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Biddeford History & Heritage Project - II. Ripples of change: European exploration & settlement at Winter Harbor - Page 1 of 2

"… the difficulties that had plagued the Popham Colony (Brunswick) in 1606-7. He was convinced that the climate was no less harsh than that of other…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Women in Colonial Economies - Page 3 of 4

"Women in Colonial Economies The work of Hallowell, Maine resident Martha Ballard (1735-1812) exemplifies female settlers’ varied and extensive…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Women in Colonial Economies - Page 1 of 4

"Women in Colonial Economies Essay by Sara T. Damiano, Fall 2022 Sara T. Damiano, PhD, is an historian of women and gender in early America and the…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - II. Ripples of change: European exploration & settlement at Winter Harbor - Page 2 of 2

"II. Ripples of change: European exploration & settlement at Winter Harbor Piles of logs along the Saco River, ca."

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Women in Colonial Economies - Page 2 of 4

"Women in Colonial Economies Copy, deed from James and Rachell Berry to Proprietors, page 1 of 3Maine Historical Society For their part, as…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Women in Colonial Economies - Page 4 of 4

"Women in Colonial Economies About the Author Sara T. Damiano, Ph.D. is a historian of women and gender in early America and the Atlantic World."

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - The Shaping of the Borderlands: Arcane Deeds and Failed Colonies - Page 3 of 5

"… of the Borderlands: Arcane Deeds and Failed Colonies Nova Scotia was re-created as an independent British colony following the British “conquest”…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - III. An undercurrent of danger: Colonial Biddeford

"III. An undercurrent of danger: Colonial Biddeford Copy of Major Phillips sale of lands to Richard Russell, Biddeford, 1673McArthur Public…"

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

"Known as the Popham or Sagadahock Colony, it barely lasted a year, from 1607-1608. The region was also impacted by the 1621 grant given by the…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - The Shaping of the Borderlands: Arcane Deeds and Failed Colonies - Page 2 of 5

"… of the Borderlands: Arcane Deeds and Failed Colonies Islands in Passamaquoddy Bay, ca. 1800Maine Historical Society Initially, however, the…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Early Settlements

"It was not until the advent of three summer colonies that the horse and buggy became popular. The automobile was banned from the island until 1933."

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - The Shaping of the Borderlands: Arcane Deeds and Failed Colonies - Page 4 of 5

"… of the Borderlands: Arcane Deeds and Failed Colonies Map of Campobello Island, ca. 1840Maine Historical Society Unsurprisingly…"

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - The Colony Continues to Grow, 1874 - 1900

"The success of the colony was reported in the newspapers the following year. Thomas himself wrote that he only told stories of the victories of the…"

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

"… of the Borderlands: Arcane Deeds and Failed Colonies Sketch of Isle St. Croix, ca 1790 A sketch of Isle St. Croix from a map sent to Lt."

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - Industry

"After 1900, when the first permanent bridge across the stream in the community was constructed, settlement and development of Stockholm (in both…"

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - The History of Stockholm

"Work Cited: www.geocities.com/mscguide/sthis.html, Maine Swedish Colony, 5/24/06 www.mainememory.net, 5/25/06"

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

"The Town Proprietors of the New England Colonies: A Study of Their Development, Organization, Activities and Controversies, 1620-1770."

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Beyond Borders: an historical overview - Page 2 of 6

"… grant of Land from the King to the Plymouth Colony to trap fur. Maine Historical Society But in Maine, as in much of Britain’s North American…"

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

"… its name implies, came into being as part of the colonial process that remade northeastern North America as Euro-American space."

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Beyond Borders: an historical overview - Page 3 of 6

"Imperial agents, meanwhile, proposed entirely new colonies, advocating the creation of the Province of Sagadahoc in the 1730s and the colony of New…"

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

"… of the northeastern border with a less dense colonial presence to the west, from the northwesternmost head of the Connecticut River, through the…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - IV. Engulfed by nationalism: Revolutionary Biddeford

"It was a typical colonial American town, well placed along trade routes and a bustling hub. Lumber was one of the earliest and most successful…"

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

"… and how all-encompassing and continuous the colonial framework remains across not only Maine, but all of Wabanaki territory."