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Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Fixing Borders on the Land: The Northeastern Boundary in Treaties and Local Reality, 1763-1842 - Page 4 of 5

"US and British officials presented the king of the Netherlands with voluminous documentation, which informed his carefully-reasoned and pragmatic…"

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

"Brooks, Lisa. Our Beloved Kin a New History of King Philip's War. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2018. Alexandra L."

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

"He was the Surveyor of the King's Woods in the 1750s. Moses was a colonel in the Revolutionary army and fought at Bunker hill and in New York."

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Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Pejepscot Proprietors Biographies - Page 1 of 2

"… Portsmouth New Hampshire, was a Surveyor of the Kings Woods and served as Lieutenant Governor from 1717-1730."

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Surry by the Bay - Early Settlement

"… who received his appointment from Governor King, settled near the Floods in 1784 at "No Man's Cape" as Newbury Neck was called."

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Surry by the Bay - History of Surry

"The petition met the King's approval, so on March 2, 1762 the petitioners were granted six townships between the Penobscot and Mt."

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Early Maine Photography - Famous People - Page 2 of 3

"Governor William King William King, Bath, ca. 1845Maine Historical Society Born in Scarborough in 1768, William King received only a grammar…"

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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Maine State Prison

"William King owned a large tract of land in Thomaston, formerly owned by General Henry Knox. This property included Limestone Hill and its nearly…"

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Historic Hallowell - Schooners, Steamers, Ships and Tankers

"… honor of Maine's first governor of Maine, William King. This steamer was built in 1902 in New York for the Port Chester service."

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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Early 1800s

"The Honorable William King of Bath, who owned the Knox Wharf at the foot of Wadsworth Street, the Limestone Hill quarry and other valuable property…"

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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Andrew Smith Store

"Charles and Ernestine King purchased the building in 1968. The home still stands at 290 Atlantic Road, and is currently owned byCharles and…"

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Historic Hallowell - Prisons and Firearms

"William King, former governor, paid 3,000 dollars for a 10-acre prison site. It was known as Limestone Hill."

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Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Our Shared History - Page 1 of 4

"King's Highway MarkerCumberland Historical Society English Settlers Arrive In the mid-1630s William Royall moved to the Casco Bay region from Salem…"

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Life on a Tidal River - Four Famous Bangorians

"Stephen and Tabitha King X Stephen King Writing in His Home Office X Creating the Statue of Hannibal Hamlin Now Located in Downtown Bangor…"

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Biddeford History & Heritage Project - III. An undercurrent of danger: Colonial Biddeford

"One violent battle took place during King Philips's War when the Pigwacket/Sokoki leader known as Squando led a group of warriors against the falls…"

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Lincoln, Maine - Aaron Woodbury

"He was married to Rebecca King in 1794. Rebecca died January 1, 1808. He then married Dorcas Fowler on February 25, 1813."

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

"King's Highway mile marker B 135, Cumberland, 1975Cumberland Historical Society Two of the Earliest Roads: King's Highway and Tuttle Road Heading…"

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Guilford, Maine - Early Manufacturing - Page 2 of 3

"In 1950, Willard Cummings died and his son, H. King Cummings was elected president of the company. Many more improvements were made, seemingly…"

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Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview

"In 1620, King James I of England granted lands to noblemen, knights and gentlemen, which comprised most of present-day New England."

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Eastern Maine Medical Center

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