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

"… October 27, 1661Maine Historical Society The Plymouth Company, also known as the Kennebeck Purchase Company, Kennebec Proprietors, or The…"

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

"… Colony of New-Plymouth" and their common name "Plymouth Company" was intentionally tied to the Plymouth Colony to justify their claim."

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Who were the Kennebec and Pejepscot Proprietors? - Page 5 of 7

"… given to many settlers on disputed land when the Plymouth Company began establishing their claim. Maine Historical Society Although the title may…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Who were the Kennebec and Pejepscot Proprietors? - Page 2 of 7

"… named Samuel Goodwin found a copy of the Plymouth Colony Patent in 1744. The major shareholders began attempting to make the company claim a…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Beyond Borders: an historical overview - Page 2 of 6

"… on an ancient grant of Land from the King to the Plymouth Colony to trap fur. Maine Historical Society But in Maine, as in much of Britain’s North…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Beyond Borders: an historical overview - Page 3 of 6

"In their squabbles with rival companies, they rejected what was by then a longstanding custom of rooting Anglo title in Native land rights, arguing…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Project Home

"… and most significant archival holdings: the Plymouth Company, also known as the Kennebec Proprietors (Coll."

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Beyond Borders: an historical overview - Page 1 of 6

"… most significant archival collections: the Plymouth Company Records, the Pejepscot Proprietors Papers, and the Thomas Barclay Collection (also…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 1 of 4

"3, First Range North of Plymouth Claim, West of Kennebec River (T3 R1 NPC WKR). As settlers moved to the area, it became known as Middletown and…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Project Background

"The Plymouth Company records—also known as the Kennebec Proprietors (Coll. 60), the Proprietors of the Township of Brunswick papers—referred to as…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - The Shaping of the Borderlands: Arcane Deeds and Failed Colonies - Page 2 of 5

"Lawrence. In addition to Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay proper, and New Hampshire, British observers also recognized a distinct “Province of Maine” that…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - II. Ripples of change: European exploration & settlement at Winter Harbor - Page 1 of 2

"… Library Over the next few years, the Plymouth Company became the Council of Plymouth. The Council granted large tracts of land to various…"

Early Maine Photography - War

"… of eighteen, James Davis left his family farm in Plymouth to join Company I of the Ninth Maine Regiment."

Surry by the Bay - Sawmills of Cunningham Ridge

"The mill came with a six-cylinder Plymouth engine and they used the mill to cut lumber to build a shed over it."

Historic Hallowell - A Post-Revolutionary Generation

"… of dabbling in almost every kind of business, say Plymouth Company matters, tontine buildings, canals, land speculations, navigation, agricultural…"

Skowhegan Community History - A Brief History of the Skowhegan Area

"… I of England awarded the Kennebec Patent to the Plymouth Colony of Massachusetts. This patent included 3 million acres of land and a 15-mile strip…"

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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