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Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Beyond Borders: an historical overview - Page 2 of 6

"… extension of British trade and settlement into new regions. Land—lots of it—was a means to that end."

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Beyond Borders: an historical overview - Page 1 of 6

"The New Englanders’ ambitions to dominate the Dawnland frontier gained imperial backing in 1691, when a royal charter allowed the government at…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Fixing Borders on the Land: The Northeastern Boundary in Treaties and Local Reality, 1763-1842 - Page 4 of 5

"… in the Aroostook “War” of 1838-39, encouraged the new Whig and Tory governments of the US and Britain to finally settle the northeastern border in…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Pejepscot Proprietors Biographies - Page 2 of 2

"… army and fought at Bunker hill and in New York. Colonel Josiah Little Josiah Little was the son of Colonel Moses and Abigail Little and born on…"

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

"… threatened most of the land claimed by the new companies. This struggle over who had the right to develop the Eastward led to a formal petition in…"

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

"… of the Kennebeck Purchase from the late Colony of New Plymouth, organized in 1749, and was one of several proprietor groups operating in the…"

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John Martin: Expert Observer - Annie Martin Snow casket, Bangor, 1889

"Fred Snow, had been living in New Brunswick, Canada, where he worked. Her father, John Martin (1823-1904) drew the illustration of her casket on…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Annie Martin Snow casket at grave, Bangor, 1889

"Fred Snow, and the couple moved to New Brunswick, Canada, where he worked. She died while visiting her parents in Bangor."

Maine's Road to Statehood - After the War: The First Victory for Separationists

"If it passed, a convention would be held in Brunswick later that month to draw up a new Maine constitution."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Measuring Rock

"References: • The History of Brunswick, Topsham, and Harpswell, Maine, 1878, by George Augustus Wheeler, M.D."

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

"Compiled by Mitchell & Campbell. Brunswick, ME: H.E. Mitchell Co., 1905. Snow, John O. Secrets of a Salt Marsh. Portland, ME: Gannett Books, 1986."

Lubec, Maine - S.S. Cumberland: Steamer Brought Passengers and Prosperity to Lubec but Met Tragic End

"… bay to Eastport to board steamships bound for New Brunswick or Portland and Boston. Photo donated by Edith Comstock.Lubec Memorial Library In the…"

Lubec, Maine - Building the Roosevelt Bridge to Campobello - Page 1 of 3

"… between Lubec, Maine and Campobello Island, New Brunswick. Roosevelt Bridge to Campobello, Lubec, ca."

Presque Isle: The Star City - History of Presque Isle

"… in 1819, traveled up the Aroostook River from New Brunswick looking for a place to set up a saw mill and lumbering operation."

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Resources and Links

"Originally published Brunswick, Maine: H.E. Mitchell Pub., 1904. North Yarmouth: 1680-1980: An Illustrated History, North Yarmouth Historical…"

Lincoln, Maine - Aroostook War

"… place in what is now Aroostook county and New Brunswick. When the Governor called upon the state to organize its local militias, Lincoln soldiers…"

Architecture & Landscape database - John P. Thomas

"… (1930), and the Fidelity Trust Company Bank in Brunswick (1931). Other examples of the architect’s work in this style are the YMCA (1925-26) and…"

Architecture & Landscape database - George Coombs

"… George Millard Coombs (1851-1909) was born in Brunswick in 1851. His father John M. Coombs was a farmer and a shipbuilder, who probably taught his…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - People Who Called Scarborough Home - Page 2 of 4

"… principal owner of Maine’s first cotton mill in Brunswick, and a founder and president of Bath’s first bank."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Arthur R. Gould

"… began on a power plant at Aroostook Falls in New Brunswick to supply much-needed power to northern Maine and New Brunswick."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Native Americans

"… at Meductic (south of present day Woodstock, New Brunswick) were planted by native refugees from southern New England following King Phillip’s War."

Life on a Tidal River - Early Railroads in Bangor - Page 1 of 2

"… on the Canadian border, and connect with the New Brunswick European and North American Railroad. The first section opened in 1868 to Olemon, then…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Our Shared History - Page 1 of 4

"… Harpswell, and the Mere Point portion of Brunswick. It was one of the oldest and largest towns in the Province of Maine."