Maine Memory Network

Manuscript map of Maine, 1761

Contributed by: Osher Map Library and Smith Center for Cartographic Education Date: 1761 Media: Ink on paper

Map of Topsham, ca. 1760

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1760 Location: Topsham Media: Ink on paper

Settling along the Androscoggin and Kennebec

The Proprietors of the Township of Brunswick was a land company formed in 1714 and it set out to settle lands along the Androscoggin and Kennebec Rivers in Maine.

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

"… of this collection pre‐ and post‐dates the period of the company’s operation (1749‐1816). The collection includes bound or once bound volumes of…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Fixing Borders on the Land: The Northeastern Boundary in Treaties and Local Reality, 1763-1842 - Page 3 of 5

"The geographic range of maps produced in this period, to the east in 1817 and to the west in 1820 arose from the opaque issues at stake as well as…"