Category: Nature & Geography, Maps
Item 11786
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
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1816-01-08 Location: Somerville; Whitefield; Windsor Media: Ink on paper, map
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
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.
Site Page
Maine's Road to Statehood - The Coasting Law of 1789
The Coasting Law of 1789 'Unity' and 'Margaretta,' Machias, 1755 Unless sailing to an adjacent state, the Coasting Law required that merchant…
Site Page
Maine's Road to Statehood - The American Revolution and Early Attempts at Separation - Page 1 of 2
The American Revolution and Early Attempts at Separation The burning of Falmouth in 1775 by the British was a final straw for many of those…
