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Plan Of Lands Set Off To Settlers On The St. John, John Gardner

Maine Bicentennial

Undated, plan "of lands set off to settlers on the St. John River in Township letter L & M R 2nd W E L S by the C---- s------ of Maine & Massachusetts app---- to carry into effect the 4th article of the Treaty of Washington [1842]."

The Treaty of Washington, also known as the Webster-Ashburton Treaty, signed August 9, 1842, resolved border issues between the United States and British North American colonies in the region that became Canada. This treaty resolved the Aroostook War, disputing the location of the Maine-New Brunswick border. The creator of the map is not …

Untitled Washington County Lot Survey On Vellum, John Gardner

Maine Bicentennial

Undated, pencil, pen and ink map of a portion of the eastern border of Washington and Hancock Counties, Maine and include townships No. 5, No. 6, No. 42, No. 43, No. 36, No. 37, No. 30 and No. 31. Pencil notations indicate the location of dams and woods camps. Names included on camps include: J. Hayward and N. Bowker. Many of the landscape features are labeled.

Plan Of Townships. Nos. 21 & 27 E.D. East Half No. 43 M.D. No. 6 & N. Half No. 5 With The Two Mile Strips North, N.D. Situated In The County Of Washington, State Of Maine, Richard N. Hayden, John Gardner

Maine Bicentennial

Undated, printed map of townships in Washington County, Maine, made from surveys by R. N. Hayden and John Gardner. The map includes 92,160 acres, exclusive of Native American holdings. The map label reads: "Plan of Townships. Nos. 21 & 27 E.D. East half. No. 43 M.D. No. 6 & N. half No. 5 with two mile strips north, N.D. Situated in County of Washington, State of Maine." The map scale is 1:63,360, or one inch to a mile.

Undated Lot Survey Bordering South Line Of Plymouth Township, John Gardner

Maine Bicentennial

Undated, hand-drawn map in pen and ink on vellum. Map has no recorded title, date or scale. A red bordered adhesive stamp is labeled T.ship 3 in pencil. A faded pencil inscription at the bottom of the map is illegible. Lovely Brook is identified as laying south of the identified "South Line of the Plymouth Township," but a larger river bisecting the land block is unidentified. The creator of the map is not identified but the document is part of the collection belonging to John Gardner.

Blue Hill Academy Lot, Washington County, John Gardner

Maine Bicentennial

Pen and ink, hand-drawn map of Blue Hill Academy property containing 12,320 acres. Map includes a survey of tree species and landscape features along one of the property boundaries. The map is faded and includes lightly penciled notes and additions. A red-bordered contact adhesive sticker on the face of the map reads: "T.ship 1." Virso is marked "Tship 24." The map does not include a scale.

Key
b — Burnt land
h — Heath
S — Sedar [sic] swamp
g — hardwood stand
v — Rocky land
l — Ledgy land
m — Meadow land
p — Pine …

Proprietors Of Lots In Township No. 23 Middle Division, Rufus Putnam

Maine Bicentennial

Township N23. Middle Division, is six miles square bounded north on N29, south on N17, west on N22, east on N24 of the same division contains 23,040 acres, Scale 200 rods to an inch [1:396]. Attest Rufus Putnam (copy).

Township N31 Middle Division is lotted the same as N23 above, & is six miles square, bounded north on N37, south on N25, west on N30 of the same division, east on N25 & N26 of the east division, contains 23,040 acres.

Township N26 Middle Division is lotted the same as N23 above & is six miles square bounded north on …

Township Number 15, John Gardner

Maine Bicentennial

Pen and ink map of Township Number 15 on paper. The map is damaged and incomplete. The map includes Wabash and Scotts Streams. The plots are numbered and include notations regarding acreage. The map includes faint pencil notations. Bodies of water are outlined in blue ink.

A Plan Of The South Half Township No. 5 North Division ... County Of Washington, Benjamin Gardner

Maine Bicentennial

Hand-drawn pen and ink map on blue paper identified by the caption: "A plan of the South half No. 5 North division on a scale of 160 Rods to an inch [1:11,880], County of Washington." The rectangular map is six lots wide and three lots deep and includes depiction of numbered lots with the acreage noted. Bodies of water are shaded with blue pencil. The lower left corner of the map has been torn away.

A Plan Of The North Half Of Township No. 5, Washington County, John Gardner

Maine Bicentennial

Pen and ink map drawn on craft paper of "Township No. 5 north half." Map is badly damaged and incomplete. The document was originally drawn in pencil which was later traced over in pen and ink. Lots contain lot numbers and notations regarding acreage. The map is marked with grease spots and foot prints and long-hand calculations.

Township N. 25 East Division Is Bounded As Described On The Several Lines Thereof, Rufus Putnam

Maine Bicentennial

Township N. 25 East Division is bounded as described on the several lines thereof and lyes [sic] for 23040 acres. Scale 200 rods to an inch [1:396] (Copy) Attest. Rufus Putnam. Lots drawn in Township No 25 East division orig.

Ticket: N143 Lot: N27 Acres: 160 Proprietor: Jonathan Duright of Springfield
Ticket: N675 Lot: N30 Acres: 320 Proprietor: The Heirs of Sylvester Gardner of Boston.

Plan Of Township No. 6, East Division And Part Of Township No. 7, East Division In The County Of Washington, Rufus Putnam

Maine Bicentennial

Copy of a Plan of Township No. 6, East Division and Part of Township No. 7, East Division in the County of Washington containing 17,375 acres. The map includes a notation of the parish of St. Stephens, New Brunswick. Faint pencil notations can be seen on some lots. The map includes a compass point indicating magnetic north. The map does not include a scale for measurements.

Township C Range 2 [Washington County, Maine], Benjamin Gardner

Maine Bicentennial

Pen and ink, hand-drawn map Township C Range 2 [Washington County, Maine] on vellum. Boundaries are labeled: No. 8 Range 3 Line S. 18° W 6 miles 28 rods; B Range 2 Line S.72° E 6 miles 86 rods; Monticello Line N 18° W 6 miles 28 rods; D Line N 72° W 6 miles 86 rods.

Lots include lot numbers, pencil and ink notations identifying bodies of water and homesteads. Bodies of water are shaded in blue. Other features are color-coded and coded with line patterns but the map lacks an interpretive key.

No. 38 Middle Division #53, Washington County, Maine, Rufus Putnam

Maine Bicentennial

Township N.38 Middle Division, six miles square bounded North on unlocated lands of the North Division, South on N.32 and East on N.39 of the Middle Division; West on unlocated lands of the First Division. Contains 23,040 acres. Scale 200 rods to an inch (or 1:396). Attest Rufus Putnam

On the back of the map, there is a list of proprietor names, the number of lots, acres in each lot and "number of the tickets drawn against."

Map Of Northern Maine. Specially Adapted To The Uses Of Lumbermen And Sportsmen, Lucius Lee Hubbard

Maine Bicentennial

Map of Northern Maine. Specially Adapted to the uses of Lumbermen and Sportsmen. Compiled and Published by Lucius L. Hubbard, Cambridge, Mass. Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1899 by Lucius L. Hubbard in the Office of the Librarian of Congress. For sale by E.F. Dillingham's, Bangor, Me."

Black and white map of northern Maine including sections of northern Washington, Penobscot, and Piscataquis Counties as well as Aroostook County. Includes detailed renderings of water features including lakes, ponds, streams, and rivers. Map size: 82 x 79 cm. Scale: 1:300,000 Relief shown by hachures. Map shows winter roads, …

Plan Of Dam At Princeton, J. W. Edgerly Jr.

Maine Bicentennial

Pen and ink plan of the dam on the St. Croix River in Princeton township drawn on vellum signed by J. W. Edgerly. The plan includes a diagram of Mercier Mill, including the placement and size of the equipment including the shingle, lath machine, edger, rotary saw, and plane. The plan is drawn on a scale of 15 feet to an inch or 1:180. The only date on the plan is a measurement of the depth of water at the sluice gates near the fish way on April 13, 1894.

A True Copy Of A Plan Of Lottery Lands In Maine, Rufus Putnam, E. C. Pendy

Maine Bicentennial

Pen and ink, hand-drawn map of lottery lands located in Washington County, Maine with the following inscription: Township No. XXI [illegible] Division is bounded as described on the several lines thereof [illegible] for 23,040 acres. Scale 200 rods to an inch [1:396]. Rufus Putnam. The map also includes a listing of lots drawn, noted in red ink, and the names of property holders.

Plan Of The Southerly And Westerly Part Of The Town Of Edmunds, Richard N. Hayden

Maine Bicentennial

Plan of the south-westerly part of the town of Edmunds, particularly the land in dispute between Aaron and Benjamin Hobart. The Hobart dispute encompassed a total of 134 1/4 acres along the length of the 6th Range. The disputed lines are labeled J-E and G-F. The map scale is 1:15,840 or 80 rods per inch.

Plan Of Dyer Township Called No. 1, John Gardner

Maine Bicentennial

Hand-drawn pen and ink map of Dyer Township in Washington County, Maine. No scale is noted on the map.

Plan Of Township No. 27 Little River, John Gardner

Maine Bicentennial

A plan of Township No. 27 as laid out and run in Ranges in December 1844. Projected on a scale of one mile an inch [1:63,360]. Map is fragmentary and fragile. Bodies of water are tinted blue.

Princeton Indian Township And Putnam Rolfe Land, John Gardner

Maine Bicentennial

Pen and ink map on vellum of Lewy Lake and Lewy Island in Princeton Indian Township drawn by John Gardner and dated December 16, 1840. The map depicts Putnam Rolfe lands and the location of the proposed dam at the northeast end of Lewy Island.

A Plan Of Bangor, County Of Penobscot & State Of Maine, Charles D. Gilmore

Maine Bicentennial

Hand-drawn and tinted property map for the city of Bangor. Some lots include property owner names. Maine roads depicted in red. Map size: 55 x 65 cm. Map is stable but shows signs of foxing and yellowing.

Township No. 9 Range 4 W E L S, Noah Barker

Maine Bicentennial

Hand-drawn pen and ink map on vellum. The caption on the bottom of the map reads: Plan of Township No. 9 in the 4th Range of Townships West from the East line of the State as surveyed AD 1839 on a scale of 40 chains [4 rods] to an inch or 1:31,680 by Noah Barker, surveyor. Map is stable but yellowed and shows a degree of foxing.

Map Of The Seat Of War Showing The Disputed Territory And The Boundary Lines Claimed By Maine & Great Britain And That Proposed By The King Of The Netherlands, Wilbur Curtiss

Maine Bicentennial

Taken from the Tate State survey the Public Lands in the State of Maine. The territory contains ten thousand seven hundred & five square miles, being two thousand nine hundred & five square miles or One Million eight hundred & fifty thousand, two hundred acres more than the whole State of Massachusetts.

Map Of The Disputed Territory Reduced From The Original Of Messrs. Featherstonhaugh & Mudge, British Commissioners 1839, James D. Featherstonhaugh, Richard Z. Mudge

Maine Bicentennial

Map showing the disputed region of the Maine-Canadian boundary that lead to the Aroostook War, 1838-1839.

Map Of The Maine, G. W. Boynton

Maine Bicentennial

Map of Maine, 1838.

Plan Of The Hinkley Township & Gore, John Gardner, Benjamin Gardner

Maine Bicentennial

Pen and ink map of Hinkley Township & Gore in Washington County, Maine, and includes Grand Lake featuring Dyer Cove and Grand Lake Stream. Scale: 160 Rods to an Inch.

A New Map Of Maine By H.S. Tanner, Henry Schenck Tanner

Maine Bicentennial

Hand-colored map of Maine by H. S. Tanner from Tanner's Universal Atlas, p. 5. Caption includes "Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1833 by H. S. Tanner in the Clerks Office of the Eastern District Pennsylvania." Scale: 1:3,168,000. Map size: 36 x 28 cm. Scale of miles appears at the bottom of the page. Map includes an accounting of county populations in the years of 1820 and 1830. Map includes a key for roads.

Map Of The Inhabited Part Of The State Of Maine : Exhibiting The Progress Of Its Settlement Since The Year 1778, The Representative Districts Since The Year 1820, And The Population And Valuation Of Taxable Property In Each District At The Year 1820, Moses Greenleaf

Maine Bicentennial

Map of the inhabited part of the state of Maine : exhibiting the progress of its settlement since the year 1778, the Representative Districts since the year 1820, and the population and valuation of taxable property in each district at the year 1820 by Moses Greenleaf. Engraved by William Chapin, N.Y., for Greenleaf's survey of Maine 1828. Published by Shirley & Hyde, Portland, 1829. From Atlas accompanying Greenleaf's map and statistical survey of Maine "Plate VI." Also shows center of taxable property and population for 1778, 1790 and 1820 with geographical center of state, etc.

Hand-colored map of Maine following …

Map Exhibiting The Principal Original Grants & Sales Of Lands In The State Of Maine, Moses Greenleaf

Maine Bicentennial

Map exhibiting the principal original grants & sales of lands in the State of Maine by Moses Greenleaf. Engraved by W. Chapin, N.Y. for Greenleaf's survey of Maine. From Atlas accompanying Greenleaf's map and statistical survey of Maine. Plate V. Shows landowners and acreages.

Hand-colored map of Maine following statehood. Map Size: 78 x 58 cm Scale: 1:570,240. Map estimates, "the quantity of undivided land north of the Monument line" is 6,305,000 acres. Map is in fragile condition showing tears and separations along creases and folds.

The key to roman numeral references and explanations of properties deliniated on the map …

[Map Of] Maine, Fielding Lucas

Maine Bicentennial

Hand-tinted, 1824 map of Maine by Fielding Lucas of Baltimore. Map depicts nine Maine counties. Names of bodies of water in the region identified in 2018 as the Allagash Wilderness Waterway, are labeled with English interpretations of Algonquin place names. Map provides a scale of miles per inch and a compass rosette indicating north. No scale given. Map size: 30 x 25 cm