Maine Memory Network

David Joy land deed, Richmond Farm, 1751

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1751-05-08 Location: Richmond; Boston; Richmond; Boston Media: Ink on paper

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Plymouth Company Records, box 1/15, ca. 1755

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1755 Location: Richmond 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.

The Shape of Maine

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.

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - The Plymouth Company (Kennebec Proprietors) records, ca. 1625-1824

"… Purchase Company, Kennebec Proprietors, or The Proprietors of the Kennebeck Purchase from the late Colony of New Plymouth, organized in 1749, and…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Kennebec Proprietors Biographies

"… Colony of New-Plymouth" and their common name "Plymouth Company" was intentionally tied to the Plymouth Colony to justify their claim."