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Keywords: Purchases

Historical Items

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Item 12935

Purchases on the Kennebec River, 1731

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1629-01-30 Location: Richmond; Augusta Media: Ink on paper
This record contains 2 images.

Item 11728

Plan of a road in Brunswick, 1764

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1764 Location: Brunswick; Bath Media: Ink on paper

Item 136011

Barclay Collection Receipts and Vouchers, August, 1817

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1817 Location: Saint John Media: Ink on Paper
This record contains 2 images.

Tax Records

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Item 86039

286-288 Woodford Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Sacknoff Brothers Use: Apartments

Architecture & Landscape

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Item 151338

Maine Building for Louisiana Purchase Exposition, St. Louis, 1903

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1903–1904 Location: St. Louis Client: unknown Architect: John Calvin Stevens
This record contains 7 images.

Item 151740

Miss Lena McArthur house, Biddeford, 1922-1925

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1922–1925 Location: Biddeford Client: Lena G. McArthur Architect: John Calvin Stevens and John Howard Stevens Architects

Item 151520

C. L. Baxter house alterations, Portland, 1901-1945

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1901–1945 Location: Portland Client: C. L. Baxter Architect: John Calvin Stevens

Online Exhibits

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Eye in the Sky

In 1921, Guy Gannett purchased two competing Portland newspapers, merging them under the Portland Press Herald title. He followed in 1925 with the purchase the Portland Evening Express, which allowed him to combine two passions: photography and aviation.

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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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Land Claims, Economic Opportunities?

The landmark 1980 Maine Indian Land Claims Settlement Act provided $81.6 million to Maine Indians for economic development, land purchase and other purposes. The money and increased land holdings, however, have not solved economic and employment issues for Maine Indians.

Site Pages

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Site Page

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Wabanaki Agency in the Proprietor Records - Page 1 of 5

"Copy, deed from Blaney to Purchase, page 5 of 5, with copies of six Indian deeds to Wharton, page 1 of 4."

Site Page

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - The Plymouth Company (Kennebec Proprietors) records, ca. 1625-1824

"… The Plymouth Company, also known as the Kennebeck Purchase Company, Kennebec Proprietors, or The Proprietors of the Kennebeck Purchase from the…"

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Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Women in Colonial Economies - Page 2 of 4

"… as men, including the abilities to independently purchase, own, or sell land. A small number of affluent widows and single women were therefore…"

My Maine Stories

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Story

Josiah Parsons Home Westport Island Maine
by Deborah G. Greenleaf

Westport Island historical information

Story

Stories from Eastport
by Ruth McInnis

My memories of growing up in Eastport, WWII, camping, and history on the border

Story

Becoming @ham_italian
by anonymous

@ham_italian is an Instagram account I created that celebrates the Maine ham Italian sandwich

Lesson Plans

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Lesson Plan

Longfellow Studies: The Elms - Stephen Longfellow's Gorham Farm

Grade Level: 6-8, 9-12 Content Area: English Language Arts, Social Studies
On April 3, 1761 Stephen Longfellow II signed the deed for the first 100 acre purchase of land that he would own in Gorham, Maine. His son Stephen III (Judge Longfellow) would build a home on that property which still stands to this day. Judge Longfellow would become one of the most prominent citizens in Gorham’s history and one of the earliest influences on his grandson Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's work as a poet. This exhibit examines why the Longfellows arrived in Gorham, Judge Longfellow's role in the history of the town, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's vacations in the country which may have influenced his greatest work, and the remains of the Longfellow estate still standing in Gorham today.