Maine Memory Network

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

"… 1763-1842 Essay by Liam Riordan Riordan is American historian specializing in the Revolutionary era (ca."

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Beyond Borders: A Wabanaki Perspective - Page 4 of 4

"… Nation: Land and Mania in the Revolutionary American Republic, 1776-1803. New Haven, CT: Yale University, 2016. Brooks, Lisa."

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

"… the borderland region between what is today the American state of Maine and the Canadian province of New Brunswick was, prior to about 1800, one…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - The Plymouth Company (Kennebec Proprietors) records, ca. 1625-1824

"… in the District of Maine before and after the American Revolution. Conflicting land grants, competing companies (including the Pejepscot Company)…"

Skowhegan Community History - The Skowhegan Island

"Skowhegan Island provided an important stopping place for the Native Americans. It was a place where they could fish, plant corn, and harvest corn on…"

Lincoln, Maine - Jonathan Clay Jr.

"… 18, 1864, at the Battle of Petersburg during the American Civil War. Jonathan Clay, Jr. Killed in the Civil War at Petersubrg, VA."

Lincoln, Maine - Civil War

"… life today?" Without the Civil War most African Americans and even women would not have a lot of the rights that they have today."

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

"Sources Ernst, Robert. Rufus King: American Federalist. Williamsburg, VA: The University of North Carolina Press, 1968. Moulton, Augustus."

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Our Shared History - Page 1 of 4

"… rapidly in Ancient North Yarmouth after the American Revolution. The descendents of the original proprietors had large families, and the population…"

Maine State Museum

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Seashore Trolley Museum

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Western Maine Foothills Region - Regional and Town History

"… Muskie Those crazy Coke and Mentos guys Native Americans—in this case the Abenakis—flourished in the western foothills for millennia before the…"

Westport Island History Committee

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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 5 of 5

"… that remade northeastern North America as Euro-American space. Nonetheless, the long-lasting international border of 1842 is not as all powerful as…"

Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Brief History

"It is unclear when the Native Americans first came to the area they referred to as the “great intervale”."

Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"… forced to flee Nova Scotia, veterans of the American Revolution, and those like Colonel John Allan and Louis Delesdernier who sought refuge after…"

Lubec, Maine - Timeline

"… smuggling operations between British and American territories along Passamaquoddy Bay 1814 • Eastport captured and occupied by the British 1815 •…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Peru

"… while the Maine towns were developing, the South American colonies were breaking away from their respective rulers; the spirit of liberty and…"

Historic Hallowell - Whaling

"… especially practiced by the Ainu, Inuit, Native Americans and people of the Bay of Biscay. Rock carvings have shown several whales being surrounded…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Carolyn Stone

"… credited with knitting and volunteering for the American Red Cross during both World War I and World War II."

Bath's Historic Downtown - Old Town Hall and Grant Building

"… it wasn't a building to be enthusiastic over (The American Sentinel of February, 1883). In more recent years the building was used by Bath Iron…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Henry Knox

"… General Henry Knox and his involvement in the American Revolution, from 1775 – 1783. The bulk of the research that has been done on his personal…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Thomaston Narrative

"Native Americans referred to both the river and the area as Segochet, “a pleasant place,” but Captain George Waymouth, an early English navigator…"