Maine Memory Network

Map of the Waldo Patent, 1786

Contributed by: The General Henry Knox Museum Date: 1786 Media: Ink on paper

Plan of Samuel Goodwin's land, Dresden, ca. 1760

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1760 Location: Woolwich; Dresden; Woolwich; Dresden Media: Ink, wash on paper, map

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.

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Henry Knox: Land Dealings

… was lured to Thomaston by the land in the Waldo Patent, a 576,000 acre tract of land in midcoast Maine that had been granted to Brigadier General…

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Historical Overview - Page 1 of 4

When the bounds of the patent were surveyed, it was discovered that Foxwell and Watts had instead settled within what was then called Black Point.