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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…"
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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…"
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"The Shaping of the Borderlands: Arcane Deeds and Failed Colonies Islands in Passamaquoddy Bay, ca."
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"The Shaping of the Borderlands: Arcane Deeds and Failed Colonies Nova Scotia was re-created as an independent British colony following the British…"
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"The Shaping of the Borderlands: Arcane Deeds and Failed Colonies Boundary between United States and New Brunswick, undatedMaine Historical…"
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"The Plymouth Company (Kennebec Proprietors) records, ca. 1625-1824 Kennebec Purchase Deed, October 27, 1661Maine Historical Society The…"
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"Passamaquoddy Hereditary Chief Francis Joseph Neptune Essay by Donald Soctomah Description of Pagan and Chipman’s Meetings with Francis Joseph…"
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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."
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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…"
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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…"
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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."
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Bath's Historic Downtown - Project Resources
"Sagadahoc Preservation Inc. House Survey Vertical Files (Subject and Biography): Clippings, research notes, copied articles."
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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."
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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."
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"Purchases land in North Lubec 1795 • Cushing survey of North Lubec completed – lots assigned to settlers on payment of $5 1797 • Daniel Ramsdell…"
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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…"
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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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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."
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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…"
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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."
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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…"