Maine Memory Network

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - The Shaping of the Borderlands: Arcane Deeds and Failed Colonies - Page 2 of 5

"The charter contains a clear vision of the different British political jurisdictions between Cape Cod and the Gulf of St. Lawrence."

Historic Hallowell - Classical and Scientific Academy

"… Hallowell Classical and Scientific Academy was chartered in 1872 "for the purpose of promoting Christian education, and the more thorough training…"

Lubec, Maine - The Gardner Lake Tragedy - Page 1 of 2

"… of the state legislature acceptance of the Charter to establish the Town of Lubec; the burials two days later 125 years after the Governor approved…"

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

"The Maine State Legislature granted a charter to the Old Town Railway Company owned by Edward and Samule Smith and Rufus Dwinel in 1832."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Groups, Clubs & Organizations - Page 2 of 3

"Within a year, 39 posts had been chartered, and interest spread rapidly to adjoining states. Ten states and the District of Columbia were represented…"

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

"The proprietary grants, they argued, stood only because they all claimed an origin predating the 1691 charter."

Bowdoin College Library

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

"… (granting land from King Charles I under a royal charter) to a vague, poorly defined area on both sides of the Kennebec River."

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

"… Penobscot River confirmed by the Crown, as the charter required, were stymied. Even Governor Francis Bernard, who received a grant of Mount Desert…"

University of Maine at Presque Isle Library

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Lubec, Maine - Lubec's 1911 Centennial Celebration - Page 1 of 2

"Chartered in 1822, the Lodge met in member Elijah Stearns’ Maine Hotel until 1839. The first building owned by the Lodge, erected in 1840, proved…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - ABOUT US

"… Society The Biddeford Historical Society was chartered by the City of Biddeford to collect and preserve the history of Biddeford in one place and…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 1 of 4

"The original charter of Blue Hill stipulated that shares of land were to be set aside for a school, for Harvard College, for a church and for a…"

Biddeford Historical Society

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Dixfield Historical Society

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Western Maine Foothills Region - Mt. Zircon Reservoir - Page 1 of 3

"Bisbee, Cleon S. Osgood, and Arthur Gauthier. The Charter for the Rumford and Mexico Water District (Mexico later withdrew) was approved by the Maine…"

Maine's Road to Statehood - Maine in the 17th Century

"… England eventually stripped its colonial charter in 1684, and the former colony was left legally undefined."

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

"… gained imperial backing in 1691, when a royal charter allowed the government at Boston to absorb what the English called the Province of Maine."

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

"Massachusetts Bay Charter of Scarborough and Falmouth becoming a town in 1658Scarborough Historical Society & Museum The question of title to the…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - The Customs House

"… Harrison, Bath, 1889Maine Maritime Museum Charter Contract, Schooner Platina, 1845Patten Free Library X In the years after 1975, when…"

Old York Historical Society

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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Groups, Clubs & Organizations - Page 3 of 3

"The Knights of Pythias received its charter through an act of the US Congress. It was founded by Justus H."

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

"… the border date from as early as the royal charter for Nova Scotia of 1621, long disagreements about the boundaries of French Acadie, and where to…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Our Shared History - Page 3 of 4

"… is currently Route 88 in Cumberland Foreside, was chartered. The line began operating in August 1898, and soon had service every half hour from 6…"