Maine Memory Network

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…"

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

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

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

"… had been granted, the Council for New England granted Thomas Lewis and Captain Richard Bonython a four-mile-wide tract of land extending eastward…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Historical Overview - Page 2 of 4

"While some veterans used government-backed grants to claim land elsewhere in the state, others remained and pushed outward to North Scarborough."

Bath's Historic Downtown - History Overview

"… Centre and Water Streets, the current site of the Grant Building. The Universalist Church, located on the west side of Front Street where the…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Maine Community Heritage Project

"This project is supported by a National Leadership Grant from the Institute of Museum & Library Services."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Timeline of Events

"… Team begins monthly meetings to explore grant application for 2009-2010 MCHP cohort April 2009 MCHP Grant is submitted June 2009 Scarborough Team…"

Skowhegan Community History - Bloomfield Academy

"About this time they received a grant of land and it was located in northern Franklin county. The land was not settled until years after the grant…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Blue Hill Spearheads Development on the Downeast Coast

"… John Roundy and Joseph Wood and 63 others were granted “as Tenants in Common, one Township of Land….” In April of the same year the first pioneers…"

Surry by the Bay - History of Surry

"… to see the "eastern lands" settled, readily made grants of land to individuals or larger groups. In January 1762, David Marsh and 359 associates…"

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

"Armed with a grant issued by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, they chose a site on Mill Island well known to Maine's Native Americans for thousands…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - About Us - Page 1 of 3

"… X The Strong Historical Society received a grant from Maine Historical Society, through the Maine Community Heritage Project, to develop a…"

L'Heritage Vivant Living Heritage

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

"… became the Council of Plymouth. The Council granted large tracts of land to various gentlemen, including a tract along the western banks of the…"

Acadian Archives

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Guilford, Maine - Modern History: 1966 to Present

"… area hungry, and a $250,000 Housing Assistance Grant was landed to make improvements for many homes in town."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Thomaston Narrative

"… result of the Muscongus Patent, a 30-square-mile grant of lands, including the Georges River, which was given by the Council of Plymouth in England…"

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

"John B. Thomes of Pittsfield, MA, granted the corporation a plot of land on Main Street to be used for a public library."

Presque Isle: The Star City - History of Presque Isle

"The first American, Dennis Fairbanks, settled in the area in 1828 and gained ownership to his land under the provisions set up by the states of Maine…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Early Settlement

"Curtis of Boston. The Savages granted the cemetery property with a reservation of a 50 foot square Savage family plot under a deed of trust recorded…"

Guilford, Maine - BUILDINGS - Page 4 of 5

"Andrew Carnegie a letter asking for a grant to build the new library in Guilford. The town voted to support the library with $500 per year if Mr."

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview

"One of these grants became known as the Waldo Patent, which comprised approximately 1000 acres. It included the whole of Knox County (except for Fox…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - About Us

"This project is supported by a National Leadership Grant from the Institute of Museum & Library Services."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 1 of 4

"When Read received a land grant from Massachusetts Governor Caleb Strong, he reserved specific lots for individuals located in the territory or…"