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Description

Manuscript map #69-2 of an area of North Yarmouth with houses. Commissioned by the Pejepscot Purchase Company.

The map number probably was added later by John McKeen, Clerk of the Company. Names mentioned on map include Coffin, Joshua Mitchell, Moses Merrill, Jon Griffin, and Benj. Rackley.

Most of the lands depicted in this map are located in what is now Freeport. The roads depicted in this map are what is now known as South Street, Route 136 (Durham Road) and Route 1 in Freeport.

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About This Item

• Title: North Yarmouth, ca. 1760
• Creator: Proprietors of the Township of Brunswick
• Creation Date: circa 1760
• Subject Date: circa 1760
• Location: North Yarmouth, Cumberland County, ME
• Media: Ink on paper
• Dimensions: 40 cm x 17 cm
• Local Code: Coll. 61, Map 69-2
• Collection: Pejepscot Proprietors papers
• Object Type: Text and Image

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Cross Reference Searches

Standardized Subject Headings

• 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
• North Yarmouth (Me.)--Maps, manuscript--Early works to 1800
• Pejepscot Company--Records and correspondence
• Real property--Maine--North Yarmouth
• Royal River (Me.)--Maps

People

• Coffin,
• Griffin, Jon
• Merrill, Moses
• Mitchell, Joshua
• Rackley, Benjamin

Other Keywords

• Orlando Bagly
• Thomas Pearson
• Valentine Bagly

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