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"… This improvisational system for claiming land as legal property sprouted a thicket of conflicts."
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"… who sought to reside, plant or trade on Wabanaki lands. These acts incorporated settlers into existing Indigenous economic and social systems."
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Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Pejepscot Proprietors Papers, 1627‐1866
"It includes land deeds, depositions, maps, correspondence, broadsides, proprietor’s meetings records, accounts, land agents, and other documents…"
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"… the south side of Faneuil Hall, the Pejepscot lands left to him by his father, as well as other dubious land titles on Roanoke Island in North…"
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"… regions, the charter stipulated that no grants of land made in the area east of the Kennebec River would be legally recognized unless separately…"
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Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Project Background
"… often hidden within histories of land barons and proprietors. Additionally, the project intended to transcribe about one half of the initial page…"
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Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Kennebec Proprietors Biographies
"… association of Boston Merchants jumped into the land speculation business by reviving an old Pilgrim grant on the Kennebec River in Maine."
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"… and wider Wabanaki Nations’ deep knowledge of the land with European confusion, ignorance, and uncertainty."
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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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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…"
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Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - People
"People Explore essays pertaining to individuals, communities, and key players across the Pejepscot and Kennebec Proprietors, and the Northeast…"
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"Passamaquoddy Hereditary Chief Francis Joseph Neptune Essay by Donald Soctomah Description of Pagan and Chipman’s Meetings with Francis Joseph…"
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Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Publication in Progress
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Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Publication History
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Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Publication in Progress
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Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Publication History
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Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Publication in Progress
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Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Publication History
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Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Publication in Progress
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Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Publication History
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Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Publication in Progress
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Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Publication History
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Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Publication in Progress
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