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Historical Items

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Item 7311

Ferdinand Gorges' land deed to Thomas Cammock, 1634

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1634-05-01 Media: Ink on paper

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Item 102070

Early map of Lewiston, Auburn and Minot, ca. 1820

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1820 Location: Auburn; Lewiston; Minot Media: Ink on paper

Item 112092

Pejepscot Company Records, Volume 10, 1670-1840

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1670–1840 Location: Brunswick; Harpswell Media: Ink on paper

Tax Records

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Item 99287

Assessor's Record, 9-11 Portland Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Percival Baxter Agent Use: Land

Item 63319

Assessor's Record, 184 Middle Street (rear), Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: C.T. Whipple, Agent Use: Land only

Item 67805

Assessor's Record, 245-249 Oxford Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: P.P. Baxter, Agent Use: Land only

Online Exhibits

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Exhibit

Colonial Cartography: The Plymouth Company Maps

The Plymouth Company (1749-1816) managed one of the very early land grants in Maine along the Kennebec River. The maps from the Plymouth Company's collection of records constitute some of the earliest cartographic works of colonial America.

Exhibit

The Shape of Maine

The boundaries of Maine are the product of international conflict, economic competition, political fights, and contested development. The boundaries are expressions of human values; people determined the shape of Maine.

Exhibit

The Life and Legacy of the George Tate Family

Captain George Tate, mast agent for the King of England from 1751 to the Revolutionary War, and his descendants helped shape the development of Portland (first known as Falmouth) through activities such as commerce, shipping, and real estate.

Site Pages

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Site Page

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Fixing Borders on the Land: The Northeastern Boundary in Treaties and Local Reality, 1763-1842 - Page 2 of 5

"… loyalist of New York and Nova Scotia, and British agent Ward Chipman (1754-1824), loyalist of Massachusetts and New Brunswick."

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Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Who were the Kennebec and Pejepscot Proprietors? - Page 5 of 7

"Effective agents needed a familiarity with the law, as the proprietors frequently resorted to filing suits of ejectment or trespass against residents."

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

"As agent for the Kennebec company, Samuel Goodwin alone delivered notice to several hundred families between 1749 and 1751, in nineteen communities…"

My Maine Stories

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Story

Reverend Thomas Smith of First Parish Portland
by Kristina Minister, Ph.D.

Pastor, Physician, Real Estate Speculator, and Agent for Wabanaki Genocide

Story

August 12, 1967 was the most significant day of my life
by Bob Small

How the Vietnam war affected my life

Story

Welcome home Sgt. Cunningham
by Donald C Cunningham

It was great to be back in Maine.