Maine Memory Network

Bowdoin College Library

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Biddeford History & Heritage Project - V. A Cascade of Booms & Busts (1790-1865) - Page 2 of 3

"… in its own right, no longer a district of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. There was still a good deal of agricultural activity going on in the…"

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

"Armed with a grant issued by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, they chose a site on Mill Island well known to Maine's Native Americans for thousands…"

Boston Public Library

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

"… it make sense for Mainers to remain part of the Commonwealth? Some of the District's leading gentlemen—William Gorham and Stephen Longfellow III…"

Surry by the Bay - History of Surry

"… deeds and titles were still not clear, so the Commonwealth of Massachusetts had to straighten things out."

Guilford, Maine - Pre-Settlement And The First 100 Years

"In the year 1794 the Commonwealth made a large land grant to Bowdoin College consisting of four townships, one of which is now the incorporated Town…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield - Page 1 of 5

"… Society Following the Revolutionary War, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts needed to raise money to pay off its huge war debts."

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

"… the District of Maine was a territory of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. While indigenous tribes resided in areas across the region for…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 4 of 4

"… yet President, and Maine was still part of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. In 1793, the New England Conference of the Methodist Church was held…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Islanders at Work

"… Island along with 24 nearby islands from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. To have the islands inhabited, Col."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Rumford - Page 1 of 4

"… Town of Rumford was incorporated by act of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in 1800, at which time the name of New Pennacook was changed to…"

Maine's Road to Statehood - 1790s: A Growing Movement

"… to a separation of the District of Maine from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and that the same maybe erected into a State?" A vote in all five…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - The Brick Inn

"… town, delivering the documents to Boston to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts’ authorities. Timothy was educated in local schools and attended…"

Malaga Island: a story best left untold - Maine State documents and Proclamations

"… help them in consuming supplies furnished by the commonwealth.” As for Malaga, the report states: "after viewing conditions (on Malaga), it was…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Native Americans

"… settlers along southern Maine (then part of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts) and New Brunswick moved the aboriginal people inland.” Just behind…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Peru

"Payments were made to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, the ruling “state” at that time. Township Number One was located about fifty miles from the…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Early Settlers

"… to Boston with others to secure approval from the Commonwealth. He later served as a selectman and representative to the General Court."

Life on a Tidal River - Narrative

"… Henry David Thoreau, 1846 The District of Maine, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, became its own state as a result of the Missouri Compromise of 1820."

Blue Hill, Maine - Educating Blue Hill

"… town rode on horseback to the Legislature of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts with the request for an academy."