Keywords: Island River
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"… by Robin Hood, in 1675, on the Wescustogo (Royal) River, and appeared on a deed regarding land on Merriconeag Neck with Robin Hood and her brother…"
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"Namely, the Androscoggin River where the Pejepscot Proprietors sold parcels for major settlements, and the Kennebec River watershed where the…"
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"Croix River. In the Passamaquoddy language the river was known as the Skutik River. Several testimonies were given about the location of the true St."
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"Watts focused his attention on Arrowsic Island and the improvement and fortification of the land. He died in 1717 in Maine."
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"… the locative placename of the lower Androscoggin River, as Pejepscook (Pejepscot), and the upper river homeland, Ammoscongon (Amikôkan)."
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"… Proprietors? Plan of the Kennebec River describing the Plymouth patent, ca. 1719Maine Historical Society The Kennebec Proprietors traced…"
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"… and Local Reality, 1763-1842 Moose River, Moose Head Lake and Kennebeck Road, 1820Maine Historical Society Historian Francis M."
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Western Maine Foothills Region - Mexico - Page 1 of 3
"… a road to the Swift River along the Androscoggin River was built and called Rumford Road, now River Road."
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"Map by Francis Joseph Neptune, Cobscook River, 1798Maine Historical Society The Beyond Borders portal makes accessible three of the Maine Historical…"
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Biddeford History & Heritage Project - HISTORY
"The coast is dotted by small, rocky islands and beaches, graceful dunes, and lush marshlands. Two long thin fingers of land create a large, naturally…"
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"For example, in a 1659 Kennebec River deed, Nanudemance retained “liberty unto me and my heirs to fish, fowl, and hunt also to set otter traps…"
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Western Maine Foothills Region - Mexico - Page 2 of 3
"Passengers then would ford the river to Peru. When the river was low, foot passengers could walk across from the island to Peru on a natural causeway."
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"… veteran, and his attempts at protecting the Sandy River; and Polin, in his attempts at protecting the Presumpscot River, both through diplomacy and…"
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"… named Paul Chadwick in 1809 along the Kennebec River sapped popular support for continued resistance, convincing most residents to finally settle…"
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"… Merrymeeting Bay, the Androscoggin and Kennebec Rivers. The eight original Pejepscot Proprietors quickly founded Brunswick and Topsham, and spent…"
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"… three million acres on both sides of the Kennebec River. In their squabbles with rival companies, they rejected what was by then a longstanding…"
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"… to Wabanaki leaders on the Androscoggin River: “Derumkin, or Daniel or Robin [ramegin]…shall come and lawfully demand and receive one Peck of Corn…"
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Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Pejepscot Proprietors Papers, 1627‐1866
"… to company activity along the Androscoggin River. Bound in volumes alongside these original manuscript records are small histories and genealogies…"
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Western Maine Foothills Region - Rumford - Page 1 of 4
"These rivers provided the opportunities for small mills to produce lumber and shingles, shovel handles, grains from the grist mills, cheese and…"
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"… four miles on either side of the Androscoggin River. Likewise, in 1719, the Muscongus Proprietors, also known as the Lincolnshire Company, began…"
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"… a number of Irish families near the Kennebec River, the British briefly flirted with the idea of transforming the Sagadahock into its own colony…"
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"… square mile region on either side of the Kennebec River. The content of this collection pre‐ and post‐dates the period of the company’s operation…"
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"The Saco River Driving Company served as the wood operation and river driving subsidiary of J. G. Deering & Son."
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Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Kennebec Proprietors Biographies
"… by reviving an old Pilgrim grant on the Kennebec River in Maine. This group of wealthy, well connected merchants organized as “The Proprietors of…"
