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"… women, who possessed limited access to formal political and economic power, and who are seldom centered in eighteenth-century historical sources."
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"… women, who possessed limited access to formal political and economic power, and who are seldom centered in eighteenth-century historical sources."
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Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Project Partners
"Project Partners The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) X In April 2020, Maine Historical Society received a $341,935 Humanities…"
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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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"While the Bay Colony was given political jurisdiction over both regions, the charter stipulated that no grants of land made in the area east of the…"
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"… their Indigenous cultural and economic systems, the settlers sought their signatures and consent of land ownership on finite political documents."
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"This political influence translated into Massachusetts taxpayers funding fortifications to protect company towns, and the creation of Lincoln County…"
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"… century, Massachusetts merchants, lawyers, and political leaders increasingly saw the Maine borderland as a place to cultivate their own dreams of…"
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"… a 'nation within a nation,' leaders across all political spectrums ran on platforms decrying, much like the “liberty men” of old, any possible…"
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"These displays of Wabanaki diplomacy and political action have strong echoes with Wabanaki diplomats from the eighteenth century documented in the…"
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"Women in Colonial Economies Copy, deed from James and Rachell Berry to Proprietors, page 1 of 3Maine Historical Society For their part, as…"
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"Women in Colonial Economies The work of Hallowell, Maine resident Martha Ballard (1735-1812) exemplifies female settlers’ varied and extensive…"
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Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Search the Collections
"Search the Collections Currently Coll. 61, the Pejepscot Proprietors Collection is available to search, both at the volume level as well as the…"
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"Pejepscot Proprietors Biographies Later Proprietors, Heirs and Assignees Colonel Moses Little Moses Little was born on May 8, 1724, the son of…"
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"Passamaquoddy Hereditary Chief Francis Joseph Neptune Essay by Donald Soctomah Description of Pagan and Chipman’s Meetings with Francis Joseph…"
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Maine's Road to Statehood - The American Revolution and Early Attempts at Separation - Page 2 of 2
"The American Revolution and Early Attempts at Separation The committee sent a similar address to the citizens of Maine urging them to support…"
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Maine's Road to Statehood - The American Revolution and Early Attempts at Separation - Page 1 of 2
"The American Revolution and Early Attempts at Separation Overwhelmingly dedicated to independence from Britain, Mainers quieted any murmurs of…"
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Maine's Road to Statehood - The Final Vote
"The Final Vote William Williamson to Joseph Williamson on the final vote for separation, Boston, 1819Maine Historical Society For several…"
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Maine's Road to Statehood - After the War: The First Victory for Separationists
"After the War: The First Victory for Separationists The "Boxer" and "Enterprise," Monhegan, 1831 This painting depicts an 1813 battle between…"
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"Who were the Kennebec and Pejepscot Proprietors? Brunswick Town Meeting Minutes, 1719Maine Historical Society The Pejepscot Proprietors…"
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"Who were the Kennebec and Pejepscot Proprietors? Residents on company lands also complained, with considerable justification, about suffering as a…"
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"Who were the Kennebec and Pejepscot Proprietors? Plan of the Kennebec River describing the Plymouth patent, ca."
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"Who were the Kennebec and Pejepscot Proprietors? Wabanaki deed to Richard Wharton, 1684Maine Historical Society The Pejepscot Proprietors…"
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"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…"