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1847 agreement for ship building between James L. Todd and John Smith
Maine Historical Society, Text

Agreement between James L. Todd of Phippsburg with John Smith to build a ship. The names on the contract were changed on April 4, 1848.

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Contracts
Manuscripts
Moody, William O.
Shipbuilding -- Maine
Shipbuilding -- Maine -- Phippsburg
Smith, Jacob
Smith, John
Todd, James L.

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Diary of a farmer in Phillips, Maine
Fogler Special Collections, Text

Diary of a farmer in Phillips, Maine. Includes brief notations of work for the day and the weather for various times of the year.

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Agriculture
Farm life
Farming/Agriculture

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Cargo on the fourth voyage of the schooner Susan, 1802
Maine Historical Society, Text

Cargo on the fourth voyage of the Schooner Susan, 1802.

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Clapp, Asa
Clapp, Asa, 1762-1848
Merchant Ships
Seafaring
Ships -- Maine -- Portland
Susan (Schooner)
Susan (Ship)

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Receipt for costs to fit the ship Artisan, 1856
Maine Historical Society, Text

Receipt for costs to fit out the ship the Artisan in 1856, signed by Poor and Neal. The Artisan was built by Samuel M. Knight.

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Artisan (Ship)
Knight, Samuel S.
Poor & Neal (Company)
Shipfitting -- Maine -- Portland

Moving Image
Rolling back the frontier
MPBN: Home Series, Moving Image, 0:26:45

In the 1600s, European settlers left everything they knew to take advantage of Maine’s abundant resources. Despite back-breaking work, a harsh climate, and cultural clashes, they successfully carved out a new life for themselves. But by the end of the century, most of them would leave Maine in fear and live for years as war refugees.

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Native Americans
Settlements

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Agreement between Maine and Massachusetts
Maine State Archives, Text

Agreement between Maine and Massachusetts adjusting the personal concerns between the two states after separation; also mentions Penobscot Tribe.

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Indians of North America
Conflict-Stability: control of Maine, land disputes, French-English-Indians
Indians -- land rights
Native Americans
Land Disputes

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Agricultural Society Returns
Maine State Archives, Text

In an effort to encourage agricultural improvements, the state gave money to the Agricultural Societies to give as awards for the best in various catagories. This return is from Kennebec County.

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Farming/Agriculture
Agriculture -- Kennebec County (Me.)

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Receipt for lumber
Maine Historical Society, Text

Receipt for lumber between Samuel Knight and N. Blanchard and sons, Nov. 30, 1856.

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Knight, Samuel
Lumber industry -- Maine
Manuscripts
N. Blanchard and Sons
Shipbuilding -- Maine
Welch, Allen

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Samuel de Champlain
Maine Historical Society, Still Image

Samuel de Champlain was one of the early explorers of North America. He was called the father of New France. Lake Champlain is named after him. This half-toned photo-etched illustration comes from the book 'Pine Tree Coast' by Samuel Adams Drake, published in Boston by Estes & Laurent in 1891, page 357.

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America -- Discovery & exploration -- French
Champlain, Samuel
Champlain, Samuel de (1567-1635) -- Portraits
Explorers -- France -- United States -- Maine
New France -- Discovery & exploration -- French

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Webb family reminiscences about Samuel Webb, 1696-1785
Maine Historical Society, Text

Historical reminiscences by Seth Webb about Samuel Webb of Redrift, England, a captain of a slave ship who was poisoned by African natives and whose son, Samuel, made his escape back to England and then ran away to America, was captured by pirates, and eventually moved to the Maine frontier during King George's War.

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Slave ships
Slavery -- Africa
Slavery -- England
Webb family
Webb, Margaret
Webb, Samuel
Webb, Samuel, 1696-1785
Webb, Seth -- Personal narratives
Webb, Susanna
Yucatan (Ship)
Yucatan (Slaver)

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