Maine Memory Network

Lincoln, Maine - Benjamin Chesley

"Riley Coburn "How did Benjamin Chesley impact your life?" Benjamin Chesley was a great figure in history."

Historic Hallowell - Thomas Bond House

"Benjamin and Abigail Page. Atty. Bond practiced law until (1813-14), and served as a member of the Maine Senate (1822-23)."

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

"… The Falmouth Gazette's printers, Thomas Wait and Benjamin Titcomb, were part of a new epoch of the separationist movement; one that involved…"

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

"The Pejepscot Proprietors relied on Benjamin Larrabee and Enoch Freeman to collect payments, sell additional lots, and to deal with squatters or…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Pejepscot Proprietors Biographies - Page 1 of 2

"… Biographies The Original Eight Proprietors Thomas Hutchinson Thomas Hutchinson was a wealthy merchant who had interest in Maine lands because…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Wabanaki Agency in the Proprietor Records - Page 2 of 5

"… Daniel or Derumkin and Robin [Ramegin] to James Thomas and Samuel York.Maine Historical Society In 1670, according to one deed in the Pejepscot…"

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

"… University of Maine Press, 2015), plate 21 Hoy, Benjamin. A Line of Blood and Dirt: Creating the Canada-United States border across Indigenous…"

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

"The collection was mostly gathered by British commissioner Thomas Barclay (1753-1830), loyalist of New York and Nova Scotia, and British agent Ward…"

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

"… of the Pejepscot Proprietors, Adam Winthrop and Thomas Hutchinson, sat on the Governor’s Council. Kennebec Proprietors included Massachusetts…"

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

"… the Pejepscot Proprietors Papers, and the Thomas Barclay Collection (also known as the Northeast Boundary Collection)."

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Project Background

"61) and the Thomas Barclay collection—informally called the Northeast Boundary collection (Coll. 26) each document the emergence of Maine as a unique…"

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

"Jeffries was a descendent of Thomas Brattle, a Harvard graduate, and served as Boston town treasurer from 1750-1782."

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 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 - Maine in the 17th Century

"Maine in the 17th Century Map of New England and New York, ca. 1676 Largely an unexplored territory by European settlers, 17th century Maine…"

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

"The Missouri Compromise: A Moral Dilemma William P. Preble to William King regarding Missouri Compromise, Portland, 1820 Although delighted by…"

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

"Overview: Road to Statehood Map of the Inhabited Part of Maine, Moses Greenleaf, 1829Maine Historical Society Many know that the Missouri…"

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…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Soldiers Of The Civil War

"In 1890 his widow lived in Shirley, Maine. Benjamin Kilkenny was born in Freeman on May 16, 1839. He is the son of Thadious and Catherine Kilkenny."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Prominent Women

"… Historical Society In August, 1860, she married Benjamin Paul Akers. He was a Maine sculptor whom she had met in Rome."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Resources

"… East Books, 2009 Stand Firm Ye Boys from Maine, Thomas Desjardin, Oxford University Press, 1995 Civil War Regiments from Maine, Joshua Lawrence…"