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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 3 of 5

"The Shaping of the Borderlands: Arcane Deeds and Failed Colonies Nova Scotia was re-created as an independent British colony following the British…"

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 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…"

Boothbay Region Historical Society

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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Scarborough Marsh: "Land of Much Grass" - Page 4 of 4

"“An Inter-tidal Survey of the Scarborough Marsh.” (Copy of article provided by B. Robinson.) Sebold, Kimberly."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - John Frank Stevens

"… tasks in the field began easy at first, simply surveying fields and prospective sites. After two years of doing this in the Minneapolis city…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Measuring Rock

"In 1780, the first surveyors came to survey the land of the new Farmington establishment. It turned out that the first six lots were done exactly…"

New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - Bridges of East New Portland

"… in the state, and was determined eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places by Maine DOT's Historic Bridge Survey in 2001."

Bath's Historic Downtown - Project Resources

"Sagadahoc Preservation Inc. House Survey Vertical Files (Subject and Biography): Clippings, research notes, copied articles."

Jonathan Fisher Memorial

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Western Maine Foothills Region - Buckfield

"In 1785, the townspeople took a survey and decided to purchase the land from Massachusetts for two shillings an acre."

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - The Coming of the Swedes, 1870-73

"… In 1870, the original 160-acre lots were re-surveyed and made into 100-acre lots. The plan of the Immigration Board representative, Mr."

Lubec, Maine - Timeline

"Purchases land in North Lubec 1795 • Cushing survey of North Lubec completed – lots assigned to settlers on payment of $5 1797 • Daniel Ramsdell…"

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

"… half of T16-R3 (what would become Stockholm) was surveyed for settlers in 1879 and again in 1883 when it was sold to the Burleigh heirs by the…"

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."

Maine Conservation Corps

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Lubec, Maine - Building the Roosevelt Bridge to Campobello - Page 1 of 3

"First steps after site selection and surveying involved clearing standing structures. Building demolition, Lubec, ca."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Aroostook Valley Railroad

"The initial survey was submitted and approved on May 6, 1903. Permission was also granted for the Aroostook Valley Railroad to connect with both the…"

Life on a Tidal River - Early Railroads in Bangor - Page 1 of 2

"The Chief Engineer, Joseph W. Taney, and his crew surveyed the route and began construction. The company ran short of funds and the building ceased."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Brief History

"In 1780 Joseph North formalized the survey of the area. The innovative founders in 1776, lacking a “chain”, the tool used to measure land, staked out…"