Brooks, John (1752-1825) [Proclamation relating to separation of Maine from Massachusetts]
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03794 Author/Creator: Brooks, John (1752-1825) Place Written: Boston, Massachusetts Type: Manuscript document Date: 24 August 1819 Pagination: 2 documents Order a Copy
2 documents from Maine.
Brooks was Governor of Massachusetts 1816-1823. Maine held it's Constitutional Convention in October 1819. William King presided over the convention, and would become the state's first governor. Maine became state on 15 March 1820 after the passage of the Missouri Compromise on 3 March 1820, which allowed Maine to join the Union as a free state with Missouri as a slave state to preserve the North-South balance.
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