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Description
Manuscript map 49 copied from the Jonas Jones' plan of 1759 showing the lots on the Sheepscot River in Alna, drawn by Samuel Goodwin for the Plymouth Company. Landowners' names are written alongside the lots and include Samuel Goodwin (1716-1802), John Hancock (1737-1793), James Pitts, William Bowdoin, Stephen Hazzelton, Joseph Hutchings (Hutchins) (fl. 1800-1805), William Clarke, Moses Gray, William Backer, Silvester Gardiner (1708-1786), Benjamin Hallowell (1761-1834), William Vassell, James Howard, Nehemiah Turner (b. 1711), Solomon Hersey, Job Averal (Averill), Benjamin Averal (Averill), Joseph Prince, Nehemiah Bladger and Assa Smith.
About This Item
- Title: Plan of lots on the Sheepscot River, Alna, 1798
- Creator: Samuel Goodwin
- Creation Date: 1798
- Subject Date: 1759
- Location: Alna, Lincoln County, ME
- Media: Ink on paper
- Dimensions: 49 cm x 61 cm
- Local Code: Coll. 60, Map 49
- Collection: Plymouth Company (1749-1816) records
- Object Type: Text and Image
Cross Reference Searches
Standardized Subject Headings
- Goodwin, Samuel, 1716-1802
- Hallowell-Carew, Benjamin, 1761-1834
- Kennebec Patent -- Maps -- Early works to 1800.
- Kennebec Purchase Company -- Maps-- Early works to 1800
- Land grants -- Maine
- Landowners -- Maine
- Maine -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 -- Maps -- Early works to 1800
- Manuscript maps
- Plymouth Company -- 1749-1816 -- Maps -- Early works to 1800
- Plymouth Company Patent -- 1749-1816 -- Maps -- Early works to 1800
- Sheepscot River (Me.)--Maps--Early works to 1800
People
- Averill, Benjamin
- Averill, Job
- Backer, William
- Bladger, Nehemiah
- Bowdoin, William
- Clarke, William
- Gardiner, Silvester
- Goodwin, Samuel
- Gray, Moses
- Hallowell, Benjamin
- Hancock, John
- Hazzelton, Stephen
- Hersey, Solomon
- Howard, James
- Hutchins, Joseph
- Jones, Jonas
- Jones, Jonas
- Pitts, James
- Prince, Joseph
- Smith, Assa
- Turner, Nehemiah
- Vassell, William
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