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Historic Hallowell - Prisons and Firearms

"William King, former governor, paid 3,000 dollars for a 10-acre prison site. It was known as Limestone Hill."

Early Maine Photography - Famous People - Page 3 of 3

"While governor, Lincoln worked to settle the Northeastern Boundary Dispute with Great Britain in Maine’s favor."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Groups, Clubs & Organizations - Page 3 of 3

"The Honorable William King, Governor of the State, was elected Grand Master of Masons. The Governor, accompanied by the President of the Senate and…"

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

"… of the Kings Woods and served as Lieutenant Governor from 1717-1730. His son Benning bought John Ruck’s shares in 1727."

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

"Kennebec Proprietors included Massachusetts governors James Bowdoin and, secretly, British governor of Massachusetts, William Shirley."

Historic Hallowell - Hallowell House

"… for a century as the Hallowell House and held the Governor's suite for years. Men of enterprise and capital formed the Hallowell House Company to…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Early 1800s

"… by Lucy Knox prior to 1820, was elected as first Governor when Maine became a state. Early Thomaston, Maine c 1820Thomaston Historical Society…"

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Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - The Shaping of the Borderlands: Arcane Deeds and Failed Colonies - Page 4 of 5

"Even Governor Francis Bernard, who received a grant of Mount Desert Island from the General Court in 1762, was unable to get his grant confirmed…"

Malaga Island: a story best left untold - Resources, Links, and Bibliography for Malaga Island: A Story Best Left Untold

"Governor Baldacci gave the apology on Sunday, September 12, 2010. “The Shameful Story of Malaga Island,” by historian Bill Barry was the first…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield - Page 4 of 5

"… Congressman and Senator Eugene Hale, Maine Governor Samuel Streeter Marble, attorney Elbridge Gerry Harlow, trial justice John Mason Eustis and…"

Early Maine Photography - Famous People - Page 2 of 3

"Governor William King William King, Bath, ca. 1845Maine Historical Society Born in Scarborough in 1768, William King received only a grammar…"

Maine's Road to Statehood - Turn of the Century to the War of 1812

"… a major role in early statehood as Mane's first governor. Patten Free Library The separationists and anti-separationists heard and acknowledged…"

Maine's Road to Statehood - The Missouri Compromise: A Moral Dilemma

"… at last! Written by William King—Maine's first governor—on March 16, 1820. Maine Historical Society The irony of this situation, however, had…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Northeast Harbor: Rustic to Rusticators

"… 1768, ten residents sent a petition to the Royal Governor asking for help in keeping outsiders from coming to the island to get already cut and…"

Historic Hallowell - Hallowell Schools

"… of an Academy at Hallowell Hook was signed by Governor Hancock. The act then proceeded to be passed by the General Court of Massachusetts."

Historic Hallowell - Maine Industrial School for Girls

"… and in December of that year, they offered to the Governor $10,000 from Mrs. Flagg, and a building site in Hallowell valued at $2,000 from Mrs."

Historic Hallowell - Day 5

"Governor Angus King said that the cost to CMP and Bangor Hydro Co., the state's two largest electric utilities, would top $25 million."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Maine State Prison

"… service, William King was elected as the first Governor of the State of Maine. In this position, he was involved in determining where a state…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Prison is Established - 1823

"The State purchased the property from Governor King for $3000. The lot was described as follows: A certain piece or tract of land in Thomaston with a…"

Lincoln, Maine - Steamboats

"… steamboats that traveled to Lincoln was called “Governor Neptune,” named after John Neptune, Governor of the Penobscot Native American tribe."

Lincoln, Maine - The Stanislaus Family

"Stephen was governor for eight years. He made choices about what the tribe would do and made big decisions."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - People Who Called Scarborough Home - Page 2 of 4

"In 1816 he was an unsuccessful candidate for both Governor of New York and President of the United States."