Maine Memory Network

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

"… 'Unity' and 'Margaretta,' Machias, 1775 The Coasting Law of 1789 required that merchant ships port and register at each non-adjacent state as a way…"

Maine's Road to Statehood - The Final Vote

"… of Treasury William Crawford, passed a revised Coasting Law through Congress, which turned the entire eastern seaboard into one district and thus…"

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

"This, of course, was due to the Coasting Law, which would "result in irreparable damage" to the commercial interests of the mercantile coastal…"

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

"… with squatter-proprietor tensions and the Coasting Law likely still fueling the sentiments of the two voter bodies.[25] Despite the vote's failure…"

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

"On the coast, commercial traders felt bound to Massachusetts because of otherwise inconvenient shipping laws, and a growing inland debate ensued over…"

Life on a Tidal River - Four Famous Bangorians

"… the first female doctors to practice in the West Coast of America. She was a very motivated woman and did many great things despite the lower…"

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

"… and Sheepscot John, a Wabanaki leader on the coast. Places like Small Point, and the councils that took place there, were not boundaries as much as…"

Malaga Island: a story best left untold - Malaga Island: A Story Best Left Untold

"… state of Maine from Malaga Island, just off the coast of Phippsburg. It was an act motivated by economics, racism, eugenics, and political…"

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

"… dramatic conflict over land claims in the mid-coast region of Maine that have been expertly assessed for the Colonial and Revolutionary eras by…"

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

"… northeast of Passamaquoddy Bay, from the Atlantic coast to the Gulf of St. Lawrence, and used Champlain’s Saint Croix River as a western boundary."

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

"Johns and of the Coast from thence to Passamaquoddy,” enclosed in Michael Francklin to the Board of Trade, 22 Nov 1766, CO 217, LAC."

Bath's Historic Downtown - The Railroad Station

"… of a new transportation era in Bath and along the coast of Maine. Train service improved greatly and long waits for automobile ferries disappeared."

Malaga Island: a story best left untold - Explore photos from the "Malaga Island: A Story Best Left Untold" documentary

"… like it was for any community living on the Maine coast during the turn of the 20th century. There wasn’t easy access to drinking water and…"

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

"… established themselves along the Maine coast. As early as November 1652, inhabitants of Kittery swore their allegiance to the government of…"

Malaga Island: a story best left untold - Resources, Links, and Bibliography for Malaga Island: A Story Best Left Untold

"Maine Coast Heritage Trust owns Malaga Island. “Malaga Island: A Century of Shame,” a Portland Press Herald Article by Colin Woodard about the…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Revenue gunboat "Mahoning," Bangor, 1864

"… on an excursion to Bangor and the Maine coast. Martin described the boat and its guns. He wrote, "I took my son Junior & crossed to Brewer &…"

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - 1925 National Governors' Association Convention

"… other locations along Maine’s woodlands and coast. One of the most photographed events at the convention was a lobster bake and buffet held at the…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - History Overview

"… it as a path to the ocean and places along the coast, became a priority as the state grew, resulting first in ferries carrying wagons and carriages…"

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Aviation

"… were never found and the last time they were seen was off of the coast of Cape Cod at 7:10 P.M. Frances Grayson was 35 years old when she died."

Life on a Tidal River - Narrative

"Much of the lumber stock along the east coast was already gone. Builders looked to the vast and nearly untouched lumber resources of Maine…"

Lubec, Maine - The Lighthouse at West Quoddy Head

"Coast Guard, Yeaton later became known as the "Father of the Coast Guard." Yeaton, friend and companion to Allan, retired in 1798 to his North Lubec…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Catch of the Day: Clamming and Lobstering - Page 3 of 4

"In 1872 a law was passed banning the taking of egg-bearing females, a conservation measure already practiced by many Maine lobstermen, and in 1874…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - John Martin's Journal

"… advantage of lumber shortages in much of the east coast and beyond -- and of what must have seemed like endless timber resources in Penobscot and…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Mexico - Page 2 of 3

"… tribes in Maine were nomadic, traveling to the coast in the summer for fishing, stopping to plant crops in fertile lands along the way."