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Plan of J. Robinson lot, Topsham, 1761

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Women in Colonial Economies - Page 4 of 4

"… Deed to Proprietors (1716), Proprietors of the Township of Brunswick: Pejepscot Proprietors Papers, collection 61, vol. 1, p."

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Granite mountains, Mount Desert, 1837

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - …then came the settlers…

"… incorporated the entire island as Mount Desert Township. Several years later, they divided the island in two, marking the area east of Somes Sound…"

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Dedication of monument to Blue Hill's founders, 1910

Blue Hill, Maine - Blue Hill Spearheads Development on the Downeast Coast

"The townships west were: #1 now Bucksport; #2 now Orland, #3 now Penobscot, Brooksville and Castine, #4 now Brooklin and Sedgwick, #5 now Blue Hill…"

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Surry by the Bay - History of Surry

"Desert rivers, each to be six miles square. At the same time, six other townships were granted east of the river. The future Surry was number 6."

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Town of Dixfield seal, 1988

Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield - Page 1 of 5

"… exploring land suitable to the establishment of a township. They could not, however, obtain the purchase of it until July 2, 1789, when Col."

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Jonathan Keyes Log Cabin, Rumford Corner, ca. 1900

Western Maine Foothills Region - Rumford - Page 1 of 4

"Rumford (first known as New Pennacook Township) was visited by the Anasagunticook Indians for the purposes of fishing salmon at the “Great Falls.”…"

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Main Street through "the village," Strong, ca. 1890

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 1 of 4

"… and this northwestern section was called Township No. 3, First Range North of Plymouth Claim, West of Kennebec River (T3 R1 NPC WKR)."

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Copy of Surry and Ellsworth map, ca. 1880

Surry by the Bay - Early Settlement

"In 1821, all parts of the original township of Surry lying west of the Union River in Ellsworth were set back to Surry through the influence of…"

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Ox Cart at N.W. Marston's Store, South Lubec, ca. 1880

Lubec, Maine - Timeline

"• Committee appointed by General Court to lay out township into lots of 100 acres each – Solomon Cushing initiated the survey 1792 • Hopley Yeaton…"

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Early Settlers

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Early Settlers

"… enlisted to help with the incorporation of the township, traveling to Boston with others to secure approval from the Commonwealth."