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

"Borderland Essays Explore essays, listed in the menu at right, pertaining to the drawing of the northeast boundary between the United States in…"

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Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - A Photo Essay of Hand Tools Found in the Swedish Colony

"A Photo Essay of Hand Tools Found in the Swedish Colony Click to view the photo essay Tools were a necessary part of every farmer's and…"

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Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - People

"People Explore essays pertaining to individuals, communities, and key players across the Pejepscot and Kennebec Proprietors, and the Northeast…"

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Architecture & Landscape database - Biographies

"Through a series of short essays and checklists. The Biographical Dictionary is an ongoing project, available full text through the Commission's…"

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Historic Hallowell - Initiative and Self-Improvement

"… working a 12-hour day, and wrote compositions, essays, reports and poems, performed dialogs, enacted scenes from plays and debated."

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Historic Hallowell - Hallowell Ice Storm of 1998

"… ads, a map, interviews, newspaper articles, essays on days one through eight of the ice storm, about what people did for food, and effected…"

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Skowhegan Community History - Lakewood Theater

"… Skowhegan and Madison might be just ordinary towns, but Lakewood that sets us apart. Research for this essay provided by Skowhegan History House."

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

"At the time this essay was written (2022), Prof. Damiano is an assistant professor at Texas State University, with research and course work focused…"

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Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - Project Partners

"They then wrote their essays and selected photographs for their student exhibits. For more information, contact teacher Ernest Easter, 207-896-5541."

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Skowhegan Community History - Early Settlement in Skowhegan

"… Arnold and returned to his home to die of pneumonia. Research material from the Skowhegan History House was used in the writing of this essay."

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

"… were the Kennebec and Pejepscot Proprietors? Essay by Ian Saxine, Fall 2022 Ian Saxine, PhD, is an Assistant Professor of History at Bridgewater…"

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

"Women in Colonial Economies Essay by Sara T. Damiano, Fall 2022 Sara T. Damiano, PhD, is an historian of women and gender in early America and the…"

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

"Beyond Borders: an historical overview Essay by Michael A. Blaakman, PhD, Fall 2022 Michael A. Blaakman, PhD, is an assistant professor of history…"

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

"Wabanaki Agency in the Proprietor Records Essay by Lisa Brooks (Abenaki), Fall 2022 Lisa Brooks (Missisquoi Abenaki) Henry S."

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Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Fixing Borders on the Land: The Northeastern Boundary in Treaties and Local Reality, 1763-1842 - Page 1 of 5

"… in Treaties and Local Reality, 1763-1842 Essay by Liam Riordan Riordan is American historian specializing in the Revolutionary era (ca."

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Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - The Shaping of the Borderlands: Arcane Deeds and Failed Colonies - Page 1 of 5

"… Borderlands: Arcane Deeds and Failed Colonies Essay by Alexandra L. Montgomery, University of Pennsylvania Department of History Survey of…"

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

"… Hereditary Chief Francis Joseph Neptune Essay by Donald Soctomah Description of Pagan and Chipman’s Meetings with Francis Joseph Neptune…"

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Early Maine Photography - Early Maine Photography at Maine Historical Society

"… are explored through a series of themed essays, aimed at showcasing the diverse history of 19th Century Maine through the photographic lens."

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

"The presentation enhanced with contextual essays, introduces themes and topics, while facilitating a progressively deeper study of Maine history from…"

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Skowhegan Community History - Benedict Arnold's March

"Research for this essay provided by Arundel by Kenneth Roberts, March to Quebec by Kenneth Roberts, and journals of the members of Benedict Arnold's…"

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Skowhegan Community History - The Skowhegan Island

"… you may visit this neat island which has gone through many developmental changes throughout history. Other Essays on the Skowhegan Island"

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

"… of New Brunswick Law Journal 43 (1994), 3-18, an essay of much broader scope than its title indicates. Pawling, ed., Micah A."

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Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center

View collections, facts, and contact information for this Contributing Partner.

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Presque Isle: The Star City - History of Presque Isle

"Wiggin in his essay on the resources and future of Aroostook County described the impact of the railroad: Canadian Pacific Railroad depot…"