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Description

Manuscript map #13 of "9 lots on Merrymeeting Bay," in the area of Brunswick and the Kennebec River. Commissioned by the Pejepscot Purchase Company. The majority of the lots listed on this map were owned by Col. Thomas Westbrook, who was one of the Pejepscot Proprietors as well as a mast agent for the King. Wabanaki leader Polin led a 17 year-long dispute over the great dam that Thomas Westbrook was building on the Presumpscot River outside of Falmouth, which blocked the vital fish runs on the and compromised planting grounds.



Place names include Stevens River (now New Meadows River).

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About This Item

• Title: Map of Brunswick, lots on Merrymeeting Bay, ca. 1750
• Creator: Proprietors of the Township of Brunswick
• Creation Date: circa 1750
• Subject Date: circa 1750
• Location: Brunswick, Cumberland County, ME
• Media: Ink on paper
• Dimensions: 16 cm x 20 cm
• Local Code: Coll. 61, Map 13
• Collection: Pejepscot Proprietors papers
• Object Type: Text and Image

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Standardized Subject Headings

• Brunswick (Me.)--Maps--Early works to 1800
• Land companies--Maine
• Land grants--Maine--Maps
• Land settlement--Maine
• Maine--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775--Maps--Early works to 1800
• Maine--Maps--Early works to 1800
• Manuscript maps
• Pejepscot Company--Records and correspondence
• Real property--Maine--Brunswick

People

• Freeman, Enoch
• Hinckley, Aaron
• Hinckley, Seth
• Westbrook, Thomas

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Maine Historical Society
485 Congress Street, Portland, ME 04101
(207) 774-1822 x230
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