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Journal Cover And Table Of Contents, Maine Historical Society
Journal Cover And Table Of Contents, Maine Historical Society
Maine History
Cover, Editors and Editorial Board, and Table of Contents with Authors' Names
Letter From The Mhs Director, Steve Bromage
Editor's Note, Gregory Gaines
Book Reviews, Sean Cox, Eileen Hagerman, George Kotlik, Thomas Peace, Hannah Schmidt, Eric Toups
Book Reviews, Sean Cox, Eileen Hagerman, George Kotlik, Thomas Peace, Hannah Schmidt, Eric Toups
Maine History
Reviews of the following books: Historic Acadia National Park, The Stories Behind One of America's Great Treasures by Catherine Schmitt; Without Benefit of Insects: The Story of Edith M. Patch of the University of Maine by Elizabeth Gibbs; French and Indian Wars in Maine by Michael Dekker; Wabanaki Homeland and the New State of Maine: The 1820 Journal and Plans of Survey of Joseph Treat edited by Micah Pawling; The Many Captivities of Esther Wheelwright by Ann M. Little; Our Beloved Kin: A New History of King Philip's War by Lisa Books
Saving Schoodic: A Story Of Development, Lost Settlement, And Preservation, Alan K. Workman
Saving Schoodic: A Story Of Development, Lost Settlement, And Preservation, Alan K. Workman
Maine History
Remote, isolated, and nearly barren Schoodic Point, now the easternmost part of Acadia National Park, was long bypassed by early explorers and settlers. It might have seemed destined to remain deserted, a candidate for coastal parkland preservation in the twentieth century. But like such distant outposts as Vinalhaven, Swan’s, and Ironbound islands, Schoodic in the nineteenth century was overtaken by extensive land development, logging, and settlement by fishermen farmers. Eventually its proximity to Bar Harbor made it a target for vacation resort cottages. Yet Schoodic’s peninsular ecology and elements of its social circumstances helped it escape such development in favor …
The Roman Catholic Diocesan Boundary And American Madawaska, 1842-1870, Michael D. Stevenson, Graeme S. Mount
The Roman Catholic Diocesan Boundary And American Madawaska, 1842-1870, Michael D. Stevenson, Graeme S. Mount
Maine History
The Webster-Ashburton Treaty of 1842, which established the Maine-New Brunswick boundary along the St. John River, divided the Acadian settlements in the valley. Among the questions this posed for residents and for church officials was the location of the diocesan boundary: would it follow national, or ethnic lines? The ultimate resolution - the parishes south of the river were transferred to the Diocese of Portland - depended not only on established Roman Catholic practice in matters of changing national boundaries, but also upon the personalities involved, including the bishops of Portland and Saint John and the parishioners on both sides …