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Keywords: Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
Historical Items Showing 3 of 190 View All
Item 5335
Title: Brunswick and Topsham, ca. 1730
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society
Date: circa 1730
Location: Brunswick; Topsham
Media: ink on paper
Item 4316
Title: Map of J. Robinson lot, Topsham, 1761
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society
Date: 1761
Location: Topsham
Media: ink on paper, col.
Item 35320
Title: Restored Bellarmine Stoneware Jug, Bristol, 1610
Contributed by: Maine Bureau of Parks and Lands
Date: 1610
Location: Bristol
Media: Redware
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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.