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Surveyor Benjamin Davis created this plan of lots for the Proprietors of the Kennebec Purchase to review. Land owned by Robert Blake in the town of Mount Vernon was under controversy due to a discrepancy between Blake's understanding of his lot lines and a previous survey made by Prescott and Titcomb.
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About This Item
- Title: Mount Vernon land controversy, ca. 1806
- Creator: Benjamin Davis
- Creation Date: 1806-01-13
- Subject Date: 1806
- Location: Mount Vernon, Kennebec County, ME
- Media: Ink on paper
- Local Code: Coll. 60, Map 42
- Collection: Plymouth Company (1749-1816) records
- Object Type: Text and Image
Cross Reference Searches
Standardized Subject Headings
- Kennebec Patent--Maps
- Land grants--Maine
- Land owners--Maine--Mount Vernon
- Manuscript maps
- Mount Vernon (Me.)--Maps
- Plymouth Company (1749-1816--Maps
- Plymouth Company Patent--1749-1816--Maps
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