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Maine's Road to Statehood - The Missouri Compromise: A Moral Dilemma

"Proclamation of statehood, 1820 Statehood at last! Written by William King—Maine's first governor—on March 16, 1820."

Maine's Road to Statehood - Overview: Road to Statehood

"… brought Maine into the Union as a free state in 1820, allowing politicians in Washington to delay a growing sectional crisis over the future of…"

Maine's Road to Statehood - Maine in the 17th Century

"… Congress approved its request for statehood 1820. It began in the early 17th century, when scattered, yet permanent, fishing settlements…"

Fryeburg Public Library

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

"The American Revolution and Early Attempts at Separation The committee sent a similar address to the citizens of Maine urging them to support…"

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

"The American Revolution and Early Attempts at Separation Overwhelmingly dedicated to independence from Britain, Mainers quieted any murmurs of…"

Maine's Road to Statehood - The Coasting Law of 1789

"The Coasting Law of 1789 'Unity' and 'Margaretta,' Machias, 1775 The Coasting Law of 1789 required that merchant ships port and register at…"

Maine's Road to Statehood - The Final Vote

"The Final Vote William Williamson to Joseph Williamson on the final vote for separation, Boston, 1819Maine Historical Society For several…"

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

"After the War: The First Victory for Separationists The "Boxer" and "Enterprise," Monhegan, 1831 This painting depicts an 1813 battle between…"

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

"Turn of the Century to the War of 1812 The 1800s welcomed a plethora of economic and demographic changes for the District of Maine."

Maine's Road to Statehood - 1790s: A Growing Movement

"1790s: A Growing Movement "An address to the inhabitants of the District of Maine upon the subject of their separation," Portland, 1791Maine…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Old House (circa 1820-2013)

"The Old House (circa 1820-2013) Painting of Asticou ca. 1860-1870Northeast Harbor Library The Old House built, by A.C."

Tate House Museum

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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Maine State Prison

"… a state as part of the Missouri Compromise in 1820, a prison was required to provide for state convicts."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Greenleaf Cilley

"… - A Breach in Privilege: Cilley Family Letters 1820-1867. 1st ed. Vol. 1. Ser. 1. Spruce Head. This book is about the Cilley family during the…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Early 1800s

"… property mortgaged to him by Lucy Knox prior to 1820, was elected as first Governor when Maine became a state."

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

"Liberty Men and Great Proprietors: The Revolutionary Settlement on the Maine Frontier, 1760-1820. The University of North Carolina Press, 2014."

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

"William Bingham’s Maine Lands, 1790-1820 (Boston: Publications of the Colonial Society of Massachusetts, volumes 36 and 37, 1954)."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Early Settlement

"Around 1820 just prior to John II and Climena’s marriage, John II and Climena’s brother William Roberts, Jr."

Skowhegan Community History - Bloomfield Academy

"By 1820 there were 77 students. Mr. Hall was said to be one of the best mathematicians in the whole state of Maine!"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Prison is Established - 1823

"… of the newly formed Maine State Senate from 1820 to 1824 and presided as President of the Maine Senate from 1823-24. In 1822, the Honorable Dr."

Patten Lumbermen's Museum

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

"… eighteenth century through Maine statehood in 1820, these competing notions of property fueled widespread settler resistance, often violent…"

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

"… for Land on the Northeastern Frontier, 1750-1820,” The William and Mary Quarterly 46:1 (January 1989), pp. 3- 26 2."