Timelines: Mainers Form a State (Not a Commonwealth)

Authors

Brian Kevin

Source

Down East

Date

10-2020

Pages

42

Abstract

A brief essay revisiting the Maine Constitutional Convention of 1819 and the crucial debate of whether Maine - poised to break free from Massachusetts and petition for entry into the Union on its own - would do so as a commonwealth or a state.

Recommended Citation

Kevin, Brian, "Timelines: Mainers Form a State (Not a Commonwealth)" (2020). Maine News Index - Down East Magazine. 5485.
https://digitalcommons.portlandlibrary.com/news_downeast/5485