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Maine's Road to Statehood - The American Revolution and Early Attempts at Separation - Page 2 of 2

"… squatters living on the lands of wealthy proprietors. Additionally, as the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia completed its rewriting of the…"

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

"One hundred and three original proprietors (owners) purchased “home lots” of 10 acres near the coast."

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Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield - Page 1 of 5

"… held at Sutton, Massachusetts in April, 1791, the proprietors voted: that four Rights shall be obliged to clear and seed 20 acres, set up a house…"

Maine's Road to Statehood - After the War: The First Victory for Separationists

"… dichotomy still existed, with squatter-proprietor tensions and the Coasting Law likely still fueling the sentiments of the two voter bodies.[25]…"

Maine's Road to Statehood - Overview: Road to Statehood

"… inland debate ensued over tension between land proprietors and squatters who saw independence as a method to obtain their own land."

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

"The proprietors of the railroad had spent a significant $4.5 million on its construction, anticipating that the passengers would bring with them…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Champlain Society - Page 2 of 2

"… of either by purchase of by arrangement with the proprietor. This tract of land should then be placed in the charge of a forester and his…"

New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - West New Portland Village

"… & Lucke “ & Carriage Works Ward Spooner Mill Proprietor E.S. Hopkins Cong. Clergyman A.P. Allen Physicians & Surgeons J.P."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Historical Overview - Page 1 of 4

"… Captain Thomas Cammock was the first legal proprietor of land within the town. In 1631 the Council for New England granted Cammock the Patent of…"

Surry by the Bay - Early Settlement

"… purchased 100 acres at Newbury Neck and other proprietor's rights in Ward 6. Patten's Bay, Patten's Pond and Patten's Pond Stream were named after…"

Surry by the Bay - Phebe Fowler: A Woman of Property

"Her brother Abraham became the proprietor of a successful shipyard in Ellsworth. Phebe had a hard life. She married three times."

Maine's Road to Statehood - 1790s: A Growing Movement

"… was strongest in places where squatters and proprietors argued over land rights, and even in coastal towns like Portland, newly arrived squatters…"

Lubec, Maine - S.S. Cumberland: Steamer Brought Passengers and Prosperity to Lubec but Met Tragic End

"Bangs, a North Lubec merchant; W.B. Cottle, the proprietor of Merchants Hotel; M.M. Foster, postmaster and storekeeper; Chas."

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Representative Industries of Cumberland and North Yarmouth

"Wood, of Portland, who was proprietor in 1904 and ran the business as The United Packers, with a capacity of 3000 cans per day."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Brief History

"(Liberty Men and the Great Proprietors, Alan Taylor) As early as 1776, Stephen Titcomb, Robert Gower, and others came to the area with settlement in…"

Skowhegan Community History - A Brief History of the Skowhegan Area

"After the Abenakis were driven from the area, the proprietors offered lots to any family showing that they could successfully homestead on these…"

New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - North New Portland Village

"… store in one end of the hotel, Thomas Teague was proprietor until it burned. Another old landmark, “the old watering trough” sat in the square at…"

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

"… when land was first divided up by the early proprietors of North Yarmouth. There are many notes in town records about roads starting out as…"