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Description
Manuscript map 30 from the Plymouth Company's records showing a part of what was then known as Pownalborough with the division of lots and sizes. Present-day towns are Dresden and Augusta.
A drawing of Job Averal's house, the Kennebec, Eastern, Cobbeseecontee and Sheepscot Rivers, Fort Western, Fort Shirley and Swan Island are shown. Land in Pittston, Alna and Randolph are also shown.
A compass rose adorns the lower left side.
About This Item
- Title: Part of the Pownalborough plan, Augusta and Dresden, ca. 1760
- Creator: Plymouth Company (1749-1816)
- Creation Date: circa 1760
- Subject Date: circa 1760
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Locations:
- Augusta, Kennebec County, ME
- Dresden, Kennebec County, ME
- Pittston, Kennebec County, ME
- Randolph, Kennebec County, ME
- Alna, Kennebec County, ME
- Media: Ink on paper
- Dimensions: 42 cm x 33 cm
- Local Code: Coll. 60, Map 30
- Collection: Plymouth Company (1749-1816) records
- Object Type: Text and Image
Cross Reference Searches
Standardized Subject Headings
- Alna (Me.)--Maps--Early works to 1800
- Augusta (Me.)--Maps--Early works to 1800
- Cobbeseecontee River (Me.)--Maps--Early works to 1800
- Dresden (Me.)--Maps--Early works to 1800
- Eastern River (Me.)--Maps--Early works to 1800
- Fort Shirley (Me.)--Maps--Early works to 1800
- Fort Western (Me.)--Maps--Early works to 1800
- Fortification--Maine
- Forts & fortifications--Maine
- Kennebec River (Me.)--Maps--Early works to 1800
- Land grants--Maine--Maps--Early works to 1800
- Land tenure--Maine
- Landowners--Maine
- Manuscript maps
- Pittston (Me.)--Maps--Early works to 1800
- Plymouth Company, (1749-1816)--Records and correspondence--Maps--Early works to 1800
- Randolph (Me.)--Maps--Early works to 1800
- Sheepscot River (Me.)--Maps--Early works to 1800
- Swan Island (Me.)--Maps--Early works to 1800
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