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Description

Manuscript map #11 of a Plan of land at Brunswick Narrows, 1741. Names on the map include Job Lewis, Charles Casida, James Scales and Wentworth. This map was commissioned by the Pejepscot Purchase Company.

After their land claims were recognized as legitimate by the Massachusetts legislature in 1716 through the Committee of Eastern Claims, the Pejepscot Proprietors were legally permitted to survey the purchase and layout individual lots and townships. The company made grants to new settlers and could operate in a nearly autonomous manner until a town government was established.

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About This Item

• Title: Plan of Land at Brunswick Narrows, 1741
• Creator: James Scales
• Creation Date: 1741
• Subject Date: 1741
• Location: Brunswick, Cumberland County, ME
• Media: Ink on paper
• Dimensions: 39 cm x 32 cm
• Local Code: Coll. 61, Map 11
• Collection: Pejepscot Proprietors papers
• Object Type: Text and Image

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Cross Reference Searches

Standardized Subject Headings

• Brunswick (Me.)--Maps--Early works to 1800
• Land companies--Maine
• Land grants--Maine--Maps
• Land settlement--Maine
• Maine--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775--Maps--Early works to 1800
• Maine--Maps--Early works to 1800
• Manuscript maps
• Pejepscot Company--Records and correspondence
• Real property--Maine--Brunswick

People

• Casida, Charles
• Lewis, Job
• Minot,
• Wentworth,

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Maine Historical Society
485 Congress Street, Portland, ME 04101
(207) 774-1822 x230
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