Maine Memory Network

Maine Folklife Center, University of Maine

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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."

Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"In 1777 Allan was received by the new Congress and appointed Superintendent of the Eastern Indians, a post he held for the remainder of the war."

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

"… the American state of Maine and the Canadian province of New Brunswick. Boundary between United States and New Brunswick, undatedMaine…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - The Shaping of the Borderlands: Arcane Deeds and Failed Colonies - Page 2 of 5

"… full jurisdiction over Plymouth and the Province of Maine, control of Sagadahock and Nova Scotia—which at the time were under de jure French and de…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Our Shared History - Page 1 of 4

"It was one of the oldest and largest towns in the Province of Maine. Most of its settlers divided their land into lots and built along the immediate…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - History of Presque Isle

"… for him to receive title to his land; instead the province of New Brunswick gave him a patent to the land so he could live on it, but he could not…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Beyond Borders: an historical overview - Page 3 of 6

"… new colonies, advocating the creation of the Province of Sagadahoc in the 1730s and the colony of New Ireland in the 1770s."

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

"… gained imperial backing in 1691, when a royal charter allowed the government at Boston to absorb what the English called the Province of Maine."

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

"For example, in 1604, Passamaquoddy Bay was the site of one of the first French overwintering settlements in the Americas under an expedition led by…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - The Shaping of the Borderlands: Arcane Deeds and Failed Colonies - Page 3 of 5

"… the proprietary lands around the Kennebec to the Province of Maine and Massachusetts, while leaving the question of jurisdiction over 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 1 of 5

"… Upper and Lower Canada, which were fused as the Province of Canada in 1841 (previously Quebec), and Maine that all came into being during the…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Savage Family of Mount Desert

"The town of Southwest Harbor claims many Carroll, Stanley, Reed, Worcester, and Corson descendants while Bar Harbor counts among its first white…"

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

"… of the boundary separating the yet-to-be-created province of New Brunswick and the future state of Maine."

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

"Jesse Lee to the Province of Maine and Lynn circuits. Methodist ChurchStrong Historical Society Lee preached first in Saco, and then Portland…"

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

"… General and Governor in and Over his Majesty’s Province afores’d, the Honorable, His Majesty’s Council and House of Representatives in General…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - RESOURCES

""The world of Thomas Gorges: Life in the province of Maine in the 1640's." American beginnings: Exploration, culture, and cartography in the land of…"

Acadian Archives

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Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Welcome

"… Yarmouth, the original 1680 plantation in the Province of Maine, spawned seven towns including Cumberland and North Yarmouth; two towns that share…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - John R Braden

"Harness racing was at its peak in the Maritime Provinces at this time as well. The exploits of John R Braden were just as popular on the Canadian…"

St. Joseph Healthcare

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Rum, Riot, and Reform - 1620 to 1820: New England's Great Secret

"… became a business to those settling in the Province of Maine. In the region, which was annexed by Massachusetts in the 1650s, women made beer at…"

Historic Hallowell - Schooners, Steamers, Ships and Tankers

"… "terns" were a favorite rig of Canada's Maritime Provinces. The scow schooner, which used a schooner rig on a flat-bottomed, blunt-ended scow hull…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Shipbuilding

"… and South Thomaston”, Cyrus Eaton refers to a Province sloop kept in the area for transport of settlers and supplies, but there is no written…"