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Item 35320
Title: Restored Bellarmine Stoneware Jug, Bristol, 1610
Contributed by: Maine Bureau of Parks and Lands
Date: 1610
Location: Bristol
Media: Redware
Item 20301
Title: Society of Colonial Wars, Portland, 1903
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society
Date: 1903-06-26
Location: Portland
Media: Photograph
Item 9568
Title: King's Pine Journal, Brunswick, 1768
Contributed by: Pejepscot Historical Society
Date: 1768
Location: Brunswick
Media: paper, ink
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Britain was especially interested in occupying Maine during the Colonial era to take advantage of the timber resources. The tall, straight, old growth white pines were perfect for ships' masts to help supply the growing Royal Navy.
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Settling along the Androscoggin and Kennebec
The Proprietors of the Township of Brunswick was a land company formed in 1714 and it set out to settle lands along the Androscoggin and Kennebec Rivers in Maine.
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When Europeans arrived in North America and disrupted traditional Native American patterns of life, they also offered other opportunities: trade goods for furs. The fur trade had mixed results for the Wabanaki.