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Item 9271

Deed from Josle, Sagamore to Walter Phillips, Feb. 15, 1661

Deed from Josle, Sagamore to Walter Phillips, Feb. 15, 1661

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1661-02-15 Location: Damariscotta; Damariscotta Media: Ink on paper

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Item 7287

Wesumbe deed, Nov. 28, 1668

Wesumbe deed, Nov. 28, 1668

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1668-11-28 Media: Ink on paper

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Item 31719

Wackwarreska, Scarborough, ca. 1651

Wackwarreska, Scarborough, ca. 1651

Contributed by: Scarborough Historical Society & Museum Date: circa 1651 Location: Scarborough; Scarborough Media: Painting, mural

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Begin Again: reckoning with intolerance in Maine

BEGIN AGAIN explores Maine's historic role, going back 528 years, in crisis that brought about the pandemic, social and economic inequities, and the Black Lives Matter movement in 2020.

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Wabanaki deed to Richard Wharton, 1684

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Who were the Kennebec and Pejepscot Proprietors? - Page 3 of 7

"… Richard Wharton in 1684 with six Wabanaki sagamores to land around Merrymeeting Bay, the Androscoggin and Kennebec Rivers."

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Wackwarreska, Scarborough, ca. 1651

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - People Who Called Scarborough Home - Page 3 of 4

"To early settlers she was familiarly known as Indian Jane, Jane the Indian or Jane Hannup. In 1651, Jane and her brother, as heirs of Wackwarreska…"

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Map of Scarborough with Marshland

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

"… the tract from the heirs of Wackwarreska, Sagamore of Owascoag. Tradition says the purchase price was a bushel of beans down and a bushel of corn…"