Maine Memory Network

Kennebec River above Fort Western, ca. 1800

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1800 Media: Ink on paper

Tract granted to Samuel Goodwin, ca. 1757

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1757 Location: Dresden Media: Ink on paper

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.

The Shape of Maine

The boundaries of Maine are the product of international conflict, economic competition, political fights, and contested development. The boundaries are expressions of human values; people determined the shape of Maine.

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

"… post‐dates the period of the company’s operation (1749‐1816). The collection includes bound or once bound volumes of records, cash books…"