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

"… managed the daily provisioning of her household and supervised its labors, and performed vital work as a midwife, attending 816 births within 27…"

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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

"… teams in their field efforts were extreme and more than four boxes of the Barclay Collection includes financial records and receipts from 1796 to…"

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

"… between what is today the American state of Maine and the Canadian province of New Brunswick was, prior to about 1800, one largely of failure and…"

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

"He married Sarah Toppan, the daughter of Edward and Sarah Toppan of Newbury, on March 23, 1770. Josiah went into business with his father, and later…"

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

"… are small histories and genealogies gathered and written by John McKeen, historian and one of the founding members of the Maine Historical Society…"

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Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Passamaquoddy Hereditary Chief Francis Joseph Neptune

"… the French and British come to the village and talk about war, trade and alliances. When Francis was a young man, his father Chief Jean Baptiste…"

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John Martin: Expert Observer - Intro: pages 84-107

"He leaves politics temporarily with clipping a clipping of an account he wrote in 1876 about Bangor's failure to properly deal with streets and…"

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

"The Zooniverse page will be kept live and volunteers can continue to work on the remainder of the pages, and as they are approved the documents will…"

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Maine Department of Transportation

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John Martin: Expert Observer - Intro: pages 00-29

"… this section and this journal, however, relate to politics. Items mentioned include: Horse racing Dr."

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Portland Water District

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John Martin: Expert Observer - Intro: pages 74-138

"Some of the people and events mentioned are: Allen Rogers Reed Harding Ephraim Stubbs Alonzo Raynes Rebecca Raynes Mary Ann Harding Attending school…"

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Life on a Tidal River - Bangor and Social Reform Movements of the 1800s-1900s

"Laws intended to stop the sale and use of liquor were often ignored. Officers would sometimes conduct raids but keep the liquor."

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John Martin: Expert Observer - John Martin, Bangor, ca. 1868

"… in much that surrounded him: architecture, politics, gardening and farming, business, boats, horses, trolleys, churches, and, especially dancing…"

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John Martin: Expert Observer - Fashions in Bangor, 1866

"… a discussion of the fashion and comments on how politics, social life, and fashion had changed by the end of the Civil War."

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Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - National Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs

"It sought to promote and assist their activities and to promote ethical business dealings. Maine led the eastern U.S."

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John Martin: Expert Observer - Part 3, pages 38-56

"He offers and illustration and a quite interesting discussion of a former slave who lived in Bangor and who explained to Martin and others what…"

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

"The descendants of these Tribal Nations are found within our Nations and communities today. Particularly recognized are the descendants of…"

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John Martin: Expert Observer - Intro: pages 452-534

"Patten; and local politics, including his failed bid to become city clerk. Martin noted that "the evil one" followed him as he constantly felt…"

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John Martin: Expert Observer - Senator James Doolittle, Bangor, 1866

"… mid-year elections with the hope of forming a new political party to help President Andrew Johnson, who was heavily criticized for his policies."

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

"Settlers, including the Pejepscot and Kennebec Proprietors, sometimes relied on the Wabanaki people who remained to interpret early documents and the…"

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

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

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

"… River deed, Nanudemance retained “liberty unto me and my heirs to fish, fowl, and hunt also to set otter traps without molestation.” In a 1684 deed…"

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John Martin: Expert Observer - Intro: pages 65-83

"He begins this section with printed accounts of Lincoln's first inaugural address and Jefferson Davis's inaugural address."