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Description
Volume 2 of the Pejepscot Proprietors Papers contains manuscript material that documents company activity from 1767-1817, which represents the middle to late years of the company. These records include deeds, land divisions, bonds, advertisements, meeting minutes, notes, correspondence, and advertisements. Most of the volume relates to the settlement, division, or auction of lots of land in Topsham, Royalsborough, Lewiston, Lisbon, and Greene.
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 2, 1767-1818
- Creator: Proprietors of the Township of Brunswick
- Creation Date: 1767–1818
- Subject Date: 1767–1818
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Locations:
- Brunswick, Cumberland County, ME
- Durham, Androscoggin County, ME
- Topsham, Androscoggin County, ME
- Media: Ink on paper
- Dimensions: 33.7 cm x 21.9 cm
- Local Code: Coll. 61, vol. 2
- 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
- Kennebec River (Me.)
- Land companies
- Land grants--Maine
- Land settlement -- Maine
- Land speculation -- Maine
- Land subdivision -- Maine
- Little, Josiah, 1747-1830
- Maine -- History -- 1775-1865
- Maine -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775
- Noyes, Belcher.
- Proprietors of the Township of Brunswick
- Stock companies
- Surveying -- Maine
People
- Bagley, Joanathan
- Brimmer, Martin
- Cushing, John
- Davenport, Moses
- Dunning, David
- Freeman, Enoch
- Gorges, Ferdinando
- Humphreys, Daniel
- Kendall, Jacob
- Little, Josiah
- Merrill , John
- Moulton, Jeremiah
- Noyes, Belcher
- Noyes, Joseph
- Purchase, Thomas
- Royall, Isaac
- Sawyer, Moses
- Shaw, Zebeda
- Usher, John
- Wadsworth, Joseph
- Waterhouse, Samuel Skinner,
- Wentworth, Benning
- Wharton, Richard Fayrweather,
Other Keywords
- Androscoggin River
- Bowdoinham
- Cathance Mill
- Cathance Stream
- Great Falls
- Kennebec River
- Lewiston
- Lisbon
- Maquoit
- North Yarmouth
- Pejepscot Proprietors
- Pejepscot Purchase
- Pejepscott
- Royalsborough
- Sylvester Township
- Twenty Mile Falls
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