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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

"Exploring survey, St. Croix River to Great Waggansis, 1817Maine Historical Society Growing border tension and violence from 1827 to 1841, especially…"

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Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Further Reading

"Taylor, Alan. Liberty Men and Great Proprietors: The Revolutionary Settlement on the Maine Frontier, 1760-1820."

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Tate House Museum

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Early Maine Photography - Famous People - Page 1 of 3

"… Dolly Madison Remembered as one of America’s great first ladies, Dolly Madison (1768-1849) was raised in rural Virginia and educated in…"

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

"… state government itself began to compete with the great proprietors. From the 1780s into the early nineteenth century, it sold millions of acres to…"

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

"Alan Taylor, Liberty Men and Great Proprietors: The Revolutionary Settlement on the Maine Frontier, 1760-1820 (Chapel Hill: University of North…"

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

"Taylor, Alan. Liberty Men and Great Proprietors: The Revolutionary Settlement on the Maine Frontier, 1760-1820."

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Skowhegan Community History - A Brief History of the Skowhegan Area

"This tribe first began to feel great losses as early as 1607 when the Popham expedition came to the mouth of the great Kennebec River."

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Bath's Historic Downtown - The Sagadahoc County Courthouse

"The Civil War Monument was dedicated to those who had fought in the war from Bath. The Monument stands 30 feet tall and is constructed of granite and…"

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Guilford, Maine - Veterans Tributes - Page 1 of 2

"Two of these wars, the Civil War and World War II were without question the costliest in terms of manpower and materiel."

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John Martin: Expert Observer - Intro: pages 278-361

"… described the cholera epidemic of 1849, and, in great detail, the life of his brother, Alonzo Raynes, including his departure January 31, 1849, for…"

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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

"… head of the Connecticut River, through the Great Lakes, and the eastern border’s terminus at Lake of the Woods (the intersection of modern-day…"

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John Martin: Expert Observer - Millerite camp meeting, Orrington, 1844

"… tents, lights, pulpit, and other activities in great detail. He wrote, "This ever remembered occasion was about the last days of Miller doctrine…"

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John Martin: Expert Observer - Illustrations

"… admired, John Martin stopped to sketch it -- in great detail. When the Democrats erected a large tent in Bangor for a political convention, Martin…"

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John Martin: Expert Observer - Joseph Mitchell and Mutual Store wagon, Bangor, 1865

"… for F Muzzy & co on patterns in their foundry a great bawling rough haram scaram man who was poor and went to the baptist meeting the poorest clod…"

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John Martin: Expert Observer - About This Project

"Stevens Parkhurst, a great-niece of Martin's half-sister Rebecca Raynes Stevens. John Martin Junior and his wife, Edith, lived with his parents for a…"

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Bath's Historic Downtown - Intersection of Centre and Washington

"1950Patten Free Library In the time of World War II, Bath became a busy town. Shipbuilders needed clothes, gloves, boots and more, and they turned…"

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Guilford, Maine - Modern History: 1966 to Present

"… including a credit union arrived and even another great downtown fire, one which consumed a clothing store, caused little more than a hiccup, as…"

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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Other Recreation

"… an investment made by the trappers who found a great market for the beaver pelts. Beaver hats were in fashion! Trappers also trapped mink, martin…"

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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Prominent Women

"Julia's grief was so great that she was unable to continue and spent her time writing poetry, much of which was published."

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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Early Schools

"Julia's grief was so great that she was unable to continue and then spent her time writing poetry, much of which was published."

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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - The Porter Family

"She was great publicity! The sporting camps would give her free food and free lodging. Did you know that Fly Rod even had a specially-designed skirt…"

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Presque Isle: The Star City - History of Presque Isle

"After the Civil War, Aroostook County, in general, and Presque Isle, in particular, found economic prosperity in the starch industry."

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Biddeford History & Heritage Project - I. Headwaters of a community: Sowacatuck, Chouacoet, and the sea

"… and Saco now stand, in the areas around the great falls. All of these tribal names are found in the early literature of the area, as well as the…"