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Androscoggin County Atlas

Atlas and History of Androscoggin County, Maine. From actual surveys, drawn and published by Sanford, Everts & Co., 31 South Sixth Street, Philadelphia, 1873.

48 Objects

Aroostook County Atlas

Atlas of Aroostook County, Maine. Compiled and Drawn from Official Plans and Actual Surveys by F. B. Roe & N.Geo. Colby. Published by Roe & Colby, 27 South 6th Street, Philadelphia, PA, 1877.

49 Objects

Type: COLLECTION
Collection: Atlases 1871-1884

Piscataquis County Atlas

Atlas of Piscataquis County, Maine. Compiled, drawn and Published from Official Plans and Actual Surveys by George N. Colby & Co., Houlton and Dover, ME, 1882.

36 Objects

Type: COLLECTION
Collection: Atlases 1871-1884

Baxter Rare Maps

The noted antiquarian, James Phinney Baxter of Portland, Maine, commissioned copies of many historical maps located in Great Britain and Europe in the late 19th century. He later donated this collection of approximately ninety maps to the State of Maine. These copies now reside among the holdings of the Maine State Archives. The term septentrion (and its various forms) refers to the northern regions. This term comes from the Latin meaning the “seven plow oxen” referring to the seven principal stars of Ursa Major (the Big Dipper), of which Polaris (the North star) is one. From that root it was generalized and used in cartography to signify the northerly direction. Descriptions courtesy of Leventhal Map Library http://www.leventhalmap.org/, Library of Congress https://www.loc.gov/maps/, http://raremaps.com, the Osher Map Library http://www.oshermaps.org/, and others.

36 Objects

Executive Council

The collection includes the papers of the Executive Council, a constitutionally established body that served solely to advise the Governor from 1820 until 1976. All matters related to state government were submitted to the Council until its abolition. The records consist of reports, pardons, and orders.