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John Martin: Expert Observer - Part 6, pages 97-113

"… and personalities include: Irish immigrants Brig. Gen. Plaisted Col. Israel B. Norcross Capt. John B. Nickels Co."

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Maine's Road to Statehood - After the War: The First Victory for Separationists

"Brig Enterprise and the British Brig Boxer off of Monhegan Island. The separation movement stood at a standstill during the War of 1812, as…"

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Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Pejepscot Proprietors Papers, 1627‐1866

"… War documents; French spoliation claims for the brig Hope; records of churches founded in towns settled by the Pejepscot Proprietors and histories…"

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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Early Wharves and Yards - 1795 to 1825

"… “Wessaweskeag”, the schooner “Quantabacook” and a brig of an unknown name. In 1805 he launched the 93-ton sloop “Quicklime.” By the 1820s…"

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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Henry Knox: Shipping

"Rogers and weighing 110 tons; the brig Quantibacook (named for a lake in Searsmont, Maine), built in 1804 by Howland and Asa Rogers and weighing 140…"

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Rum, Riot, and Reform - Influential & Interesting Documents

"… 31, 1812 records her most famous capture, the brig Dianna loaded with 212 puncheons of rum. Her cargo, sold locally as "Old Dart Rum",brought high…"

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Freedom & Captivity Portal

The Freedom & Captivity digital collection in the Maine Memory Network, and the complete digital archive housed at Colby Special Collections, is a repository of personal testimonies, ephemera, memorabilia, artifacts, and visual materials that capture multiple dimensions of the experiences of incarceration for individuals, families, and communities, as well as for survivors of harm.

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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Maritime Tales: Shipyards and Shipwrecks - Page 1 of 2

"… had two boats built at the landing, one of them a brig named Angelina. Other ships were the Velzora; a three-masted bark named Horace that was…"

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Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 2 of 4

"… and full-rigged ships but most were two-masted brigs and schooners for the coastal trade. Captain Candage, one of 52 Blue Hill ship captains of the…"

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Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Representative Industries of Cumberland and North Yarmouth

"… three vessels annually, mostly small schooners or brigs ranging in size from 46 tons to the 335-ton Saratoga."

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Surry by the Bay - Nineteenth Century

"… in Surry, including 15 schooners, 5 barks and ten brigs. A steamboat even docked at Steamboat Wharf on Contention Cove."