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Plymouth Company Records, box 8/4, 1814–1815

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1814–1815 Location: Kennebec; Augusta; Dresden; China Media: Ink on Paper
This record contains 98 images.

Plymouth Company Records, box 9/7, ca. 1751

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1751 Location: Damariscotta; Georgetown; Kennebec; Woolwich; Bar Harbor; Wiscasset; Richmond Media: Ink on Paper
This record contains 54 images.

Colonial Cartography: The Plymouth Company Maps

The Plymouth Company (1749-1816) managed one of the very early land grants in Maine along the Kennebec River. The maps from the Plymouth Company's collection of records constitute some of the earliest cartographic works of colonial America.

Wired! How Electricity Came to Maine

As early as 1633, entrepreneurs along the Piscataqua River in southern Maine utilized the force of the river to power a sawmill, recognizing the potential of the area's natural power sources, but it was not until the 1890s that technology made widespread electricity a reality -- and even then, consumers had to be urged to use it.

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - The Plymouth Company (Kennebec Proprietors) records, ca. 1625-1824

"… Company, also known as the Kennebeck Purchase Company, Kennebec Proprietors, or The Proprietors of the Kennebeck Purchase from the late Colony of…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Kennebec Proprietors Biographies

"Kennebec Proprietors Biographies The Kennebec Proprietors came into being in 1749, when an association of Boston Merchants jumped into the land…"