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Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Beyond Borders: an historical overview - Page 1 of 6

"He is the author of Speculation Nation: Land Mania in the Revolutionary American Republic (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2023)."

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Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Wabanaki Agency in the Proprietor Records - Page 1 of 5

"… place-based scholarship, Professor Brooks is the author of "The Common Pot: The Recovery of Native Space in the Northeast" (University of Minnesota…"

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

"… in Tribal territory in 2020 and removing this authority over non-Indians in 2022. As the Wabanaki Tribal Nations in what is now Maine fought for…"

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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 3 of 5

"This authorized the St. Croix Commission of 1796-98 that established which of the rivers that flowed into Passamaquoddy Bay was actually the St."

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Historic Hallowell - The Opening & Closing of Hallowell's Shoe Companies

"… Hasset, director for development of Maine Housing Authority, said that the construction of the new apartments would begin around November 1st and…"

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Historic Hallowell - Values and Charity

"One son, Jacob, was the author of 180 books, including the 14 volume Rollo series. Van Wyck Brooks stated that in Rollo the reader beheld in all its…"

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Chester Greenwood

"Chester Greenwood By Nancy Porter, author of "Chester . . . More than Ear Muffs" Chester Greenwood, one of Farmington’s most famous citizens, was…"

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Lubec, Maine - Myron Avery, Lubec, and the Appalachian Trail

"… includes all editions for the Guide which he authored from 1935 to 1952. Soon after Avery’s untimely death on July 26, 1952, an act of the Maine…"

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Lubec, Maine - The Gardner Lake Tragedy - Page 2 of 2

"… Schad, Remember the Children, published by the author, 2006. The book was not used as a source in this exhibit."

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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Thomaston Expands - 1805 to 1846

"… and French and to force them to respect the authority of the newly formed American nation. It punished American merchants in the process by…"

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Life on a Tidal River - Four Important Women of Bangor

"… whether they be actors, singers, soldiers, authors, or even teachers. Some of these astounding individuals include the women Mary Snow, Mary Alden…"

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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Scarborough Marsh: "Land of Much Grass" - Page 1 of 4

"… Egret X In his book Secrets of a Salt Marsh, author John O. Snow beautifully describes life in a salt marsh, “a world of many different…"

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Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Resources and Links

"Yarmouth, Maine: The Author, 1937. Skyline Farm of North Yarmouth, Maine. www.skylinefarm.org Smith, David C., et al., “Climate fluctuation and…"

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Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Cumberland's Prince Memorial Library : Evolution of a Community Institution

"… Cumberland voters and the Cumberland Town Council authorized a $700,000 bond issue. Terrien Architects of Portland designed the 8,100-square-foot…"

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Southwest Harbor Public Library

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United Society of Shakers

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Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield - Page 4 of 5

"… Dix (for whom Dixfield is named) of Boston, was authorized to build the first grist mill, the first saw mills and develop the water power that…"

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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 2 of 5

"… imaginary projections made by distant imperial authorities to accord with the actual landscape of the northeast as understood by the people who…"

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Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Beyond Borders: A Wabanaki Perspective - Page 2 of 4

"… letters to state, national, and international authorities, and sometimes this took the form of open protest along major roadways and riverways in…"

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

"He was the author of the majority of company pamphlets and official communications. Gershom Flagg (1705-1771) Gershom Flagg was half share owner in…"

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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Maritime Tales: Shipyards and Shipwrecks - Page 2 of 2

"3.Interview with Donald Googins by the author, 24 November 2009. 4.Queenie Seal’s diary, 1951."

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New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - North New Portland Village Schools

"… held on September 19, 1972 at which time the town authorized the selectmen to negotiate with Fernwood Grange for the exchange of buildings."

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Lubec, Maine - Canning Sardines in Lubec: Technology, the Syndicate and Labor

"According to John Gilman, the author of the business history of the canneries, 1952 was the year the key cans were introduced."