Map of Freeport, ca. 1740
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This is an early map of Freeport created when Maine was part of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
This is Map #70 of a large collection of maps commissioned by the Pejepscot Proprietors. The map number was probably assigned later by John McKeen, Clerk for the Pejepscot Proprietors.
"Upper Country Road to Brunswick Falls" depicted in this map, is now known as Route 1, in Freeport.
Other Information
- Title: Map of Freeport, ca. 1740
- Creator: Stockbridge, John
- Creation Date: circa 1740
- Subject Date: circa 1740
- Town: Freeport
- County: Cumberland
- State: ME
- Media: pen and ink on paper
- Dimensions (cm): 52 x 40
- Local Code: Coll. 61 #70
- Collection: Proprietors of the Township of Brunswick papers
- Object Type: Text and Image
For more information about this item, contact:
Maine Historical Society
489 Congress Street, Portland, ME 04101
(207) 774-1822
http://www.mainehistory.org
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LC Subject Headings
Pejepscot Proprietors--Maps, manuscript--Early works to 1800
Freeport (Me.)--Maps, manuscript--Early works to 1800
Flying Point (Me.)
Landowners--Freeport (Me.)--Maps, manuscript--Early works to 1800
Land grants--Maine--Maps, manuscript
Land companies--Maine--Maps, manuscript
Maine--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775--Maps, manuscript
Real property--Freeport(Me.)--Maps, manuscript--Early works to 1800
People
Stockbridge, John
Bangs, Edward
Other Keywords
Early contact & settlement
Freeport
Harraseeket Bay
Maine
Maps
Maps, Early
Massachusetts
Nature, geography & animals
Pejepscot Proprietors
Personal writing
to 1800
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