Maine Memory Network

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

"… around the representation of London firms in the colonies. Because of his success, Jefferies role in the Pejepscot proprietors was most likely as a…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Who were the Kennebec and Pejepscot Proprietors? - Page 2 of 7

"Originally awarded to Plymouth Colony, which used the land to engage in fur trade with the Wabanakis, until four Boston Merchants bought it in 1661…"

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

"… State University where he specializes in Colonial and Native American history in New England."

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

"The inclusion of "late Colony of New-Plymouth" and their common name "Plymouth Company" was intentionally tied to the Plymouth Colony to justify…"

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

"… of the Kennebeck Purchase from the late Colony of New Plymouth, organized in 1749, and was one of several proprietor groups operating in the…"

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

"The project documents European settlement of northern New England, specifically coastal and interior Maine, land distribution, and conflicts before…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Beyond Borders: A Wabanaki Perspective - Page 3 of 4

"… is now Maine, and led to the Maine Indian Claims Settlement Act of 1980. A Conference between Wabanaki Leaders and Governor Belcher, July…"

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

"… from Québec and Acadia—the Massachusetts Bay colony claimed jurisdiction over the region. The New Englanders’ ambitions to dominate the Dawnland…"

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

"… collections exist because of competing colonial claims to land. As historian Alan Taylor observed: In 1800 the Pejepscot Patent's settlers…"

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

"… of Maine that have been expertly assessed for the Colonial and Revolutionary eras by historians Ian Saxine, Lisa Brooks, and Alan Taylor, so too…"

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

"… French Acadie, and where to draw the line between colonial Massachusetts and Nova Scotia. Some of the earliest documents from 1764 pertain to areas…"

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

"… and independent entity, distinct from British colonial rule, Massachusetts, the Canadian maritimes, and the United States federal government."

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

"… “Projecting Power in the Dawnland: Weaponizing Settlement in the Gulf of Maine World, 1710-1800” (Ph.D."

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

"… “Projecting Power in the Dawnland: Weaponizing Settlement in the Gulf of Maine World, 1710-1800” (Ph.D."

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Beyond Borders: A Wabanaki Perspective - Page 1 of 4

"… the Pejepscot Proprietors sold parcels for major settlements, and the Kennebec River watershed where the Kennebec Proprietors claimed and sold…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - RESOURCES

"… Saco and Biddeford, with notices of other early settlements and of the propietary governments, in Maine, including the provinces of New…"

Maine's Road to Statehood - Maine in the 17th Century

"… specifically, England eventually stripped its colonial charter in 1684, and the former colony was left legally undefined."

Bath's Historic Downtown - History Overview

"This pattern of Colonial settlement, including the process of purchasing parcels from the Gutch Estate, establishing homes and businesses, and…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - In the beginning, there were the Wabanaki…

"… Museum With the Europeans came new diseases and colonial wars. After 150 years of these conflicts, barely 1,000 Wabanaki men, women, and children…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - A Short History of Mount Desert Island

"Then it was “discovered” by colonial settlers, who were so taken with the attractions of the place that they adopted it as their own."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Depression, War, and Fire

"1910Jesup Memorial Library The Bar Harbor summer colony reached its peak after the First World War."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Charles K. Savage (1903-1979): The View from Asticou - Page 4 of 6

"… to much of the already declining wealthy summer colony there while hardly touching the Western side of the island, including Northeast Harbor and…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Savage Family of Mount Desert

"… in by sea from either the lower Massachusetts colony or the nearby Maritime Provinces. The town of Southwest Harbor claims many Carroll, Stanley…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 1 of 4

"… and John Roundy sailed "downeast" from the Boston colony to a sheltering bay at the foot of the blue hill."