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Map of Campobello Island, ca. 1840

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

"… undatedMaine Historical Society Unsurprisingly, jurisdictional questions continued to plague would-be land speculators and even governmental…"

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Contested Northeast boundary map, 1843

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - The Shaping of the Borderlands: Arcane Deeds and Failed Colonies - Page 3 of 5

"… the Kennebec to the Province of Maine and Massachusetts, while leaving the question of jurisdiction over the Sagadahock frustratingly open."

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Map of Cobscook Bay Area, 1881

Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"… of their affairs being (as they say) within their jurisdiction; on the other hand obliged to pay obedience to the laws of Massachusetts …."