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Description
Manuscript map #33 of lots in Topsham, ca. 1760. Map commissioned by the Pejepscot Purchase Company. After their initial purchase of Wharton’s Patent, the Pejepscot Proprietors hired Joseph Heath to survey the lower Kennebec River. Upon completion in 1719, the proprietors claimed land on both sides of the river as far up as the conjunction of Cobboseconte Stream above Swan Island.
About This Item
- Title: Map of Topsham, ca. 1760
- Creator: Proprietors of the Township of Brunswick
- Creation Date: circa 1760
- Subject Date: circa 1760
- Location: Topsham, Sagadahoc County, ME
- Media: Ink on paper
- Dimensions: 19 cm x 13 cm
- Local Code: Coll. 61, Map 33
- Collection: Pejepscot Proprietors papers
- Object Type: Text and Image
Cross Reference Searches
Standardized Subject Headings
- Cathance River (Me.)--Maps, manuscript--Early works to 1800
- Land companies
- Land grants--Maine--Maps
- Land settlement--Maine
- Maine--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775--Maps, manuscript--Early works to 1800
- Maine--Maps, manuscript--Early works to 1800
- Pejepscot Company--Records and correspondence
- Real property--Maine--Topsham
- Topsham (Me.)--Maps, manuscript--Early works to 1800
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Other Keywords
- Early contact & settlement
- Early works to 1800.
- Landowners
- Nature, geography & animals
- Pejepscot Proprietors
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