Maine Memory Network

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Maps

"All the other maps were built on the base map. Farmington Base Map Farmington Agricultural Sites Farmington Cemeteries Farmington Cultural Interest…"

Maine's Road to Statehood - Maine in the 17th Century

"Maine in the 17th Century Map of New England and New York, ca. 1676 Largely an unexplored territory by European settlers, 17th century Maine…"

Maine's Road to Statehood - The Coasting Law of 1789

"… coincide with Maine's separation.[10] New Map of English America, 1677 Since Massachusetts was adjacent to New Hampshire, Connecticut, New…"

Maine's Road to Statehood - Overview: Road to Statehood

"Header image, detail of A Map of the State of Maine (1820) by Moses Greenleaf. Contributed by Osher Map Library and Smith Center for Cartographic…"

Maine's Road to Statehood - The Missouri Compromise: A Moral Dilemma

"Map of the State of Maine, 1820Osher Map Library and Smith Center for Cartographic Education Within the United States, a greater sectional debate…"

Maine's Road to Statehood - 1790s: A Growing Movement

"… effort soon died out.[16] District of Maine map, 1795 Drawn in 1795, this map promoted the separation of Maine from Massachusetts."

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - People

"Map by Francis Joseph Neptune, Cobscook River, 1798 Map by cartographer Chief Francis Joseph Neptune (Passamaquoddy), 1798Maine Historical Society…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Further Reading

"Edelson, S. Max. The New Map of Empire: How Britain Imagined America before Independence. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2017."

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Project Home

"… 1731Maine Historical Society The Beyond Borders: Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary project, a two and half year initiative (2020-2022)…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Project Background

"… 20,000 pages of manuscript material and maps across all three collections. However, this blossomed into nearly twice that amount as subtle details…"

Historic Hallowell - Train Wreck Map

"… Train Wreck Map Map X"

Maine's Road to Statehood - The Final Vote

"Banks, Maine Becomes a State, 136-137. [30] Banks, Maine Becomes a State, 134-137, 146. [31] Note that this broadside is signed by Stephen…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Pejepscot Proprietors Papers, 1627‐1866

"Pejepscot Proprietors Papers, 1627‐1866 Map of lots on Maquoit & Merriconeeg, ca. 1719Maine Historical Society Coll."

Maine's Road to Statehood - The American Revolution and Early Attempts at Separation - Page 2 of 2

"54 vol. 2). [7] Banks, Maine Becomes a State, 16. [8] Banks, Maine Becomes a State, 22-23. [9] Banks, Maine Becomes a State, 24-25."

Maine's Road to Statehood - Turn of the Century to the War of 1812

"Census of the District of Maine, 1810 Maine's population grew by 77,804 between 1800 and 1810. Published in the Eastern Argus, April 11, 1811 (vol."

Maine's Road to Statehood - After the War: The First Victory for Separationists

"Maine Historical Society The War of 1812 proved a trying time for the separation movement in Maine."

Maine's Road to Statehood - The American Revolution and Early Attempts at Separation - Page 1 of 2

"… the Falmouth Gazette and Weekly Advertiser, a Maine newspaper founded for the purpose of advocating separation, published a full front-page article…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Kennebec Proprietors Biographies

"He is listed on the John North map as surveyor. His fervent efforts kickstarted the company's incorporation and early activity around 1750."

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Wabanaki Agency in the Proprietor Records - Page 5 of 5

"… Historical Society Similarly, some of the maps within these collections contain vital placenames and locations, including documentation of…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Beyond Borders: an historical overview - Page 6 of 6

"Deeds, maps, correspondence, diaries, depositions, account books, church records, lists of settlers, minutes of proprietors’ meetings and boundary…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Beyond Borders: an historical overview - Page 1 of 6

"Map by Francis Joseph Neptune, Cobscook River, 1798Maine Historical Society The Beyond Borders portal makes accessible three of the Maine Historical…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - The Plymouth Company (Kennebec Proprietors) records, ca. 1625-1824

"… votes and witnesses; printed material; indexes; maps and plans and fragments. The Kennebec Proprietors records include extensive information about…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Map of Islesboro

"… Map of Islesboro map of Islesboro  X"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Fixing Borders on the Land: The Northeastern Boundary in Treaties and Local Reality, 1763-1842 - Page 2 of 5

"… that contains documents, land surveys, and maps dating from 1764 to 1893. The collection was mostly gathered by British commissioner Thomas Barclay…"