Researching the history of New England and more specifically Maine, has become so much easier in the digital age.
Google Books Internet Archive Newspapers
1801 Title Page
Favorite Links
Individual Document Links
1620 - Charter of New England; November 3
1622 - A Grant of the Province of Maine to Sir Ferdinando Gorges and John Mason, esq., August 10
1635 - The Act of Surrender of the Great Charter of New England to His Majesty; June 7
1639 - Grant of the Province of Maine; April 3
1643 - The Articles of Confederation of the United Colonies of New England; May 19
1664 - Grant of the Province of Maine; March 12
1674 - Grant of the Province of Maine; June 29
A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England, Showing Three Generations of Those Who Came Before May, 1692, on the Basis of Farmer's Register, by James Savage (HTML at usgennet.org)
Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast, by Samuel Adams Drake (page images at MOA)
Memoirs of Andrew Sherburne: A Pensioner
of the Navy of the Revolution, Written by Himself - Page 250 |
The History of the State of Maine: From Its
First Discovery, A. D. 1602, to the Separation, A. D.... - Page 353 |
Boston Public Library has wonderful online resources if you have a library card http://www.bpl.org/electronic/index.htm
http://www.hti.umich.edu/m/moa/
http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/avalon.htmhttp://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/subjects.html