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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.08280 Author/Creator: Place Written: Maine Type: Manuscript document Date: circa 1795-1820 Pagination: 18 p. : Height: 15.5 cm, Width: 9.4 cm Order a Copy

Packet of notes which appear to be from a survey describing various plots of land, including the Washington Plantation, Knox Plantation and Penobscot Plantation. Also includes three diagrams, one of the "Boneport Plantation" on the 11th page, one of the "Plantation of Green" on the 15th and another smaller one in graphite on the 16th page.

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