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SUMMARY:Thomas Westbrook\, the Wabanakis and His World
DESCRIPTION:The Tate House Museum continues it’s Summer Lecture Series
  on August 17 at 6:30PM with a lecture titled “Thomas Westbrook\, the 
 Wabinakis\, and His World” with Dr. Zachary Bennett. Zachary Bennett i
 s an Assistant Professor of History at Norwich University in Vermont. He
  grew up on Mast Road a few feet from the Westbrook town line. He is cur
 rently completing his book project entitled Contested Currents which ref
 rames the history of colonial New England as a struggle to control river
 s and waterpower instead of land. Zach received his PhD from Rutgers Uni
 versity and his writing has appeared in academic journals such as The Ne
 w England Quarterly and Early American Studies.\n\nColonel Thomas Westbr
 ook (1675-1744) played what may have been the most important role in fou
 nding the City of Portland. The neighboring city of Westbrook is named f
 or him\, yet he has remained a mysterious figure since few records about
  his personal life have survived. Dr. Bennett will reconstruct the socia
 l and political world of colonial New England and focus on\nWestbrook’
 s rise from humble beginnings to the inner circle of Imperial politics a
 s the King’s Mast Agent in Maine. Westbrook’s world was defined by c
 onflict: he lived to see no less than five separate wars with Maine’s 
 Indigenous people\, the Wabanakis. The lecture will address Westbrook’
 s controversial role in the conquest of Wabanakis from central and south
 ern Maine\, his status as&nbsp\;New England’s leading soldier in Maine
 ’s most important Indian conflict known as Dummers War (1722–1725)\,
  and his business activities that transformed the region’s environment
  and dispossessed Indigenous people.\n\nTickets purchased in advance are
  $12 General Admission\, $10 Tate House Museum members\, at the door $15
  General Admission\, $12 THM members. Tickets can be purchased by going 
 to www.tatehouse.org Attendees are asked to bring their own lawn chairs 
 or blanket and note that a rain date of August 18th is possible.\n\nFMI:
  Holly Hurd\nhkhurd@tatehouse.org\n207-774-6177\n1267 Westbrook St\nPort
 land ME 04102
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 nakis-and-his-world/
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LOCATION:1267 Westbrook Street\, Portland\,  Maine  04102\,  US
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