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Tate House Museum

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Bath's Historic Downtown - History Overview

"… with the West Indies, France and Great Britain. Among the prominent entrepreneurs of this time was newcomer William King, who built a home on…"

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

"… was written in 1783 ending the War with Great Britain which recognized the United States. After the Revolutionary War dignitaries visited the Chief…"

Historic Hallowell - Initiative and Self-Improvement

"… with politics? (No) Was the late war between the United States and Great Britain beneficial to the former? (No) The next step in our journey."

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

"Edelson, S. Max. The New Map of Empire: How Britain Imagined America before Independence. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2017."

Early Maine Photography - Art - Page 1 of 2

"… role in the settlement of the dispute with Great Britain over Maine’s northeast boundary. Complementing the image of the Daveis’s bust is a…"

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Allies & Allegiance: Military comradery at the Centennial, 1920

"… to Casco Bay: Portugal, Japan and Great Britain. Coupled with two U.S. battleships, the USS Utah and USS Florida, naval representation spanned…"

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

"… in 1796 to become United States Minister to Great Britain. In 1804, he was an unsuccessful Federalist candidate for Vice President of the United…"

Historic Hallowell - Henry Pope Clearwater Ph.D.~ Patient Medicine Mass Marketer

"… throughout the country and as far away as Great Britain and Africa. The volume of packages and circular letters sent from his Water Street location…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Introduction

"… occurred within it during the last war with Great Britain.” (History of Penobscot County Maine with illustrations and biographical sketches 1882)…"

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

"Max Edelson, The New Map of Empire: How Britain Imagined America before Independence (Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 2017)."

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

"… the new Whig and Tory governments of the US and Britain to finally settle the northeastern border in 1842."

Architecture & Landscape database - Gridley Barrows

"… running a school for war refugee boys from Great Britain and Europe. Gridley Barrows served in the Pacific during World War II, attaining the rank…"

Guilford, Maine - Veterans Tributes - Page 1 of 2

"… since declaring its independence from Great Britain. Since its original settlement, Guilford has watched some of its brightest and best go marching…"

Mercy Hospital - Sisters of Mercy

"… of Mercy quickly spread across Ireland and Great Britain. Although Mother McAuley lived only 10 years after becoming a Sister, she opened fourteen…"

Surry by the Bay - History of Surry

"… due to disputes and battles between Great Britain and France. From 1613 to 1759, Acadia changed owners eleven times, five times in possession of…"

Life on a Tidal River - Narrative

"… dispute between the United States and Great Britain in 1842 also contributed to Bangor's growing prosperity."

Early Maine Photography - Famous People - Page 3 of 3

"… the Northeastern Boundary Dispute with Great Britain in Maine’s favor. During his third term, he traveled from Portland, then the state capital, to…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - History of Presque Isle

"… The boundary dispute between Maine and Great Britain had been an ongoing issue that finally reached its climax with the “bloodless” Aroostook War…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Historical Overview - Page 2 of 4

"… President Madison's declaration of war on Great Britain, Governor Strong would not allow the Massachusetts militia to leave the state and refused…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview

"Islesboro was still controlled by Great Britain in 1780 and considered “behind enemy lines” when scientists from Harvard determined that a solar…"

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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