Maine Memory Network

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

"Morton case from 1975, which forced the Federal government into protecting Wabanaki land interests in what is now Maine, and led to the Maine Indian…"

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

"Rather, landownership was an argument: a case to be made before provincial officials, imperial authorities, Indigenous powers, and the colonial…"

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

"… gains or loses his cause, he is ruind in either case."(1) “Ancient Indian deeds” in the collections exist largely because English settlers needed…"

Early Maine Photography - Famous People - Page 1 of 3

"… time, which is in admirable keeping with her courtly manners. Dolly Madison’s sister Anna was married to Richard Cutts of Saco, and the Maine…"

Surry by the Bay - Early Settlement

"… of Ellsworth and Surry was sent to the General Court asking for annexation to Ellsworth of a part of Surry and Trenton."

Historic Hallowell - Dummer House

"… County, in 1794 he presided over a paternity case involving one of Martha Ballard's patients. Such suits often relied upon the record of midwives…"

Surry by the Bay - History of Surry

"The Massachusetts General Court, anxious to see the "eastern lands" settled, readily made grants of land to individuals or larger groups."

Historic Clothing Collection - Eighteenth Century - Page 2 of 3

"… the petticoat), and with round gowns, in which case they were visible in the inverted V skirt front openings."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - People Who Called Scarborough Home - Page 3 of 4

"He was a justice of the peace for 40 years and no case decided by him went to a higher court. As a gentleman farmer, he sold surplus marsh hay and…"

Life on a Tidal River - Three Civil War Letters - Page 2 of 4

"… we are about to have them too, and if that is the case you may rest assured that the Grand army of the Potomac is to be recruited and filled up to…"

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

"In Guilford’s case there were the Piscataquis River, Salmon Stream, and a small outlet from Davis Pond thus three areas; Guilford Village, Guilford…"

Colby College Special Collections

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Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"… -- sawmills that provided the shooks for wooden cases that held the cans ready for shipment; transporters; boat builders; suppliers of condiments…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Railroad into the Village

"… the temporary injunction was refused and the case made up for the decision of the Federal Court now in session at Portland."

Eastern Maine Medical Center

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Education

"In many cases, districts had actual school buildings. But some students were taught at a central home."

Life on a Tidal River - Narrative

"… our petition...will represent our distressed case and condition to your Excellencies...the ability of our village was incompetent to the payment of…"