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- GLC#
- GLC02437.05654-View header record
- Type
- Documents
- Date
- October 15 - December 9, 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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