Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Project Home

"The Beyond Borders portal provides access to vital primary resources for framing scholarship, programs, exhibitions, and civic dialog about land and…"

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Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - The Plymouth Company (Kennebec Proprietors) records, ca. 1625-1824

"… governance; and, international relations, land speculation and Revolution‐era land bounties."

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Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Women in Colonial Economies - Page 1 of 4

"Jane, along with her mother and brother, had sold land to English colonists eight years prior, and Jane insisted that the English honor their prior…"

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Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Beyond Borders: A Wabanaki Perspective - Page 3 of 4

"… 17th and 18th centuries, as primarily fighting to preserve its control over its own interests. This control sometimes overlaps with Indigenous…"

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Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Project Background

"… items were consulted and handled in person; preservation concerns; the overall breadth and uniqueness of the holdings; the documentation of a…"

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Bath's Historic Downtown - History Overview

"Sagadahoc Preservation, Inc. (SPI), a non-profit volunteer organization dedicated to the preservation of buildings possessing architectural or…"

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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Historical Overview - Page 4 of 4

"… serve as a blueprint for controlled growth and preservation of natural resources while maintaining Scarborough's small-town character."

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Historic Hallowell - Hallowell Ice Storm Poem

"… and encased the city, but the purpose was not to preserve. This woven web of flashing silver was deadly."

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Acadia National Park

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Gorham Historical Society

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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Scarborough Historical Society

"… this history with the community by collecting, preserving and displaying materials associated with the past."

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Surry by the Bay - Surry Today

"Now known as the Carter Nature Preserve, this panoramic vista includes tidal pools, cobble beach and ledges shadowed by fields and a mixed wood…"

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Guilford, Maine - WELCOME

"… tears and even lives expended in the shaping and preservation of this place we call home. Click here to go directly to ALL of Guilford's historic…"

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Maine Forest Service

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Charles K. Savage (1903-1979): The View from Asticou - Page 6 of 6

"Public Collections: Mount Desert Land & Garden Preserve, located in Seal Harbor and Northeast Harbor, maintains a small archive of historic…"

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Washburn-Norlands Living History Center

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Brick Store Museum

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Arriving in Bar Harbor

"… Harbor steamboat landing, ca. 1885Maine Historic Preservation Commission Arriving at the Bar Harbor wharf, rusticators found the place “alive with…"