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Description
This 1740 map of the Prouts Neck area of Scarborough shows the "patent claimed by Mr. Prout." Illustrations of houses are included, with house and landowners' names. The Meeting House at Black Point is drawn in, and is a decorative ship.
This area was then known as Black Point.
The map covers what is now Winnock's Neck to the Spurwink River.
About This Item
- Title: Lower part of Scarborough, ca. 1740
- Creator: John Godsoe
- Creation Date: circa 1740
- Subject Date: circa 1740
- Location: Scarborough, Cumberland County, ME
- Media: Ink and wash on paper
- Dimensions: 68 cm x 78 cm
- Local Code: Map F 516
- Object Type: Text and Image
Cross Reference Searches
Standardized Subject Headings
- Dwellings--Maine--Scarborough
- Maine--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775--Maps
- Scarborough (Me.)--Maps--Early works to 1800
- Manuscript maps
- Landowners--Maine--Scarborough--Maps--Early works to 1800
- Churches--Maine--Scarborough
- Houses--Maine--Scarborough
- Cardinal points
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