Keywords: Kennebec Purchase Company
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Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Project Background
"The Plymouth Company records—also known as the Kennebec Proprietors (Coll. 60), the Proprietors of the Township of Brunswick papers—referred to as…"
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"… of Maine” that stretched from Piscataqua to the Kennebec, Nova Scotia, and a separate—although poorly defined—region that lay in-between the two…"
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Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Pejepscot Proprietors Papers, 1627‐1866
"It also includes municipal records for towns settled by the company, most notably Brunswick, Maine, with warrants and reports."
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"The Kennebec Proprietors maps document the continuance of Wabanaki people at Norridgewock, despite a persistent myth that Norridgewock was…"
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"… appeared along with “Great Agumagus” or Moxus, a Kennebec River leader, and Sheepscot John, a Wabanaki leader on the coast."
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"Company (Check that HENRY) He remained active in overseeing his property until he was past eighty years old."
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"… Society At first glance, the papers of the Kennebec and Pejepscot Proprietors position men as the primary economic actors in White New Englanders’…"
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"Just as the large manuscript collections of the Kennebec and Pejepscot Proprietors reveal dramatic conflict over land claims in the mid-coast region…"
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"… settlement was established at the mouth of the Kennebec River. Known as the Popham or Sagadahock Colony, it barely lasted a year, from 1607-1608."
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"… significant archival collections: the Plymouth Company Records, the Pejepscot Proprietors Papers, and the Thomas Barclay Collection (also known as…"
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Bath's Historic Downtown - History Overview
"Among the earliest of those settlers was Robert Gutch who purchased much of the area now known as Bath from various Native Americans."
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Presque Isle: The Star City - Arthur R. Gould
"The electric company did just that in 1891. The electric company was still struggling to turn a profit and asked Gould for advice."
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Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Further Reading
"Further Reading Akagi, Roy Hidemichi. The Town Proprietors of the New England Colonies: A Study of Their Development, Organization, Activities and…"
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"Women in Colonial Economies About the Author Sara T. Damiano, Ph.D. is a historian of women and gender in early America and the Atlantic World."
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"Beyond Borders: an historical overview Further to the east, new boundary issues erupted. At the end of the Revolutionary War, in the 1783 Treaty of…"
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"Beyond Borders: an historical overview All these newcomers would quickly learn that it was a common experience in Maine to be harangued for payment…"
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Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Project Partners
"Project Partners The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) X In April 2020, Maine Historical Society received a $341,935 Humanities…"
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"Wabanaki Agency in the Proprietor Records Acknowledgement In the twenty-first century, historians and tribal scholars have turned to these…"
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"Fixing Borders on the Land: The Northeastern Boundary in Treaties and Local Reality, 1763-1842 St."
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"Fixing Borders on the Land: The Northeastern Boundary in Treaties and Local Reality, 1763-1842 British survey highlands map, ca."
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"Fixing Borders on the Land: The Northeastern Boundary in Treaties and Local Reality, 1763-1842 Moose River, Moose Head Lake and Kennebeck…"
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"Fixing Borders on the Land: The Northeastern Boundary in Treaties and Local Reality, 1763-1842 While national and imperial leaders were pleased…"
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Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Borderland Essays
"Borderland Essays Explore essays, listed in the menu at right, pertaining to the drawing of the northeast boundary between the United States in…"
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Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Search the Collections
"Search the Collections Currently Coll. 61, the Pejepscot Proprietors Collection is available to search, both at the volume level as well as the…"
