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The Lakes of Franklin and Oxford Counties, Maine From Actual Surveys Made During the Winter
- The Lakes of Franklin and Oxford Counties, Maine from actual surveys made during the winter of 1876. Blueprint, approximately 36 x 27 inches.
1876
BMC 52--Province of New Hampshire, 1730
- Map of the Province of New Hampshire with note "rec'd from Col. Dunbar with his letter to the Sec'y dated at Boston 2 May 1730." Notes "Charter Division Line between the Provinces 3 miles N[orth] of the Meremack River." David Dunbar (1728–1737) was a British military officer; as Surveyor of the King's Woods he made numerous enemies in his enforcement of regulations governing the cutting of trees that could be used as ship masts. He was the leader of an attempt to establish a colony named "Georgia" in what is now the central coast of Maine, and was in 1730 commissioned as lieutenant governor of the Province of New Hampshire in an attempt to strengthen his authority. He engaged in frequent disputes with New Hampshire's Governor Jonathan Belcher. He established Fort Frederick in Maine.
1730
BMC 67--Route from Fort Pownal to Quebec, 1764
- "A Draught of a Rout from Fort Pownall on Penobscot River by way of Piscataquess River, Lake Sabim, Wolf River, and the River Chaudiere, to Quebec, and back again to Fort Pownall, by Penobscot River. Taken by order of His Excellency Francis Bernard. Esq: Governor &c of His Majesty’s Province of the Massachusetts Bay in New England 1764." Map of route to Quebec from Fort Pownal on the Penobscot River, based on a survey undertaken by Joseph Chadwick during 1764.
1764
BMC 04--Spanish Dominions in North America, Middle Part; 1811
- Spanish dominions in North America, middle part. Drawn under the direction of Mr. Pinkerton by L. Hebert. Neele sculpt. 352 Strand. London: published by Cadell & Davies, Strand & Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, & Brown, Paternoster Row. Engraved map. Shows mines, farms, shoals, etc. Relief shown by hachures. Covers central and southern Mexico, Belize, Guatemala, El Salvador and part of Honduras. This map was published in Pinkerton’s Modern Atlas in September 1811.
1811