Maine Memory Network

Charles Vaughan letter to Kennebec Proprietors, 1808

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1808-04-10 Location: Hallowell Media: Ink on paper

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Map and petition, Sandy River, 1798

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1798 Location: New Vineyard; Farmington 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.

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.

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - People Who Called Scarborough Home - Page 3 of 4

"… an agent of Gorges and Mason until he assumed proprietorship of his 1500-acre Black Point Patent in 1633."

Maine Historical Society

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