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Maine Folklife Center, University of Maine
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Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield - Page 1 of 5
"Land speculators swarmed all over Maine surveying its natural resources. They plotted access to the Boston markets through Maine’s rivers and ports."
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"In 1777 Allan was received by the new Congress and appointed Superintendent of the Eastern Indians, a post he held for the remainder of the war."
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Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Borderland Essays
"… today the American state of Maine and the Canadian province of New Brunswick. Map of Campobello Island, ca. 1840Maine Historical Society"
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"… full jurisdiction over Plymouth and the Province of Maine, control of Sagadahock and Nova Scotia—which at the time were under de jure French and de…"
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Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Our Shared History - Page 1 of 4
"It was one of the oldest and largest towns in the Province of Maine. Most of its settlers divided their land into lots and built along the immediate…"
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Presque Isle: The Star City - History of Presque Isle
"… for him to receive title to his land; instead the province of New Brunswick gave him a patent to the land so he could live on it, but he could not…"
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"… new colonies, advocating the creation of the Province of Sagadahoc in the 1730s and the colony of New Ireland in the 1770s."
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"… gained imperial backing in 1691, when a royal charter allowed the government at Boston to absorb what the English called the Province of Maine."
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"For example, in 1604, Passamaquoddy Bay was the site of one of the first French overwintering settlements in the Americas under an expedition led by…"
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"… the proprietary lands around the Kennebec to the Province of Maine and Massachusetts, while leaving the question of jurisdiction over the…"
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"… Upper and Lower Canada, which were fused as the Province of Canada in 1841 (previously Quebec), and Maine that all came into being during the…"
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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Savage Family of Mount Desert
"The town of Southwest Harbor claims many Carroll, Stanley, Reed, Worcester, and Corson descendants while Bar Harbor counts among its first white…"
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"… of the boundary separating the yet-to-be-created province of New Brunswick and the future state of Maine."
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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 4 of 4
"Jesse Lee to the Province of Maine and Lynn circuits. Methodist ChurchStrong Historical Society Lee preached first in Saco, and then Portland…"
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Blue Hill, Maine - Blue Hill Spearheads Development on the Downeast Coast
"… General and Governor in and Over his Majesty’s Province afores’d, the Honorable, His Majesty’s Council and House of Representatives in General…"
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Biddeford History & Heritage Project - RESOURCES
""The world of Thomas Gorges: Life in the province of Maine in the 1640's." American beginnings: Exploration, culture, and cartography in the land of…"
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Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Welcome
"… Yarmouth, the original 1680 plantation in the Province of Maine, spawned seven towns including Cumberland and North Yarmouth; two towns that share…"
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Presque Isle: The Star City - John R Braden
"Harness racing was at its peak in the Maritime Provinces at this time as well. The exploits of John R Braden were just as popular on the Canadian…"
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Historic Hallowell - Schooners, Steamers, Ships and Tankers
"… "terns" were a favorite rig of Canada's Maritime Provinces. The scow schooner, which used a schooner rig on a flat-bottomed, blunt-ended scow hull…"
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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Shipbuilding
"… and South Thomaston”, Cyrus Eaton refers to a Province sloop kept in the area for transport of settlers and supplies, but there is no written…"
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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Roads: From Footpaths to Super Highway
"… Highway was the only land route between the Province of Maine and Massachusetts.(2) Milestone on Kings HighwayScarborough Historical Society &…"