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Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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Highlighting Historical Hampden - John Crosby

"It is interesting that no stock or tons of vessels are listed. He also had one purebred cow and one pig, but there is no record of him ever owning…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 2 of 4

"The investors formed a joint stock association, with shares selling for $50 dollars each. That first year, workers produced about 15,000 pounds of…"

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

"… of numerous men and women holding fractions of a share. Although female heirs voted and affixed their signatures to decisions requiring all…"

Guilford, Maine - BUILDINGS - Page 2 of 5

"Mr. Rand took in A. W. Drake and purchased stock of the Hudson Clothing Company. The name of the store was changed again to Rand & Drake."

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

"His son Benning bought John Ruck’s shares in 1727. Wentworth’s grandson David Jeffries became a member and clerk of the rival Kennebec Purchase…"

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

"… descendants gradually sold off portions of their shares into ever smaller pieces, while the original patent was lost."

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

"… company claim valuable, they deserved a greater share of it. Writing about Topsham residents to Enoch Freeman in 1762, Belcher Noyes grumbled that…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Wabanaki Agency in the Proprietor Records - Page 2 of 5

"The written language of the English as compared with wampum protocols and verbal agreements of the Wabanaki led to confusion and to deliberate…"

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

"By that time, Goodwin had bought a full company share and moved with his family into the Lincoln County Courthouse (built at the proprietors’…"

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

"This relied on information shared by Passamaquoddy knowledge keepers. This is outstandingly documented in the map of the interior canoe route between…"

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

"… not seen as full members of the polity due to the shared Anglocentric bias of US and British officials, both French-speakers in the Madawaska…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Aroostook Valley Railroad

"… of the AVR was done through the issuance of stocks and bonds, which were paid off in 1952. Normal operations called for a train to make one round…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Arthur R. Gould

"… of the AVR was done through the issuance of stocks and bonds, which were paid off in 1952. Normal operations called for a train to make one round…"

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

"Gershom Flagg (1705-1771) Gershom Flagg was half share owner in the Plymouth Company and a master builder."

Historic Hallowell - A Post-Revolutionary Generation

"… were introduced to members of the original Blue Stocking Club, a distinguished literary circle of mainly female writers famous for their dissenting…"

Dixfield Historical Society

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Historic Hallowell - Whaling

"… Nations Conference of the Human Environment at Stockholm adopted a ten year moratorium on commercial whaling to allow the whale stocks to recover."

Blue Hill, Maine - Shipbuilding: An Important Early Industry

"They also felt the losses. Sampler by Eliza Ann Dodge who married Melatiah K. Chase in 1849 and spent a great deal of time with him at sea."

Lubec, Maine - S.S. Cumberland: Steamer Brought Passengers and Prosperity to Lubec but Met Tragic End

"It was said that the lines of clothing, hardware, shoes, and ship chandlery were the best east of Bangor. Lubec stores seemed primitive by comparison."

Blue Hill, Maine - A Real Downeast County Fair

"The photo on the left is of a hot air balloon that got away as it was being filled and sailed over Blue Hill Mountain."

Music in Maine - Opera, Orchestras and Stages

"When the stock market crashed in 1929, Nicolar returned home to the Penobscot reservation with her husband Bruce."

Life on a Tidal River - Narrative

"Much of the lumber stock along the east coast was already gone. Builders looked to the vast and nearly untouched lumber resources of Maine…"

Eastern Maine Medical Center

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