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Rising In The East: Order And Identity In The Mapping Of A Maine Town During The Federal Period, Kendrick Price Daggett
Rising In The East: Order And Identity In The Mapping Of A Maine Town During The Federal Period, Kendrick Price Daggett
Maine History
In 1794, the General Court in Boston passed a resolve requiring all towns in Massachusetts and the District of Maine to submit plans that would aid in the creation of an official state map. The legislature’s directive was part of the ongoing nationwide quest to establish order and identity in America following the Treaty of Paris and the break with Britain. Never a foregone conclusion, the evolving national identity was born through a process of invention and was the offspring of contention and debate among various segments of society. This article analyzes the map of Georgetown, Maine drawn by Mark …
Papermaking In Maine: Economic Trends From 1894 To 2000, Lloyd C. Ireland
Papermaking In Maine: Economic Trends From 1894 To 2000, Lloyd C. Ireland
Maine History
This essay reviews the major economic trends in Maine’s paper industry since the late nineteenth century. It sets the context at national and regional levels, offers a broad statistical picture of the industry’s production in Maine, and concludes with a focus on Maine’s “mill towns.” Paper production is a branch of a larger industry that converts primary fiber — logs, chips, wastepaper, rags, or market pulp — into paper.
From Isolationism To Interventionism In Maine, 1939-1941, Francis Rexford Cooley
From Isolationism To Interventionism In Maine, 1939-1941, Francis Rexford Cooley
Maine History
In 1939, with world war looming in Europe, Maine’s all Republican delegation in Congress remained predominantly isolationist, with Representative James C. Oliver the state ’s leading critic of pro-British internationalism. Over the course of a few months in 1941, the delegation made a remarkable turnabout, leaving Oliver to face the winds of political change. While the decisions made by the Maine delegates were shaped by unfolding events in Europe, they also reflected, as the author points out, the perception that preparedness would benefit Maine economically. Mr. Cooley is the Lecturer-in Academic-Studies at Paier College of Art in Hamden, Connecticut, and …
“Ice And Granite”: The New England Character, Joseph Conforti
“Ice And Granite”: The New England Character, Joseph Conforti
Maine History
This article is a shortened and slightly revised version of the Eleanor Pickering Sprague presents to the Maine Historical Society, the Maine Chapter of the National Society of Colonial Dames and the Portland Chapter of the Maine Genealogical Society on November 10, 1987.