Maine Memory Network

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

"Leaders cultivated diplomacy through councils. Many deeds emerged from such councils, which included English newcomers."

Maine Historic Preservation Commission

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John Martin: Expert Observer - Part 1, pages 000-26

"… Ideal homestead "Self-propelling road carriage" Council Tree, Charleston, S.C. Billy Emerson Moses Woodman Israel B. Norcross O. M. Shaw William D."

Presque Isle Air Museum

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Maine and the Civil War - Communities and the War

"The Maine Humanities Council and Maine Historical Society collaborated and worked with the 10 communities on the Local and Legendary Civil War…"

Malaga Island: a story best left untold - Maine State documents and Proclamations

"In that section, the Council gives an account of their rationale behind the eviction at Malaga. In short, the Council felt state government was…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - II. Ripples of change: European exploration & settlement at Winter Harbor - Page 1 of 2

"… next few years, the Plymouth Company became the Council of Plymouth. The Council granted large tracts of land to various gentlemen, including a…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Cunningham School

"2007. Rice, Rachel. "Star City Council OKs School Demolition Bid." The Star-Herald [presque isle] 7 Feb. 2007."

Maine Department of Transportation

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

"… traced their title back to a 1629 grant by the Council of New England (granting land from King Charles I under a royal charter) to a vague, poorly…"

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

"… rights, Wabanaki leaders later reiterated in councils that they had reserved the sovereign aboriginal right to hunt, fish and plant in their…"

Mercy Hospital - People of Mercy - Page 2 of 2

"… Care department following the Second Vatican Council (1962-1965), which emphasized more diverse Pastoral Care teams that would “promote the…"

Lincoln, Maine - Lincoln Historical Society - Page 2 of 2

"The members of the council decided to table the decision to tear down the building; and, after a petition was submitted, the council decided to lease…"

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

"In 1631 the Council for New England granted Cammock the Patent of Black Point, 1500 acres from the Spurwink to the Black Point River, back one mile…"

Historic Hallowell - Cotton Mill & Johnson Shoe Citations

"Hallowell: City Council of Hallowell, 1911. “books.google.com.” n.d. (accessed Mar. 22, 2011) http://books.google.com/bkshp?hl=en&tab=wp. n.d. 29 Apr."

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Summer Street

"This project was made possible by a grant from The New Century Community Program and The Maine Humanities Council"

Biddeford Historical Society

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Westbrook Historical Society

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

"… and Thomas Hutchinson, sat on the Governor’s Council. Kennebec Proprietors included Massachusetts governors James Bowdoin and, secretly, British…"

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

"… and was rejected by March of 1730, the Privy Council determined that political control of the area was rightfully in the hands of the governor of…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Passamaquoddy Hereditary Chief Francis Joseph Neptune

"… and listened to his elders and father during council meetings which decided on the future of the Tribe."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Thomaston Narrative

"… the Georges River, which was given by the Council of Plymouth in England to John Beauchamp of London and Thomas Leverett of Boston."

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Cumberland's Prince Memorial Library : Evolution of a Community Institution

"… and Cumberland voters and the Cumberland Town Council authorized a $700,000 bond issue. Terrien Architects of Portland designed the…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - "Fly Rod" Crosby - Page 2 of 3

"… State Senate and on the Governor’s Council. Jeremy Porter built one of Strong’s most beautiful homes, which later became the Hotel Strong and then…"