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Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Fixing Borders on the Land: The Northeastern Boundary in Treaties and Local Reality, 1763-1842 - Page 5 of 5

"The rich records about the creation of the border preserved here provide readers with the historical resources to reconsider how and why the border…"

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Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Fixing Borders on the Land: The Northeastern Boundary in Treaties and Local Reality, 1763-1842 - Page 3 of 5

"… of the Barclay Collection includes financial records and receipts from 1796 to 1827. The Treaty of Ghent (1814), which brought the stalemate of the…"

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National Archives at Boston

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Lisbon Historical Society

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Leeds Historical Society

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - More Permanent Settlers Arrive

"The records show the development of the town, its government, vital records, laying out of the roads and how they dealt with the problems that arose."

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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - About Us - Page 3 of 3

"The donation of the records coincided with the society’s start of the yearlong Maine Memory project to research and map local homes, businesses and…"

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Biddeford Historical Society

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Skowhegan Community History - About the Project

"… creating iMovies/podcasts to document their work, recording oral histories with community members, and have been leaders in a local effort to save…"

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Norway Historical Society

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Alexander-Crawford Historical Society

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Historic Hallowell - Martha Ballard

"Furthermore, in the very act of recording her work, she became a keeper of vital records, a chronicler of the medical history of her town."

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City of Portland Planning & Urban Development

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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Henry Knox: The Funeral

"… reversed, including a local militia company, a local artillery company and a local cavalry company, led the funeral procession, followed by the…"

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Boothbay Region Historical Society

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Edmund S. Muskie Archives and Special Collections Library

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Sanford-Springvale Historical Society

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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Early Shipbuilders - 1780s

"The first records of ships being built are in 1787 when Elias Snow, probably of St. George, built a vessel for which there is no name recorded."

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South Bristol Historical Society

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Lewiston Public Library

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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - "Fly Rod" Crosby - Page 3 of 3

"The Rangeley Record ran her obituary ending with this message: “Rangeley has lost one of its most famous people and America has lost its most famous…"

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Guilford, Maine - PROJECT OVERVIEW - Page 2 of 2

"… a hand with the historical narrative and other records, an active participant in the project, providing excellent writing throughout the site."

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Norridgewock Historical Society

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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Welcome to Strong

"The 1790 census record lists “Sandy River, Middle Twp.” Soon it became known as Readstown, for the settlement proprietor, William Read."