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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

"Fixing Borders on the Land: The Northeastern Boundary in Treaties and Local Reality, 1763-1842 British survey highlands map, ca."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Scarborough Marsh: "Land of Much Grass" - Page 3 of 4

"Scarborough Marsh: "Land of Much Grass" Site of Scarborough Marsh Audubon CenterScarborough Historical Society & Museum Realizing that this…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Scarborough Marsh: "Land of Much Grass" - Page 4 of 4

"Scarborough Marsh: "Land of Much Grass" Sources Dunstan River X Acts and Resolves of the Legislature of Maine."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Scarborough Marsh: "Land of Much Grass" - Page 2 of 4

"Scarborough Marsh: "Land of Much Grass" Moses Banks MapScarborough Historical Society & Museum The Scarborough Marsh has long been important…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Who were the Kennebec and Pejepscot Proprietors? - Page 6 of 7

"… and Topsham residents who squatted on unsold land, stalled on payments, or helped themselves to timber on company land, while arguing that, by…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Henry Knox: Land Dealings

"In the same way, he viewed the lands he held in the Waldo Patent as a possible source of income. His wastebook provides ample evidence of this…"

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

"Robert Kinney's Land on the Plains, and hinder any Person from Lumbering or Tresspassing" These letters were given to many settlers on disputed land…"

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

"Blaakman, Michael Albert. Speculation Nation: Land and Mania in the Revolutionary American Republic, 1776-1803. New Haven, CT: Yale University, 2016."

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

"… to delineate the boundaries of settler claims to land, Pial Pôl’s presence, in 1793, also speaks to the Wabanaki people who remained."

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Who were the Kennebec and Pejepscot Proprietors? - Page 1 of 7

"Coll. 60, vol. 3. p. 72 Kennebec Proprietors "Voted that Two Town Each of five Miles on the R Kennebeck & fifteen Miles Back..."Maine Historical…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Pejepscot Proprietors Papers, 1627‐1866

"It includes land deeds, depositions, maps, correspondence, broadsides, proprietor’s meetings records, accounts, land agents, and other documents…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Who were the Kennebec and Pejepscot Proprietors? - Page 4 of 7

"… least one major shareholder and the company clerk, made most of the decisions about managing the new, unincorporated towns on proprietary lands."

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Kennebec Proprietors Biographies

"… association of Boston Merchants jumped into the land speculation business by reviving an old Pilgrim grant on the Kennebec River in Maine."

City of Brewer

Brewer is the gateway to coastal communities and Acadia National Park. The city along with Bangor also serves as a trading and distribution center for the coastal areas and towns and cities to the north with the total region having a population of approximately 250,000 people.

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Architecture

"Their survival depended on it. Due to their solid construction, approximately 400 original buildings still line the streets throughout the town."

Blue Hill, Maine - Welcome to the town of Blue Hill!

"… mountain stands as a beacon for travelers from land and sea. Blue Hill – named by early explorers – has served as a navigational landmark since the…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Early Shipbuilders - 1780s

"… under the County Road (now Route One.) A town landing was established on Mill Creek in the vicinity of the Gleason and Fish Street intersection."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Regional and Town History

"The hamlets they founded grew into towns that were incorporated between 1793 and 1843. Not by chance did these towns arise in close proximity to the…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - 1850 to 1870

"Successful shipbuilders owned huge tracts of land in North Carolina and Georgia, where lumber was harvested and brought back to Thomaston for new…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Thomaston Narrative

"… in a small park overlooking the Thomaston town landing at the westward bend of the river. When Captain John Smith voyaged to Monhegan on fishing…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Shipbuilding

"… under the County Road (now Route One.) A town landing was established on Mill Creek in the vicinity of the Gleason and Fish Street intersection."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Henry Knox: The Funeral

"… that were buried in the tomb moved to the town cemetery, which happened to be located on land that Knox had donated to the town for that purpose."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - JP Cilley Ledger From Post

"§ Participated in the Battle of White House Landing May 30, 1864. § Participated in the Battle of Cold Harbor June 3, 1864."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Shipbuilding Industry Expands - 1850 to 1857

"Shipbuilding made for prosperous times in the town. A ship built by Joshua and Charles Morton in Morton’s shipyard on Water Street was sold for an…"