Keywords: Plymouth Company, 1749-1816
Item 12852
Kennebec River above Fort Western, ca. 1800
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1800 Media: Ink on paper
Item 12380
Tract granted to Samuel Goodwin, ca. 1757
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1757 Location: Dresden Media: Ink on paper
Exhibit
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.
Exhibit
The boundaries of Maine are the product of international conflict, economic competition, political fights, and contested development. The boundaries are expressions of human values; people determined the shape of Maine.
Site Page
"… post‐dates the period of the company’s operation (1749‐1816). The collection includes bound or once bound volumes of records, cash books…"