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Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Borderland Essays

"Borderland Essays Explore essays, listed in the menu at right, pertaining to the drawing of the northeast boundary between the United States in…"

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

"Project Background Conceived as a way to provide free, open access to three of Maine Historical Society's most significant archival collections, the…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Search the Collections

"Search the Collections Currently Coll. 61, the Pejepscot Proprietors Collection is available to search, both at the volume level as well as the…"

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

"Pejepscot Proprietors Biographies Later Proprietors, Heirs and Assignees Colonel Moses Little Moses Little was born on May 8, 1724, the son of…"

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."

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - People

"People Explore essays pertaining to individuals, communities, and key players across the Pejepscot and Kennebec Proprietors, and the Northeast…"

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

"Kennebec Proprietors Biographies The Kennebec Proprietors came into being in 1749, when an association of Boston Merchants jumped into the land…"

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

"The Shaping of the Borderlands: Arcane Deeds and Failed Colonies Islands in Passamaquoddy Bay, ca."

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - The Shaping of the Borderlands: Arcane Deeds and Failed Colonies - Page 4 of 5

"The Shaping of the Borderlands: Arcane Deeds and Failed Colonies Boundary between United States and New Brunswick, undatedMaine Historical…"

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

"The Shaping of the Borderlands: Arcane Deeds and Failed Colonies Sketch of Isle St. Croix, ca 1790 A sketch of Isle St."

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

"The Plymouth Company (Kennebec Proprietors) records, ca. 1625-1824 Kennebec Purchase Deed, October 27, 1661Maine Historical Society The…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Passamaquoddy Hereditary Chief Francis Joseph Neptune

"Passamaquoddy Hereditary Chief Francis Joseph Neptune Essay by Donald Soctomah Description of Pagan and Chipman’s Meetings with Francis Joseph…"

Skowhegan Community History - The Skowhegan Island

"Before European settlements, Skowhegan Island was used as a route by Native Americans on their annual trip to the seacoast."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Maps

"… of certain historical categories, such as early settlement sites or locations of school districts, but also to provide a geographic context of how…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Brief History

"(History of Farmington Maine From Its Settlement to 1846, Thomas Parker) View of Farmington, ca."

Blue Hill, Maine - Blue Hill Spearheads Development on the Downeast Coast

"… the region and as a result there were no lasting settlements east of Castine. In the 1750’s the British won the third French and Indian War."

Lincoln, Maine - Post Office

"It went from Bangor to Birch Stream Settlement (Argyle), Kelmarnock (Medford), Maxfield, Lincoln, Sebois (Seboeis), Piscataquis (Howland-Enfield)…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Population Decline in Maine's Coastal Counties

"… Museum Industries responsible for coastal settlement Lumbering, fisheries, agriculture, shipbuilding, shipping and quarrying provided the…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Rumford - Page 1 of 4

"… Historical Society The Town of Rumford owes its settlement, financial growth, and social development to its location on the Androscoggin River…"

Westport Island History Committee

View collections, facts, and contact information for this Contributing Partner.

Presque Isle: The Star City - History of Presque Isle

"… While the boundary dispute slowed American settlement of the area, the Massachusetts and Maine governments saw the region as theirs and encouraged…"

Life on a Tidal River - Narrative

"The Rev. Seth Noble, the settlement's first permanent minister, arrived in 1786 and insisted on calling the village Sunbury."

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - Industry

"… the stream in the community was constructed, settlement and development of Stockholm (in both residential and industrial sectors) took off."

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - The Colony Continues to Grow, 1874 - 1900

"Settlement and development of New Sweden, and other towns in the Colony, continued at a brisk pace. By 1880 the population had grown to 787 and 4,438…"