Maine Memory Network

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

"From the 1790s to the 1840s, this ongoing dispute between the British empire and an increasingly expansionist republic implicated notions of national…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - The Shaping of the Borderlands: Arcane Deeds and Failed Colonies - Page 1 of 5

"This ill-defined boundary, based on an inaccurate map, was laid out in the Treaty of Paris in 1783. Maine Historical Society The European history of…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - History of Presque Isle

"Harsh climate, boundary disputes, and isolation from markets deepened the frontier experience of settlers in northern Maine ."

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

"… The following century, amidst escalating disputes between colonists and the Wabanaki in 1736, a Penobscot couple visited an English household to…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Who were the Kennebec and Pejepscot Proprietors? - Page 5 of 7

"… These letters were given to many settlers on disputed land when the Plymouth Company began establishing their claim."

Early Maine Photography - Art - Page 1 of 2

"… a significant role in the settlement of the dispute with Great Britain over Maine’s northeast boundary."

West Quoddy Head Light Keepers Association

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Lincoln, Maine - Aroostook War

"The dispute lasted from 1838 to 1839. This was the time span when both countries’ militias started forming and getting restless over the ever-growing…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Catch of the Day: Clamming and Lobstering - Page 4 of 4

"… a shooting and boats being sunk over territorial disputes! A reason for the local decline in observing territories, I speculate, is that many…"

Early Maine Photography - Famous People - Page 3 of 3

"… worked to settle the Northeastern Boundary Dispute with Great Britain in Maine’s favor. During his third term, he traveled from Portland, then the…"

Lubec, Maine - Timeline

"… Lubec was already in existence 1818 • Boundary dispute settled, Eastport evacuated by the British • Boundary between Canada and U.S.; Campobello…"

Life on a Tidal River - Narrative

"… The settlement of a long-standing boundary dispute between the United States and Great Britain in 1842 also contributed to Bangor's growing…"

Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"… British from 1814 until 1818 when the boundary dispute with the U.S. was finally settled, establishing the border between Canada and the U.S…"