Maine Memory Network

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - Maine Railroads

"In 1892 the route from Houlton to Van Buren, Fort Fairfield, and Ashland was completed. As a result of building the Aroostook railroad, the Aroostook…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Kennebec Proprietors Biographies

"… and most likely helped design and build Fort Western, Fort Halifax, and the Pownalborough Courthouse."

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

"… Johnson Hall in New York and even further west at Fort Niagara. The fundamental treaty that made fixing the international border such a long and…"

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

"… on the Northeastern Frontier, 1750-1820,” The William and Mary Quarterly 46:1 (January 1989), pp. 3- 26 2."

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

"Williams in October of 1862, measures 4.5 linear feet and 16 bound volumes. Joseph was given the records by his father Reuel Williams to be deposited…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Beyond Borders: A Wabanaki Perspective - Page 1 of 4

"Norridgewock Fort and Kennebec River, 1719Maine Historical Society Taken together, the Pejepscot and Kennebec Proprietors are delineated by the…"

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

"… to the negotiations in Washington, DC, especially William Pitt Preble, who had been a significant figure in the process since 1828, accepted the…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Pejepscot Proprietors Biographies - Page 1 of 2

"He was responsible for the upkeep of the Wells-Brunswick road and helped transport soldiers to the Brunswick fort."

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

"… and, secretly, British governor of Massachusetts, William Shirley. This political influence translated into Massachusetts taxpayers funding…"

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

"… by the 1621 grant given by the Scottish Crown to William Alexander, First Earl of Stirling. This grant, of a new colony to be named Nova Scotia—the…"

Music in Maine - Country Music

"… Historical Society Dick Curless (1932-1995) from Fort Fairfield rose to stardom with his 1965 single, A Tombstone Every Mile that highlights his…"

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

"Who were the Kennebec and Pejepscot Proprietors? Brunswick Town Meeting Minutes, 1719Maine Historical Society The Pejepscot Proprietors…"

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

"Who were the Kennebec and Pejepscot Proprietors? Residents on company lands also complained, with considerable justification, about suffering as a…"

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

"Who were the Kennebec and Pejepscot Proprietors? Plan of the Kennebec River describing the Plymouth patent, ca."

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

"Who were the Kennebec and Pejepscot Proprietors? Wabanaki deed to Richard Wharton, 1684Maine Historical Society The Pejepscot Proprietors…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Who were the Kennebec and Pejepscot Proprietors? - Page 4 of 7

"Who were the Kennebec and Pejepscot Proprietors? Coll. 61, vol. 7, pg. 401 Example of a proprietor meeting at the Royall Exchange Tavern on King…"

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

"Who were the Kennebec and Pejepscot Proprietors? Coll. 61, vol. 10, p. 179b-1 A copy of a letter issued by Samuel Goodwin to Mr."

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Further Reading

"Further Reading Akagi, Roy Hidemichi. The Town Proprietors of the New England Colonies: A Study of Their Development, Organization, Activities and…"

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

"Women in Colonial Economies Copy, deed from James and Rachell Berry to Proprietors, page 1 of 3Maine Historical Society For their part, as…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Women in Colonial Economies - Page 3 of 4

"Women in Colonial Economies The work of Hallowell, Maine resident Martha Ballard (1735-1812) exemplifies female settlers’ varied and extensive…"

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…"

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

"Women in Colonial Economies About the Author Sara T. Damiano, Ph.D. is a historian of women and gender in early America and the Atlantic World."

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

"Beyond Borders: an historical overview Further to the east, new boundary issues erupted. At the end of the Revolutionary War, in the 1783 Treaty of…"

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

"Beyond Borders: an historical overview In the early eighteenth century, Massachusetts merchants, lawyers, and political leaders increasingly saw…"