Harpswell, lot #1, 1743, Map #63
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Description
This manuscript map (Map #63) was commissioned by the Pejepscot Proprietors and shows the boundary lines between properties around lot #1 in Harpswell, Maine. Scale [1:7920] 40 poles = 1 inch.
The surveyors of the time used different measuring devices to mark the scale of their surveys. A piece of wood, called a rod, perch or pole was most often used. These pieces of wood equal 198 inches. A 'perch' refers to the tree limb upon which a bird 'perches'. Chains were also used, and could measure distance through more varied terrain as it could bend and turn, unlike a rod, perch or pole.
Other Information
- Title: Harpswell, lot #1, 1743, Map #63
- Creator: James Scales
- Creation Date: 1743
- Subject Date: 1743
- Town: Harpswell
- County: Cumberland
- State: ME
- Media: Ink on paper, map
- Dimensions (cm): 39 x 32
- Local Code: Coll. 61, Map #63
- 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
Land settlement--Maine
Maine--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775--Maps, Manuscript
Landowners--Maine--Harpswell
Harpswell (Me.)--Maps
Real property--Maine--Harpswell
Pejepscot Proprietors--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800.
Land companies--Maine
Land grants--Maine--Maps
People
Isaac Royall Toothacre Bragden Hall Joseph Wadsworth Henry Gibbs Webber David Jeffries Nathan Cunningham
Other Keywords
Personal writing , Early contact & settlement , Nature, geography & animals
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