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Undated Property Map, Washington County, Benjamin E. Gardner, John Gardner

Maine Bicentennial

Undated property map, with no scale, drawn in black ink on yellow vellum. A white sticker with a red border is labeled, “Tshp 13.” Labeled bodies of water include Tomah Stream and Beaver Brook.

A handwritten map key includes the following information:

p—pine
d—hardwood
g—good land
h—heath
m—meadow
l—low land
S—sedan
b—burnt land
A—camp
x—local attraction
r—rocky

From Gardner Family Papers, 1830-1939. John Gardner (1801-1888), was the principal surveyor in Calais, Maine. His son, Benjamin E. Gardner (1869-1939), a civil engineer and land surveyor took over for his father and worked most frequently with local attorneys doing land title research.

Undated Map On Vellum [Washington County], Rufus Putnam

Maine Bicentennial

Undated property map with no identified scale, drawn in black ink on yellow vellum. Map includes designated lots for schools and churches. The map is not clearly identified but does include the notation, “No. 41” which may reference Township No. 41, which is located in Hancock County. The map also includes a body of water labeled, “Sabal Lake.”

From Gardner Family Papers, 1830-1939. John Gardner (1801-1888), was the principal surveyor in Calais, Maine. His son, Benjamin E. Gardner (1869-1939), a civil engineer and land surveyor took over for his father and worked most frequently with local attorneys doing land title …

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.

Bangor 1820 Map, Williams, Chase & Co.

Maine Bicentennial

1820 map of the City of Bangor from the 1882 publication, History of Penobscot County, Maine; with illustrations and biographical sketches. Map included number key identifying the location of businesses and residences.

Map Range First. Amherst Academy Grant. Lenox Academy Grant., John Gardner, Silas Holman, Daniel Rose

Maine Bicentennial

Property map drawn in black ink and hand-colored to outline bodies of water. The handwritten inscription reads: “The plan from which the above was copied is in State Land Office at Bangor and on it are the following explanations: A plan from ranges of townships north of the Bingham Lottery Lands and between Penobscot river and Schoodic river and lakes and several townships and parts of townships in the seventh, eighth and ninth ranges of townships in the old Indian Purchase, made by order of the Commissioners under the Act of Separation:—and is compiled from former surveys made under the …

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 A Village Adapted To The Requirements Of The Industrial College Of The State Of Maine, Frederick Law Olmsted, Calvert Vaux

Maine Bicentennial

Plan of a village adapted to the requirements of the industrial college of the state of Maine; accommodated to existing houses and rights of way, and with an adjustment of the present High Road passing through the Property of the College on Stillwater River. Olmsted, Vaux & Co., landscape architects, May 1st, 1867. The map includes three scales and profiles of the landscape. A compass indicates the orientation to north. Map scale: 1:1,200. Map size: 83 x 119 cm

Frederick L. Olmsted (1822-1903) is considered to the father of American landscape architecture and protégé of British-American architect, Calvert Vaux (1824-1895). …

Arnold And Tilla English Opera Troupe Playbill, W. H. Tilla, William Horton, Blance Ellerman, Walter Birch, D. Oakley, Tom Bartleman, James A. Arnold, Clara Fisher, Frank Howson

Maine Bicentennial

Seeking to cultivate popular support for opera in the Victorian Era, American-style opera evolved with traveling troupes performing in English, particularly during the post-Civil War period.

This playbill, ca. 1860s, is for the performance of the Arnold and Tilla's English Opera Troupe at Norumbega Hall in Bangor. The company was formed by the principle artists of the Kellogg Opera Company and the Richings Opera Company for a three-week tour of Maine. They performed the Daniel Auber opera, Fra Diavolo and Michael William Balfe's Bohemian Girl on two different nights. Fra Diavolo was one of the Kellogg Company's standard operas while …

Speech Of Hon. I Washburn, Jr. Of Maine, On The Bill To Organize Territorial Governments In Nebraska And Kansas, And Against The Abrogation Of The Missouri Compromise, Israel Washburn Jr.

Maine Bicentennial

In the last half of the nineteenth century we find a proposition in the Congress of the Republic to extend the area of slavery. This is the object and purpose of certain provisions in the bill for the organization of the Territories of Nebraska and Kansas. These provisions remove the restrictions impored by the Missouri compromise. The Badger amendment, and the opinions which it has elicited, I pass by as of no practical importance or interest. It is enough to secure any opposition that the bill, with or without that amendment, exposes all our unorganized territory to the occupation of …

Address Delivered Before The Oxford County Agricultural Society, John Milton Adams, Oxford County Agricultural Society

Maine Bicentennial

An address to the members of the Oxford County Agricultural Society discussing the role of the American farmer in "relation to the wealth, power, and progress of the nation." Adams discusses mid-19th Century, rural attitudes toward the politics, education, business, economy, and social standing of farmers and agriculture in America.

Monson Lot Near Lewies Lake, Benjamin Gardner

Maine Bicentennial

Pen and ink rendering of Monson lots and details drawings of properties near the County Road bridge spanning the outlet of Lewy Lake and the intersection of 20th Century roads, U.S. Highway 1 and Rolfe Street. Lots are labeled P. Rolfe Land, P. Carl Lot, and Tavern Lot.

Map Of The Bangor, Orono & Oldtown Rail-Road, A. C. Morton, Asa P. Robinson

Maine Bicentennial

Map of the Bangor, Orono & Oldtown Rail-Road. Surveyed under the direction of A. C. Morton. by A. P. Robinson, Civil Engineer. 1850. Scale 1600 feet to 1 inch. A. P. Robinson, Del. J. H. Bufford & Co.'s Lith., Boston.

Map is orients north toward the upper right corner. Map size: 38 x 110 cm. 1:19,200 Scale. Relief shown by hachures. Profile of interior line at Thompson's Point, upper line at Orono, and river line from Bangor to Orono and Milford that includes the high water mark at Bangor is depicted along the bottom margin of the map. Map includes …

Plan Of Part Of Original Setlers [Sic] Lot No. 66, Holland's Survey, B. S. Dean

Maine Bicentennial

Map depicting part of original setlers [sic] lot no. 66 Holland's survey lying west of Kenduskeag Avenue and east of Kenduskeag Stream as surveyed for S. & T. Nowell, Esq.'s by B. S. Dean, surveyor. Scale: 1:600. Map size: 66 x 48 cm. Map is faded, making portions illegible under full-spectrum, ambient light. Map includes a compass arrow indicating north. Map is yellowed and shows foxing.

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.

Speech Of Mr. Severance, Of Maine, On The Right Of Petition, Luther Severeance

Maine Bicentennial

Luther Severance (1797-1855) was a printer, politician, and diplomat. He established the Kennebec Journal in Augusta, Maine in 1825 and served in both the Maine House of Representatives and State Senate. A prominent member of the Whig party, he was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives serving during the 28th and 29th sessions of Congress (March 4, 1843–March 3, 1847).

Rep. Luther Severance response to efforts Rep. Edward Black of Georgia and Rep. George C. Dromgoole of Virginia to amend the rules of the U.S. House of Representatives to prohibit discussion on the floor of any proposal of measures …

The Missouri Compromise: Or, The Extension Of The Slave Power, James Appleton

Maine Bicentennial

Slavery exerted no slight influence over the public mind at the period when the Federal Constitution was framed; but it has continually increased in power, and become more and more malignant, from that time until the present. In proof of this, I might advert to many of the leading measures of the National Government, and to much of the history of our country, since the adoption of the Constitution; but I choose to illustrate this position, by referring to the prevailing opinion of those who framed the Constitution, and to a single subsequent act of the Government, viz., “The Missouri …

Ayer & Crockett Dry Goods Advertising Broadside, Edwin A. Ayer, James P. Crockett

Maine Bicentennial

Large-format broadside advertisement promoting Ayer & Crockett's Dry Goods located at 32 and 34 Main Street, Bangor, Maine, ca. 1840.

Town Of Bangor In The County Of Penobscot And State Of Maine, Rufus Gilmore

Maine Bicentennial

Hand-tinted, pen and ink map of Bangor dated March 26, 1842 depicting holdings of Benjamin Bussey, a successful and wealthy Massachusetts businessman who owned large plots of land in Bangor, Dixmont, Newburg, Frankfurt, and Augusta, Maine in the late 18th and early 19 centuries. Bussey died on his Roxbury, Massachusetts estate January 13, 1842. Rufus Gilmore was the eldest son of David Gilmore, an early settler of Newburg, Maine and Land Agent for Benjamin Bussey. Map scale: 1:19,800. Map size: 53 x 72 cm.

Map includes the following inscription: "This plan represents the town of Bangor in the County of …

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.

Two Messages From The President Of The United States Communicating Additional Correspondence In Relation To The Adjustment Of The Northeastern Boundary, And The Occupation Of The Disputed Territory, Martin Van Buren, Henry S. Fox, John Forsyth, Alpheus Lyon, Philip C. Johnson, Thomas Bartlett, Samuel Cony, Mark Little, Gustavus G. Cushman, John Fairfield, Benjamin Wiggin

Maine Bicentennial

Correspondence authored by President Van Buren, American Secretary of State, John Forsyth, Maine Governor, John Fairfield, British Envoy Henry S. Fox, and others regarding the occupation and movement of British soldiers in the disputed territory along the northeastern boundary of the State of Maine between Maine and modern-day New Brunswick, Canada. The border issue was resolved on August 9, 1842 with the Webster-Ashburton Treaty.

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.

Maine And New Brunswick : Message From The President Of The United States, Upon The Subject Of The Present State Of Affairs Between The State Of Maine And The British Province Of New Brunswick, Martin Van Buren

Maine Bicentennial

A message from President Van Buren to the 25th Congress regarding the bloodless Aroostook War that took place in disputed lands along the Maine-New Brunswick border between 1838-1939.

It will appear from these documents, that a numerous hand of lawless and desperate men, chiefly from the adjoining British provinces, but without the authority or sanction of the Provincial Government, had trespassed upon that portion of the territory in dispute between the United States and Great Britain which is watered by the river Aroostook, and claimed to belong to the State of Maine ; and that they had committed extensive depredations …

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.

An Address Delivered Before The Penobscot Association Of Teachers And Friends Of Popular Education, At Bangor, Dec. 26, 1838, Joseph Cammet Lovejoy

Maine Bicentennial

A pamphlet providing a view on public education in post-Colonial America as: "the science of rearing men, fitted to be useful members of society on earth, and for everlasting felicity in heaven."

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.

The Maine Civil Officer, Or, The Powers And Duties Of Sheriffs, Coroners, Constables, And Collectors Of Taxes; With An Appendix, Containing The Necessary Forms And An Abridgment Of The Law Relative To The Duties Of Civil Officers, Jeremiah Perley

Maine Bicentennial

The office of Sheriff is of the highest nature, from the importance of the trusts confided to it and the great power with which it is invested. The officer himself is supposed to possess a respectable character, corresponding to the importance of his trust and powers. All judicial processes, whether civil or criminal, must be served by him, both at their commencement and final execution; and he is the principal keeper of the peace within the county. An accurate knowledge of the laws conferring and defining these extensive powers and duties, as well as the mode prescribed for their exercise, …