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Item 11786

Contested Northeast boundary map, 1843

Contested Northeast boundary map, 1843

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1843 Media: Ink on paper, map

Item 12398

Early map of the Sheepscot River, 1816

Early map of the Sheepscot River, 1816

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1816-01-08 Location: Somerville; Whitefield; Windsor Media: Ink on paper, map

Item 12939

Henry May, James Larking lot, near the Sheepscot River, 1805

Henry May, James Larking lot, near the Sheepscot River, 1805

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1805-11-25 Media: Ink on paper

Exhibits

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Exhibit

Draper's claim northeast of Bath, 1795

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

Map of J. Robinson lot, Topsham, 1761

Settling along the Androscoggin and Kennebec

The Proprietors of the Township of Brunswick was a land company formed in 1714 and it set out to settle lands along the Androscoggin and Kennebec Rivers in Maine.

Exhibit

Map of Maine, 1905

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.