 Map | | Map #53. Brunswick in late Province of Mayne in New England, Jan. 28, 1718. Maine Historical Society, Map
This is a very early map of the area around Brunswick, Maine, commissioned by the Pejepscot Company. Scale [1:7920] 40 perch = 1 inch. Native American sites are shown. The Pejepscot Company was formed at a time when the Massachusetts General Court was encouraging settlement and the laying out of townships in the "eastern country," which included the Province of Maine. It was the Pejepscot Company's intent to lay out "4 plats or towns" on their land. Brunswick, Topsham, Lewiston and Harpswell were laid out during the Proprietorship.
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