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

"It was a new version of a defining problem in the history of early Maine: conflicts sown by vague boundaries drawn on paper in faraway rooms."

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Project Background

"… to what is currently Maine, New England, and the United States; the frequency which the original items were consulted and handled in person…"

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

"… province of New Brunswick was, prior to about 1800, one largely of failure and confusion. For example, in 1604, Passamaquoddy Bay was the site of…"

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

"… to picture in the far northeastern corner of the United States, but that seemingly enduring border was a matter of enormous uncertainty, conflict…"

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

"… that this “equal-to” other Tribes across the United States is limited. It is not self-determination or sovereignty on our own terms, even with 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 5 of 5

"“How did a Self-Taught Linguist Come to Own an Indigenous Language?,” The New Yorker, April 12, 2021 Hornsby, Stephen J."

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

"… the drawing of the northeast boundary between the United States in Canada, and the "borderland" region known between what is today the American…"

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

"… 29, 1796 James Sullivan, an agent for the United States, wanted to hear stories from the elders of the Tribal community about the location of the…"

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

"… people, often led by those who had fought for the United States in wars starting in the 1940s, began a new era of diplomacy and attempts at…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - The Shaping of the Borderlands: Arcane Deeds and Failed Colonies - Page 4 of 5

"… Deeds and Failed Colonies Boundary between United States and New Brunswick, undatedMaine Historical Society Unsurprisingly, jurisdictional…"

Surry by the Bay - Early Settlement

"On an early settler map of the area, this section was called Surry Gore. Surry's 1803 corporation included a portion of Ellsworth known as Ward Five."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Intro: pages 74-138

"… Mary Ann Harding Attending school Classmates Map of Hampden Upper & Lower Corners Increase S. Sanger Ann Fales Sanger Ruth Mayo Hauling wood…"

Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"Yeaton, America’s first commissioned naval officer, was sent to the Passamaquoddy region, charged with curtailing the growth of smuggling there."