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Description
Volume 1B of the Pejepscot Proprietors records is contained within Volume 1A, the pages are simply written upside down and on the back side of the main volume. Volume 1B is comprised of copies of deeds, meeting minutes, powers of attorney, and correspondence. This volume also deals with topics relating to the company’s dispute with the Kennebec Proprietors, which began around 1750.
This volume is part of a larger archival collection (Coll. 61), which is completely digitized. To search the entire collection visit our Beyond Borders search page.
To learn more about the history of the Pejepscot Proprietors or MHS's Beyond Borders project, please visit our project website.
About This Item
- Title: Pejepscot Company Records, Volume 1B, 1741-1814
- Creator: Proprietors of the Township of Brunswick
- Creation Date: 1741–1814
- Subject Date: 1741–1814
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Locations:
- Brunswick, Cumberland County, ME
- Topsham, Cumberland County, ME
- Georgetown, Sagadahoc County, ME
- Media: Ink on paper
- Dimensions: 30.5 cm x 20.3 cm
- Local Code: Coll. 61, vol. 1B
- Collection: Pejepscot Proprietors papers
- Object Type: Text
Cross Reference Searches
Standardized Subject Headings
- Androscoggin River (N.H. and Me.)
- Brunswick (Me.)
- Cathance River (Me.)
- Deeds -- Maine
- Freeman, Enoch.
- Georgetown (Me.)
- Gyles, Thomas, d. 1689.
- Heath, Joseph, -1789
- Kennebec River (Me.)
- Land companies
- Land grants--Maine
- Land settlement -- Maine
- Land speculation -- Maine
- Land subdivision -- Maine
- Larrabee, Benjamin, ca. 1700-1748.
- Little, Josiah, 1747-1830
- Maine -- History -- 1775-1865
- Maine -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775
- Noyes, Belcher.
- Purchase, Thomas, 1571?-1678.
- Stock companies
- Surveying -- Maine
- Westbrook, Thomas, -1744.
People
- Avery, John
- Gibbs, Henry
- Lewis, Job
- Macfarland, John
- Macfarland, John
- Noyes, Belcher
- Noyes, Belcher
- Otis, Joseph
- Skinner, William
- Thompson, Samuel
- Thompson, Samuel
- Wharton, Richard
Other Keywords
- Arrowsic Island
- Atkin's Bay
- Brick Island
- Bungamunganock River
- Cathance River
- Cheese Island
- Fort George
- Garden Island
- Hunniwell's Neck
- Kennebec River
- Maquiot
- Merepoint
- Merrymeeting Bay
- New Meadows Bay
- North Yarmouth
- Pasture Island
- Pejepscot Falls
- Pejepscot Proprietors
- Pejepscot Purchase
- Royalsborough
- Sagadahoc River
- Scituate
- Sebascodegan Island
- Small Point
- Stephen's Carrying Place
- Stephen's River
- Swan Island
- Winnegance Creek
- Winter Harbor
For more information about this item, contact:
Maine Historical Society485 Congress Street, Portland, ME 04101
(207) 774-1822 x230
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