[Survey and exploration journal of one million acres in Maine]

Albee, William, fl. 1792 [Survey and exploration journal of one million acres in Maine]

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GLC#
GLC02437.05654-View header record
Type
Documents
Date
15 October - 9 December 1792
Author/Creator
Albee, William, fl. 1792
Title
[Survey and exploration journal of one million acres in Maine]
Place Written
Maine
Pagination
45 p. : Height: 20.7 cm, Width: 16.7 cm
Primary time period
The New Nation, 1783-1815
Sub-Era
The Early Republic

Full title: "A journal over 1,000,000 acres of land in the County of Hancock & Washington, sold by government to General Jackson & others- containing a description of the soil, growth river, lakes, ponds, brooks, mountains, plains, swamps, meadows & commencing Monday 15 October 1792." Created by William Albee and Joseph Pierpont, with additional notes by John Peters. Lists the names of inhabitants of specific areas of the land. Meticulous in detail, the survey includes numbers of trees, etc., and presents analyses of the land for potential use.

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