| Date | [ca. 1773] |
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| Language | English |
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| Location | Osher Map Library |
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| Collection (local) | Osher Map Library Collection |
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| Places | - Maine
- North and Central America
- United States
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| Extent | 1 manuscript map : 71 x 47 cm |
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| Notes | - Manuscript map drawn in pen and ink with wash color, depicts what would become the southern part of the state of Maine.
- Includes early townships, and shows the course of the Kennebec River and Androscoggin River to their terminus, with the Saco River shown to the west. Also included are a number of place names such as "Phillipstown" which became Sanford, Narrangansett which incorporated into Buxton in 1772, New Marblehead became Windham.
- Included are land grants awarded primarily to officers of the Massachusetts militia who fought in the 1690 battle of Quebec. Also included are "Pejepscot Claims" referencing lands claimed by the Pejepscot Purchase Company which would be disputed until 1814.
- Map's provenance may have come from the family of Captain James N. Sever. He was the first captain of the heavy frigate U.S.S. Congress, sister ship of the U.S.S. Constitution. He christened the Constitution during her launching on October 21, 1797 after the American Revolutionary War.
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