Maine Memory Network

A plan of a survey of sundry settlers' lots in Sheepscut Great Pond Settlement, 1802

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1802 Location: Palermo Media: ink on paper

Manuscript map of Lake Ontario, ca. 1820

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1815 Media: Ink on paper

Colonial Cartography: The Plymouth Company Maps

The Plymouth Company (1749-1816) managed one of the very early land grants in Maine along the Kennebec River. The maps from the Plymouth Company's collection of records constitute some of the earliest cartographic works of colonial America.

Horace W. Shaylor: Portland Penman

Horace W. Shaylor, a native of Ohio, settled in Portland and turned his focus to handwriting, developing several unique books of handwriting instruction. He also was a talented artist.

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Women in Colonial Economies - Page 2 of 4

"… of wealth and, potentially, income.(3) Copy, deed from Peter and Martha Soullard to Proprietors, page 3 of 3, with copy of deed from Samuel…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Wabanaki Agency in the Proprietor Records - Page 1 of 5

"Copy, deed from Blaney to Purchase, page 5 of 5, with copies of six Indian deeds to Wharton, page 1 of 4."