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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

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

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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."

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Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Who were the Kennebec and Pejepscot Proprietors? - Page 6 of 7

"Who were the Kennebec and Pejepscot Proprietors? Brunswick Town Meeting Minutes, 1719Maine Historical Society The Pejepscot Proprietors…"

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

"Who were the Kennebec and Pejepscot Proprietors? Residents on company lands also complained, with considerable justification, about suffering as a…"

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Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Who were the Kennebec and Pejepscot Proprietors? - Page 3 of 7

"Who were the Kennebec and Pejepscot Proprietors? Wabanaki deed to Richard Wharton, 1684Maine Historical Society The Pejepscot Proprietors…"

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Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Who were the Kennebec and Pejepscot Proprietors? - Page 4 of 7

"Who were the Kennebec and Pejepscot Proprietors? Coll. 61, vol. 7, pg. 401 Example of a proprietor meeting at the Royall Exchange Tavern on King…"

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

"Who were the Kennebec and Pejepscot Proprietors? Coll. 61, vol. 10, p. 179b-1 A copy of a letter issued by Samuel Goodwin to Mr."

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

"Beyond Borders: an historical overview Further to the east, new boundary issues erupted. At the end of the Revolutionary War, in the 1783 Treaty of…"

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Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Beyond Borders: an historical overview - Page 4 of 6

"Beyond Borders: an historical overview Before the Seven Years War (1756-1763), the land companies’ efforts to coax Scotch-Irish migrants and New…"

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Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Beyond Borders: an historical overview - Page 5 of 6

"Beyond Borders: an historical overview All these newcomers would quickly learn that it was a common experience in Maine to be harangued for payment…"

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

"Project Partners The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) X In April 2020, Maine Historical Society received a $341,935 Humanities…"

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

"Wabanaki Agency in the Proprietor Records Acknowledgement In the twenty-first century, historians and tribal scholars have turned to these…"

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Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Wabanaki Agency in the Proprietor Records - Page 3 of 5

"Wabanaki Agency in the Proprietor Records Kinship and Leadership Copy, deed from James and Rachell Berry to Proprietors, page 1 of 3Maine…"

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Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Wabanaki Agency in the Proprietor Records - Page 4 of 5

"Wabanaki Agency in the Proprietor Records Sovereignty and Subsistence Copy, account regarding deed from Abenaki Sagamores to Richard Wharton…"

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

"Wabanaki Agency in the Proprietor Records Place Names and Continuance Plan for towns along the Androscoggin River, ca."

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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 4 of 5

"Fixing Borders on the Land: The Northeastern Boundary in Treaties and Local Reality, 1763-1842 Moose River, Moose Head Lake and Kennebeck…"

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

"Project Home Small Point, Phippsburg, 1731Maine Historical Society The Beyond Borders: Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary project, a two…"

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Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Borderland Essays

"Borderland Essays Explore essays, listed in the menu at right, pertaining to the drawing of the northeast boundary between the United States in…"

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Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Search the Collections

"Search the Collections Currently Coll. 61, the Pejepscot Proprietors Collection is available to search, both at the volume level as well as the…"

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

"Beyond Borders: A Wabanaki Perspective Self Determination What strikes me as similar between the past and contemporary times is not only that we—as…"

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

"Beyond Borders: A Wabanaki Perspective Darren J. Ranco, PhD (Penobscot), Fall 2022 The collections in the Beyond Borders project are important and…"

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

"Beyond Borders: A Wabanaki Perspective What is not questioned, it seems, in either the 18th century, or the late 20th and early 21st centuries, is…"

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

"Pejepscot Proprietors Biographies Later Proprietors, Heirs and Assignees Colonel Moses Little Moses Little was born on May 8, 1724, the son of…"

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Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Pejepscot Proprietors Papers, 1627‐1866

"Pejepscot Proprietors Papers, 1627‐1866 Map of lots on Maquoit & Merriconeeg, ca. 1719Maine Historical Society Coll."