Maine Memory Network

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."

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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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…"

Freedom & Captivity Portal

The Freedom & Captivity digital collection in the Maine Memory Network, and the complete digital archive housed at Colby Special Collections, is a repository of personal testimonies, ephemera, memorabilia, artifacts, and visual materials that capture multiple dimensions of the experiences of incarceration for individuals, families, and communities, as well as for survivors of harm.

Maine Department of Transportation

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Maine State Archives

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Guilford, Maine - PEOPLE

"Robert Low Jr. sent a paper to the government to see if they could get a warrant to have Guilford be on a map and have it be a legal town."

Eastern Maine Medical Center

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

"The included collections were selected because of their historical significance to what is currently Maine, New England, and the United States; the…"

Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"… of the war in 1783 and formation of the federal government efforts were made to control trade in the region. The border between the U.S."

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Beyond Borders: A Wabanaki Perspective - Page 3 of 4

"… Act, making treaties the purview of the Federal government only. In some ways—those politicos won—the Maine Indian Claims Settlement Act was signed…"

Malaga Island: a story best left untold - Maine State documents and Proclamations

"… three apologies by members of state of Maine's government have been made for the events at Malaga Island."

Lincoln, Maine - Civil War

"… means that they were picked in a draft by the government, like a reserve to serve in the military."

Lincoln, Maine - Ira Fish

"They would have better roads, better government, and better businesses for the town to earn money. Another feeling was pride because not many small…"

Lincoln, Maine - Aaron Huntress

"Aaron and his family were important to Lincoln's government. Josh Twomey "Create a statement and prove or disprove it with evidence from your…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Beyond Borders: an historical overview - Page 5 of 6

"… legal title to “unappropriated” land, the state government itself began to compete with the great proprietors."

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Who were the Kennebec and Pejepscot Proprietors? - Page 1 of 7

"… and their influence within Massachusetts government itself. Two founders of the Pejepscot Proprietors, Adam Winthrop and Thomas Hutchinson, sat on…"

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

"They chronicle efforts to draw, dispute, and dispel borders in pursuit of a wide array of dreams for the Dawnland and for early Maine."

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Beyond Borders: an historical overview - Page 3 of 6

"Such schemes garnered fierce opposition from Bostonian proprietors and the colonial government they largely controlled."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Peru

"Early Government In 1805, riders brought official papers from Boston to Paris proclaiming the founding of Oxford County, and Paris Hill as the county…"

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

"… gained imperial backing in 1691, when a royal charter allowed the government at Boston to absorb what the English called the Province of Maine."

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Beyond Borders: A Wabanaki Perspective - Page 4 of 4

"For Wabanaki Nations, the Federal government is surely a better bet than the State, but it is no less beholden by its own sense of superiority and…"

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

"… with Wabanaki people; Massachusetts colonial governance; and, international relations, land speculation and Revolution‐era land bounties."

Lincoln, Maine - Jonathan Clay Jr.

"Our whole government and everything would be different then it is today. That is why I am happy the war happened the way it did."