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

"… Kennebeck Purchase from the late Colony of New Plymouth, organized in 1749, and was one of several proprietor groups operating in the District of…"

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

"The inclusion of "late Colony of New-Plymouth" and their common name "Plymouth Company" was intentionally tied to the Plymouth Colony to justify…"

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Biddeford History & Heritage Project - II. Ripples of change: European exploration & settlement at Winter Harbor - Page 1 of 2

"… Public Library Over the next few years, the Plymouth Company became the Council of Plymouth. The Council granted large tracts of land to various…"

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Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Who were the Kennebec and Pejepscot Proprietors? - Page 2 of 7

"1719Maine Historical Society The Kennebec Proprietors traced their title back to a 1629 grant by the Council of New England (granting land from King…"

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Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - The Shaping of the Borderlands: Arcane Deeds and Failed Colonies - Page 2 of 5

"Lawrence. In addition to Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay proper, and New Hampshire, British observers also recognized a distinct “Province of Maine” that…"

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Historic Hallowell - Meeting at Koussinok

"They had sailed from the Plymouth Plantation with a cargo of corn, the product of one of the new colony’s first successful harvests, hoping to…"

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

"… 1749, the Kennebec Proprietors, also known as the Plymouth Company, claimed a tract of some three million acres on both sides of the Kennebec River."

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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Thomaston Narrative

"Over the years, John Alden and others from the Plymouth Colony visited this trading post, perhaps explaining the later arrival of southern New…"

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

"… and most significant archival holdings: the Plymouth Company, also known as the Kennebec Proprietors (Coll."

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Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Beyond Borders: an historical overview - Page 2 of 6

"… on an ancient grant of Land from the King to the Plymouth Colony to trap fur. Maine Historical Society But in Maine, as in much of Britain’s North…"

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

"… most significant archival collections: the Plymouth Company Records, the Pejepscot Proprietors Papers, and the Thomas Barclay Collection (also…"

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Western Maine Foothills Region - Rumford - Page 2 of 4

"The Baptist Church is located just down Plymouth Avenue hill. The English-speaking Anglicans from England constructed a unique structure from stones…"

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Historic Hallowell - Carvers and Quarrymen

"… of "Faith," part of the Founder Monument now in Plymouth, Massachusetts. Among his other notable works is the carving of "Library" sign over the…"

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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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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 1 of 4

"3, First Range North of Plymouth Claim, West of Kennebec River (T3 R1 NPC WKR). As settlers moved to the area, it became known as Middletown and…"

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Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Representative Industries of Cumberland and North Yarmouth

"White Wyandottes, Plymouth rocks and Rhode Island reds were the principal breeds kept, and many eggs were shipped for hatching. Shaw Bros."

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Skowhegan Community History - A Brief History of the Skowhegan Area

"… I of England awarded the Kennebec Patent to the Plymouth Colony of Massachusetts. This patent included 3 million acres of land and a 15-mile strip…"

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Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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