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Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Women in Colonial Economies - Page 1 of 4

"In addition, women spoke and traded with English colonists and could become informed, opinionated participants in issues of land rights."

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Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Beyond Borders: an historical overview - Page 2 of 6

"… of companies to oversee the extension of British trade and settlement into new regions. Land—lots of it—was a means to that end."

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Map by Francis Joseph Neptune, Cobscook River, 1798

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

"… outposts devoted to fishing, logging, and fur trading. Wabanaki leaders hesitantly welcomed many of these colonists and sought to incorporate them…"

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

"… British come to the village and talk about war, trade and alliances. When Francis was a young man, his father Chief Jean Baptiste Neptune worked…"

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Bryants and Rockefellers: Two Seal Harbor Families

"Fishing, farming, and trading were what made the communities productive throughout the late 18th and into the 19th centuries."

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

"… in quarrying and Maine ships in the carrying trade. Flake Yard, Portland, 1854Maine Historical Society The fishing industry Before the advent…"

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Western Maine Foothills Region - Mexico - Page 2 of 3

"… back his old store at the Corner and revived his trade. Over the years he served as Crier for the Courts, Selectman, Town Treasurer, and in 1875…"

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Main Street, Walnut Hill, North Yarmouth, 1910

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - "Main Streets" of North Yarmouth and Cumberland

"Although inland trading provided some benefit, in general the Embargo Act was an economic disaster, and was repealed in 1809."

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John Martin: Expert Observer - Dancing Fraternity, City of Bangor, 1868

"Dancing Fraternity, City of Bangor, 1868 John Martin: "Terpsichorian of the Old School" John Martin, Bangor, ca."

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John Martin: Expert Observer - Part 1, pages 000-26

"Part 1, pages 000-26 Martin begin his Scrap & Sketch Book with information about the Bangor House and Franklin House, and his theme throughout much…"