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Highlighting Historical Hampden - War of 1812

"In 1779, after taking Castine, the British chased the fleeing American ships the Vengeance and the General Putnam."

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - The Shaping of the Borderlands: Arcane Deeds and Failed Colonies - Page 2 of 5

"The abortive seventeenth-century British forays into the region, for example, were codified in the new 1691 Massachusetts Charter, which re-defined…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Fixing Borders on the Land: The Northeastern Boundary in Treaties and Local Reality, 1763-1842 - Page 4 of 5

"US and British officials presented the king of the Netherlands with voluminous documentation, which informed his carefully-reasoned and pragmatic…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - The Shaping of the Borderlands: Arcane Deeds and Failed Colonies - Page 3 of 5

"… Nova Scotia was re-created as an independent British colony following the British “conquest” of Acadia in 1710 and removed from direct…"

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

"The collection was mostly gathered by British commissioner Thomas Barclay (1753-1830), loyalist of New York and Nova Scotia, and British agent Ward…"

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

"… in Treaties and Local Reality, 1763-1842 British survey highlands map, ca. 1840Maine Historical Society Maine’s international border was…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Fixing Borders on the Land: The Northeastern Boundary in Treaties and Local Reality, 1763-1842 - Page 1 of 5

"… and negotiation among Wabanaki, French, Acadian, British, and US individuals and groups over several centuries."

Historic Hallowell - Industry and Immigrants-A Changing Community

"… cutters and sculptors, many of whom came from the British Isles, Spain and Italy. These artisans produced some of the finest public monuments and…"

Life on a Tidal River - Football in Bangor

"… originated in the late 19th century from the British game of rugby, it wasn’t until the 1940s that the modern version of football developed, partly…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Hampden Town House, 1849

"… the ground in rear of the academy at the time the british soldiers were on the banks of the River ready for action when our Soldiers receivd orders…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - The Shaping of the Borderlands: Arcane Deeds and Failed Colonies - Page 4 of 5

"… bring White settlers into the region to bolster British control. A handful of land schemes in Passamaquoddy Bay sprang up under the jurisdiction of…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Early History - 1719 to 1740

"Due to the rivalry between the French and the British for control of the land, the settlers continued to be plagued by attacks."

Maine's Road to Statehood - After the War: The First Victory for Separationists

"Brig Enterprise and the British Brig Boxer off of Monhegan Island. The separation movement stood at a standstill during the War of 1812, as…"

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

"Like other British colonies, Massachusetts, including the district of Maine, derived its legal system from its mother country."

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Beyond Borders: an historical overview - Page 3 of 6

"… saw the region as an underutilized resource for British success and security. Amid expanding imperial warfare, Maine offered a strategic location…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Beyond Borders: an historical overview - Page 4 of 6

"… of leading proprietors remained loyal to the British crown; although new leadership soon muscled into control of the companies, many potential…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Beyond Borders: an historical overview - Page 5 of 6

"After a costly war to secede from the British empire, the state of Massachusetts hoped to fund the public coffers by selling vast swaths of Maine…"

Surry by the Bay - Early Settlement

"The British finally left Castine in 1783 and Loyalists were ordered out of the area in 1784. Life in Surry in these early years, specifically Newbury…"

Lubec, Maine - Timeline

"… eastern Maine during French and Indian War 1755 • British deport Acadians to Maine and other New England communities 1775 • Machias residents…"

Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"… after being exiled from the provinces by the British due to their support of the War for Independence."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Historical Overview - Page 2 of 4

"When the British attacked Lexington in April 1775, the Provincial Congress issued a call for 13,600 men; militia from Scarborough and neighboring…"

Historic Hallowell - This won't hurt a bit!

"James Gillray, a British caricaturist and printmaker famous for his etched political and social satires, created a shocking view of the ultimate…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Incorporation

"John Hampden was a distinguished member of the British Parliament who was said to have the most distinctive last name in any county in England."