Maps and OS
Scope and Contents
Bound (or once bound) volumes or notebooks of records, cash books, letterbooks and grants; loose papers, 1640-1824 of correspondence, accounts, claims and other papers; petitions for grants 1751-1818; deeds, miscellaneous undated papers, bills and receipts 1752-1804; printed grants 1810-1816; votes and witnesses 1751-1792; printed material; indexes; maps and plans; fragments. The content of this collection pre and postdates the period of the company’s operation (1749-1816). It should be noted, references appear throughout the collection to volumes not held at the Maine Historical Society, and in some cases not known to be in existence, most notably, volumes one and two of the bound grant series, pre-1771 (see Coll. 60, vol. 11 thru vol. 14).
Dates
- Majority of material found within 1625 - 1824
Extent
From the Collection: 4.5 Linear Feet (14 Boxes, 17 vols., 4 envelopes, maps)
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Abstract
The maps of the Plymouth Company papers (Coll. 60) are stored in three locations. The smaller maps are in the collection boxes along with the textual materials of the collection. The oversized maps are stored separately in a map case drawer entitled Coll. 60 and assigned numbers related to location in the drawer. The large John North map is rolled and resides where other rolled maps are stored. Maps missing from the 1936 WPA work are noted at the end of this listing. See source file for more information.
All of these maps have been cataloged in the bibliographic database MINERVA which may be viewed online at /ursus2.ursus.maine.edu>. Digital images of most of these maps may be viewed on Maine Memory Network in the exhibit entitled Plymouth Company maps, or by keyword search. /www.mainememory.net>.
Repository Details
Part of the Maine Historical Society Repository