Maine Memory Network

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

"… author of Speculation Nation: Land Mania in the Revolutionary American Republic (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2023)."

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Pejepscot Proprietors Biographies - Page 2 of 2

"Moses was a colonel in the Revolutionary army and fought at Bunker hill and in New York. Colonel Josiah Little Josiah Little was the son of Colonel…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Maritime Tales: Shipyards and Shipwrecks - Page 1 of 2

"… Landing spanned the period from just after the Revolutionary War to the mid 1800s. Prior to the war, raw materials for building ships were sent to…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Henry Knox: Land Dealings

"… the Waldo Patent, Knox had ongoing problems with Revolutionary War veterans and other settlers, who, in his absence while he was Secretary of War…"

Thomaston Historical Society

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The General Henry Knox Museum

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NPS, Longfellow House-Washington's Headquarters Historic Site

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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Groups, Clubs & Organizations - Page 3 of 3

"… permission to convene in Falmouth, but the Revolutionary War stymied the establishment of other Masonic lodges."

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Beyond Borders: A Wabanaki Perspective - Page 2 of 4

"… in 1740s and 1750s) possible; Pere Pole, a Revolutionary War veteran, and his attempts at protecting the Sandy River; and Polin, in his attempts at…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Building Community and Commerce

"… Desert Island Historical Society After the Revolutionary War, on February 17, 1789, the Town of Mount Desert was created."

Skowhegan Community History - Benedict Arnold's March

"… known for his bravery and cunning in bringing the Revolutionary army to Quebec. Research for this essay provided by Arundel by Kenneth Roberts…"

Skowhegan Community History - The Skowhegan Island

"… winter of 1775, General Benedict Arnold led his revolutionary army up the Kennebec River to Quebec City."

New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - East New Portland Village

"Josiah Parker, a Revolutionary War soldier came to the East Village shortly after his discharge from the Army."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - People Who Called Scarborough Home - Page 1 of 4

"The King family prospered before the Revolutionary War. Suspected of having Tory sympathies, Richard was harassed by the Sons of Liberty and his…"

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

"… Church, began shortly after the American Revolutionary War. George Washington was not yet President, and Maine was still part of the Commonwealth…"

Surry by the Bay - Early Settlement

"… 1779, Surry was not prominently involved in the Revolutionary War. Benjamin Milliken was the only Loyalist on record from Surry."

Surry by the Bay - History of Surry

"Incorporation After the Revolutionary War, deeds and titles were still not clear, so the Commonwealth of Massachusetts had to straighten things out."

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

"… Alan. Liberty Men and Great Proprietors: The Revolutionary Settlement on the Maine Frontier, 1760-1820 (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina…"

New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future

"… in New Portland as pay for their service in the Revolutionary War. After a fire in the town of Falmouth (now Portland) in 1775, Falmouth citizens…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - John Crosby

"… bushel of salt By a bunch of thread During the Revolutionary War, John Crosby was distinguished by promotion from Captain to General."

Lubec, Maine - The Lighthouse at West Quoddy Head

"Revolutionary War hero Col. John Allan lived on Eastport’s Moose Island in retirement. And patriot Hopley Yeaton, native of New Hampshire and…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - II. Pinkies, wherries, skiffs and chebaccos: Early Settlement

"… author, merchant, politician, Son of Liberty, Revolutionary War figure, and all-around interesting character, Swan followed the current trend of…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Brief History

"… seen hard service in the French and Indian and Revolutionary Wars, had been inured to hardship, toil, and poverty, and fully realized the blessings…"

Life on a Tidal River - Narrative

"… of so great a sum..." Moses Patten, 1814 The Revolutionary War Years challenged the tiny hamlet on the western shores of the Penobscot."