Maine Memory Network

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Fixing Borders on the Land: The Northeastern Boundary in Treaties and Local Reality, 1763-1842 - Page 4 of 5

"John River, and state interests mobilized, especially in the US Senate, to reject the proposal, although it had other more pro-American dimensions."

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Fixing Borders on the Land: The Northeastern Boundary in Treaties and Local Reality, 1763-1842 - Page 3 of 5

"… arose from the opaque issues at stake as well as interest-driven motives to acquire rich timber lands (on both sides) and to preserve an overland…"

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

"Robert Kinney's Land on the Plains, and hinder any Person from Lumbering or Tresspassing" These letters were given to many settlers on disputed land…"

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

"His grandfather purchased lands near Saco in 1673 and his father married into land ownership in Maine. Both were councilors in the state."

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Beyond Borders: A Wabanaki Perspective - Page 3 of 4

"… Federal government into protecting Wabanaki land interests in what is now Maine, and led to the Maine Indian Claims Settlement Act of 1980."

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Beyond Borders: A Wabanaki Perspective - Page 2 of 4

"The key conflicts seem to be between the large land-owning proprietors and the settler-occupants of these tracts of land, often without a mention of…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - People Who Called Scarborough Home - Page 3 of 4

"… gave up his medical practice after becoming interested in the law and being appointed judge of the Court of Common Pleas."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Scarborough Historical Society

"Other interests are just as varied: conservation, boating and boating education, gardening, politics, and community service."

John Martin: Expert Observer - John Martin self portrait, 1889

"… as an accountant and shopkeeper, but also was interested in gardening, fashion, architecture, and, especially, dance."

Gorham Historical Society

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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Prison is Established - 1823

"He had a great interest in the reformation of criminals and became very involved in the layout of the new prison."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield - Page 1 of 5

"Land speculators swarmed all over Maine surveying its natural resources. They plotted access to the Boston markets through Maine’s rivers and ports."

Guilford, Maine - WELCOME

"… we hope to share our stories, spark your interest, invite your questions about our village, and open to view the forgotten and overlooked jewels of…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - V. A Cascade of Booms & Busts (1790-1865) - Page 3 of 3

"… off much of their stock of cotton to European interests for high profits early in the war, but later ran out of stock for production."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Hugh J. Chisholm, Sr. - Page 2 of 2

"Chisholm’s other interests were to develop an attractive business district to be constructed between the canal and the Androscoggin River."

Sedgwick-Brooklin Historical Society

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Champlain Society - Page 2 of 2

"… and under good pilotage along the rocky shore, landing for our geological discoveries even as old Champlain may have landed for his geography, and…"

Historic Hallowell - A Post-Revolutionary Generation

"… and Benjamin Vaughan, came to advance property interests inherited from Benjamin Hallowell, the Kennebec Proprietor for whom the town was named."

The General Henry Knox Museum

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Norway Historical Society

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Western Maine Foothills Region - Hugh J. Chisholm, Sr. - Page 1 of 2

"Chisholm bought out his brother’s interest in the business in 1872; relocated from New York to Portland, ME., and married Henrietta Mason of Portland."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Brief History

"Native Americans had a much different concept of land ownership. It was not unusual for them to sell land to different exploring entrepreneurs."

Skowhegan Community History - A Brief History of the Skowhegan Area

"The French too were interested in lands of this area, but were largely content to trade and in some cases convert the native peoples to Catholicism."

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Expansion

"… the beginning of World War I and the new found interest in automobiles people started losing interest in Riverside Park."