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Historic Hallowell - In the Beginning - Raw Materials - Quarrying

"… timber, processed into potash was for export to Britain's soap-making industry. Quarrying granite soon followed."

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Passamaquoddy Hereditary Chief Francis Joseph Neptune

"… was written in 1783 ending the War with Great Britain which recognized the United States. After the Revolutionary War dignitaries visited the Chief…"

Historic Hallowell - Initiative and Self-Improvement

"… with politics? (No) Was the late war between the United States and Great Britain beneficial to the former? (No) The next step in our journey."

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Further Reading

"Edelson, S. Max. The New Map of Empire: How Britain Imagined America before Independence. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2017."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Carolyn Stone

"… much so that she accepted a position at the New Britain Model School in New Britain, Connecticut. In 1901, Miss Stone returned to Maine, and more…"

Early Maine Photography - Art - Page 1 of 2

"… role in the settlement of the dispute with Great Britain over Maine’s northeast boundary. Complementing the image of the Daveis’s bust is a…"

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Allies & Allegiance: Military comradery at the Centennial, 1920

"… to Casco Bay: Portugal, Japan and Great Britain. Coupled with two U.S. battleships, the USS Utah and USS Florida, naval representation spanned…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - People Who Called Scarborough Home - Page 2 of 4

"… in 1796 to become United States Minister to Great Britain. In 1804, he was an unsuccessful Federalist candidate for Vice President of the United…"

Historic Hallowell - This won't hurt a bit!

"… with more than a little skepticism and concern in Britain. James Gillray, a British caricaturist and printmaker famous for his etched political and…"

Historic Hallowell - Henry Pope Clearwater Ph.D.~ Patient Medicine Mass Marketer

"… throughout the country and as far away as Great Britain and Africa. The volume of packages and circular letters sent from his Water Street location…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Introduction

"… occurred within it during the last war with Great Britain.” (History of Penobscot County Maine with illustrations and biographical sketches 1882)…"

Maine's Road to Statehood - The American Revolution and Early Attempts at Separation - Page 1 of 2

"… Overwhelmingly dedicated to independence from Britain, Mainers quieted any murmurs of separation during the American Revolution."

Historic Clothing Collection - 1940-1950 - Page 1 of 3

"Clothing was not rationed as it was in Britain, but the War Production Board (WPB) issued order L-85 in March 1942 to regulate the amount of fabric…"

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

"Max Edelson, The New Map of Empire: How Britain Imagined America before Independence (Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 2017)."

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

"… the new Whig and Tory governments of the US and Britain to finally settle the northeastern border in 1842."

Maine's Road to Statehood - Turn of the Century to the War of 1812

"At a time of national crisis with Britain, it was a burden to the national government and potentially hazardous to attempt a separation."

Architecture & Landscape database - Gridley Barrows

"… running a school for war refugee boys from Great Britain and Europe. Gridley Barrows served in the Pacific during World War II, attaining the rank…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - History of Presque Isle

"… the settlement of the boundary dispute between Britain and the United States; the 1838 visit of Ezekiel Holmes, the father of Maine Agriculture…"

Guilford, Maine - Veterans Tributes - Page 1 of 2

"… since declaring its independence from Great Britain. Since its original settlement, Guilford has watched some of its brightest and best go marching…"

Surry by the Bay - History of Surry

"… due to disputes and battles between Great Britain and France. From 1613 to 1759, Acadia changed owners eleven times, five times in possession of…"

Mercy Hospital - Sisters of Mercy

"… of Mercy quickly spread across Ireland and Great Britain. Although Mother McAuley lived only 10 years after becoming a Sister, she opened fourteen…"

Early Maine Photography - Famous People - Page 3 of 3

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

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

"… President Madison's declaration of war on Great Britain, Governor Strong would not allow the Massachusetts militia to leave the state and refused…"