WEBCompare with the 1796 map to appreciate the advance of settlement and establishment of new post offices in the interim. Map cuts off northern Maine but shows no post
Maine History Timeline 1700s - Maine Memory Network
WEBMaine's first college, Bowdoin College, established in Brunswick; 1794–1796. Attempts to settle land claims with Passamaquoddy and Penobscot Indians are passed, but never ratified by U.S. Congress
Independence! - Castine Historical Society
WEBIn 1796, the residents of the southern part of the town of Penobscot petitioned the Massachusetts legislature, seeking to establish their own separate town. The legislature and Governor Samuel Adams agreed, and thus the town of “Castine” was born.
Castine | Penobscot Bay, Historic Town, Colonial History
WEBCastine, historic resort town, Hancock county, southern Maine, U.S., on a promontory in Penobscot Bay, across the water from Belfast (west). For 200 years the place held a key position in the struggle between England and France—and to a lesser extent the Netherlands—for control of the Acadian.
William Bingham’s Maine Lands 1790–1820 - Colonial Society of ...
WEBIn a letter dated Boston, 6 May 1796, in BP, Knox informed Bingham that he was being threatened by William Hill with a suit for nonpayment of one of the notes to Duer which Hill had come into possession of. . 67 and 72. In them Bingham announces his plans for his coming trip to Maine.
Map Collections at the Maine Cultural Building
WEBThe Maine State Library and Maine State Archives hold an extensive collections of contemporary and historic maps of Maine and its environs. A significant subset of the maps are part of the Myron H. Avery Collection. The collection also includes a substantial number of USGS topographic maps of Maine.
[Maps of Maine, from 1620 to 1795] | Library of Congress
WEBThis record covers single maps of Maine as a whole, which are not represented in the LC database by separate catalog records. This collection includes photocopies of printed or manuscript single maps as well as printed facsimiles.
A Historic, Seafaring Town in Downeast Acadia - Castine, Maine
WEBCastine has existed as a town since 1796 and is named after Baron Jean Vincent d’Abbadie de St. Castin, a French nobleman and adventurer who established a trading post in the 1670s. He married the daughter of Madockawando, the chief of the local tribe of Tarratine Natives, with whom he had at least two sons.
I. Osgood Carleton and the First Map of Maine
WEBOsgood Carleton (1741-1816) was the key figure in the early mapping of the Eastern District of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts: Maine. A land surveyor and teacher of the mathematical arts in Boston, he compiled existing manuscript maps and plans into maps of the district for books on U.S. geography [map 1] and Maine history [2], in 1793 and ...
A hidden gem: Get to know the community of Castine, Maine
WEBJan 15, 2019 · Castine, Maine, at a glance. Located in Hancock County and situated on the Penobscot Bay, Castine was founded in 1613 and incorporated in 1796. It is a community of 1,300 people spread out over 7.78 land miles.
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