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Cumberland & North Yarmouth - "Main Streets" of North Yarmouth and Cumberland

"Cumberland's Border with North Yarmouth is at Greely Road Route 9 is called Main Street as it runs south into Cumberland."

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Introduction

"… sketches 1882) The Penobscot River forms the east border of the town for just over six miles. The Sowadabscook Stream is the outlet for three ponds…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Borderland Essays

"… of Maine and the Canadian province of New Brunswick. Boundary between United States and New Brunswick, undatedMaine Historical Society"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - People

"… by Francis Joseph Neptune, Cobscook River, 1798 Map by cartographer Chief Francis Joseph Neptune (Passamaquoddy), 1798Maine Historical Society"

Historic Clothing Collection - Outerwear 1830-1860

"… embroidered with a vine and trapunto-like grape border; and a heavy black wool with tab toggle closures, with a 1850s-1860s burnoose style…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Project Partners

"… (NEH) X In April 2020, Maine Historical Society received a $341,935 Humanities Collections and Reference Resources grant (HCRR) from the…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Riverside Park

"… and accommodating up to 12,000 patrons a day, now borders the present-day Avalon Village Retirement Community off Route 1A."

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

"1, p. 81-83, Maine Historical Society. 4. Clarence Almon Torrey, New England Marriages Prior to 1700 (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1985)…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Women in Colonial Economies - Page 1 of 4

"… Potter's Letter to the Pejepscot ProprietorsMaine Historical Society At first glance, the papers of the Kennebec and Pejepscot Proprietors…"

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

"… Berry to Proprietors, page 1 of 3Maine Historical Society For their part, as White New Englanders invested in and settled in early Maine, they…"

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

"… use of "Ancient Indian Deeds"Maine Historical Society These Proprietors collections exist because of competing colonial claims to land."

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

"1760Maine Historical Society Similarly, some of the maps within these collections contain vital placenames and locations, including documentation of…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Who were the Kennebec and Pejepscot Proprietors? - Page 2 of 7

"1719Maine Historical Society The Kennebec Proprietors traced their title back to a 1629 grant by the Council of New England (granting land from King…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Wabanaki Agency in the Proprietor Records - Page 3 of 5

"… Berry to Proprietors, page 1 of 3Maine Historical Society It was not uncommon to see multiple Wabanaki leaders sign deeds, or to see the same…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Wabanaki Agency in the Proprietor Records - Page 4 of 5

"… to Richard Wharton, 1684Maine Historical Society The protection of these relationships to land and kin are evident in the ways that Wabanaki…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Who were the Kennebec and Pejepscot Proprietors? - Page 6 of 7

"… Town Meeting Minutes, 1719Maine Historical Society The Pejepscot Proprietors granted a limited number of free plots of land in Brunswick and…"

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

"… deed to Richard Wharton, 1684Maine Historical Society The Pejepscot Proprietors formed in 1714 after purchasing a claim tracing back to a deed…"

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

"Maine Historical Society Although the title may sound humble, clerks managed the books and, as they were privy to sensitive information, wielded…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Wabanaki Agency in the Proprietor Records - Page 2 of 5

"… to James Thomas and Samuel York.Maine Historical Society In 1670, according to one deed in the Pejepscot Proprietors Collection, Thomas and Samuel…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Who were the Kennebec and Pejepscot Proprietors? - Page 1 of 7

"… & fifteen Miles Back..."Maine Historical Society The Kennebec Proprietors and Pejepscot Proprietors were two of the largest land companies formed…"

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

"… Purchase Deed, October 27, 1661Maine Historical Society The Plymouth Company, also known as the Kennebeck Purchase Company, Kennebec Proprietors…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - The Shaping of the Borderlands: Arcane Deeds and Failed Colonies - Page 4 of 5

"… States and New Brunswick, undatedMaine Historical Society Unsurprisingly, jurisdictional questions continued to plague would-be land speculators…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - The Shaping of the Borderlands: Arcane Deeds and Failed Colonies - Page 3 of 5

"… Northeast boundary map, 1843Maine Historical Society The Maine land companies which had been organized in the wake of the fall of Acadia—in…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Transportation Through the Years - Page 3 of 4

"… & Portsmouth Railroad tracks and the western edge bordered the marsh. It is now the site of Scarborough Industrial Park."