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

"The documents produced by the border commission, particular early on, consistently highlight Passamaquoddy and wider Wabanaki Nations’ deep knowledge…"

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

"Of the four commissions it authorized, only the one tasked with settling the sovereignty of islands in Passamaquoddy Bay was resolved expeditiously…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - The Shaping of the Borderlands: Arcane Deeds and Failed Colonies - Page 2 of 5

"… efforts prior to the US-Canada northeast border commissions of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth century was one of jurisdictional confusion…"

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

"… murdered French Jesuit missionary Father Rasle of Norridgewock; and reports of the Massachusetts and New York Border Commission, 1773 and 1787."

Guilford, Maine - Veterans Tributes - Page 2 of 2

"… on August 6, 1942 at the age of 39 and she was commissioned as WAAF 3d officer on October 3, 1942."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Charles K. Savage (1903-1979): The View from Asticou - Page 6 of 6

"… luscious hand carved signs and placques, often commissions for summer residents, local churches, the Northeast Harbor Village Improvement…"

New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - Bridges of West New Portland

"… bridge was constructed by the Maine State Highway Commission in 1923. This two span slab concrete span is the eastern bridge of the pair."

Architecture & Landscape database - George Coombs

"… 1875 and 1880 the two men received seventy-five commissions for houses, churches, schools, business blocks, and factories."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Arriving in Bar Harbor

"… landing, ca. 1885Maine Historic Preservation Commission Arriving at the Bar Harbor wharf, rusticators found the place “alive with vehicles and…"

Walker Memorial Library

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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

"When it became clear that the commission process would not produce a result in the early 1820s, both sides reluctantly prepared for arbitration by a…"

Bowdoin College Museum of Art

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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Running the Town

"… officer, Lois Anderson was elected to the planning board, and Priscilla Lunt became a representative to the Regional Planning Commission."

Architecture & Landscape database - Elmer I. Thomas

"… centered in the Lewiston-Auburn area, he received commissions from throughput the state. Thomas favored the Shingle Style and the Colonial Revival…"

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

"Croix Commission (1796-1798) to help settle the dispute over the Northeast boundary of the United States."

Maine State Museum

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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 2 of 5

"Both men served on multiple border commissions, and their impact was extended since each was assisted (and followed) by a son in similar official…"

Architecture & Landscape database - John Calvin Stevens

"He also worked throughout Maine and received commissions from other parts of the country. Stevens was best known for his domestic architecture."

Architecture & Landscape database - John P. Thomas

"… brought difficult times that resulted in fewer commissions and a reduced office staff. Two of his largest projects in this period, the Maine…"

Lubec, Maine - Building the Roosevelt Bridge to Campobello - Page 1 of 3

"The Maine Highway Commission engineers arrived in late 1960, setting up offices in the old John Trenholm barber shop on the left side of Washington…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - About This Project

"… the support of the Maine Historic Preservation Commission, the Maine State Library, and a number of other organizations and individuals, purchased…"

Surry by the Bay - History of Surry

"In 1789, they commissioned Leonard Jarvis, Sr., et al. to do so. Jarvis was a prominent Massachusetts citizen who had served as the Treasurer of the…"

Life on a Tidal River - Three Civil War Letters - Page 3 of 4

"… done A pretty good thing they have captured 4 Commissioned Officers; - 43 Privates; 60 Horses and Mules; A large lot of Boots & shoes; cloth ect."

Lubec, Maine - Timeline

"… Washington organized Revenue Cutter Service commissioning Hopley Yeaton as its first officer – America’s first commissioned naval officer 1791 •…"