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Text		Letter from Benjamin Mathes, Jr. to Samuel S. Lewis, Apr. 12, 1836 Maine Historical Society, Text Letter from Benjamin Mathes, Jr. to Samuel S. Lewis of Boston, April 12, 1836 about two cargos of lumber. (Relevance: 996) Find Similar Resources	Boston and Eastern Mill and Land Company Letters Lewis, Samuel S. Lewis, Samuel S. -- Correspondence Lumber trade -- Maine Manuscripts Mathes, Benjamin Mathes, Benjamin -- Correspondence Shipping -- Maine West River Mill & Lumber Company

Text		Petition from Inhabitants of West Side of Penobscot River Fogler Special Collections, Text Petition from inhabitants of the west side of the Penobscot, to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, on the subject of gaining lawful title to the land they inhabit (Relevance: 941) Find Similar Resources	Land settlement Land titles Settlements State-local relations

Still Image		Signal Flags Maine Historical Society, Still Image Six signal flags for shipowners used at the Portland Observatory. (Relevance: 846) Find Similar Resources	Deering, G. Deering, J. Knight, Jacob McLellan, A. Merchants -- Maine -- Portland Merrill, William Newhall, A. Observatories Portland Observatory (Me.) Signal Flags

Text		Inventory of lumber, Gilbertville Steam Lumber Mill, 1906 Maine Historical Society, Text W.I. White Building Co. prepared an inventory of the lumber in the buildings that made up the defunct Gilbertville Steam Lumber Mill. The inventory was prepared for the Portland & Rumford Falls Railway. (Relevance: 745) Find Similar Resources	Gilbertville Steam Lumber Mill (Me.) -- Inventories Lumber industry -- Maine -- Gilbertville Mills -- Maine -- Gilbertville W. I. White Building Company (Me.) White, W. I.

Text		Minister Hugh Henry v. the town of Scarborough Maine State Archives, Text Court Case involving the Minister Hugh Henry suing the town of Scarborough for past wages. This is the town's response regarding the impact of the Indian wars on the people of the town 1725. (Relevance: 730) Find Similar Resources	Indians of North America Colonial Indian Wars Colonists -- North America Conflict-Stability: control of Maine, land disputes, French-English-Indians Frontier and pioneer life -- North America Indians -- wars: King Phillips, Anglo-Wabanaki, French-Indian Judicial proceedings Religion Native Americans Settlements Land Disputes

Text		Vessels built in Brunswick between 1781 and 1877 Maine Historical Society, Text List of vessels built in Brunswick between 1781 and 1877. This list, compiled from records at the custom houses at Bath and Portland, documents nearly a century's worth of shipbuilding in the Brunswick region. (Relevance: 657) Find Similar Resources	Shipbuilding -- Maine -- Brunswick Ships -- Maine

Artifact		Pack Basket Maine State Museum, Artifact A well-made ash splint pack basket; bottom is rectangular with crosswoven standards 1 1/8" thick; standards decrease to 1/2" near top. Sides are woven with 1/4" weavers, basket becoming rounded at corners. Basket increases in circumference, reaching maximum at 9" above base; bulges more in front; slowly contracts, becoming almost straight sided at top; opening is round. Two wood hoops placed along inside and outside perimeter at top and lashed; round, flat lid made with two layers of double standards increasing in width near outside of lid. Lid plainly woven with 1/4" weavers; wood hoop placed around top outside of lid and lashed to front to hold lid down. Leather strips riveted together to form hinges for lid; leather strip missing. Two leather buckles (broken) were riveted to bottom for form pack straps (now broken); one also at top. (Relevance: 628) Find Similar Resources	Native Americans Basket making Baskets Indian baskets

Text		Court case regarding obstruction of river Maine State Archives, Text Court case Crocker vs. Ellis et al regarding a dam across the Machias River preventing the passage of logs. (Relevance: 565) Find Similar Resources	Dams Environment: Fur trade, survival, industrial development, forest, conservation Forests/Forestry Judicial proceedings Waterways Lumbering

Text		Resolve granting two townships of land to the Passamaquoddy Indians Maine State Archives, Text Resolve granting two townships of land to the Passamaquoddy Indians. 7 pages (Relevance: 559) Find Similar Resources	Indians of North America Land tenure Indians of North America Treaties Conflict-Stability: control of Maine, land disputes, French-English-Indians Indians -- land rights Native Americans Land Disputes

Moving Image		They Came By Sea MPBN: Home Series, Moving Image, 00:28:01 Europeans arrived here by sea, attracted by the region's phenomenal fisheries and the natural resources visible on the coast. At first, they weren't interested in establishing permanent settlements but, as an appreciation for the economic value of Maine's natural resources grew, colonial settlement began. Today, Maine continues to rely on the economic advantages available through the natural resources of the coast. (Relevance: 507) Find Similar Resources	Fishing/Fisherman History - Colonial Period

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