Kennebeck Purchase Company records

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unitid

{"value"=>"22731", "type"=>"local_mss"}

{"value"=>"MssCol 22731", "type"=>"local_call"}

unitdate

{"value"=>"1754-1756", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1754/1756"}

date_inclusive_start

1754

date_inclusive_end

1756

keydate

1754

unittitle

{"value"=>"Kennebeck Purchase Company records"}

physdesc

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repository

{"id"=>"MSS", "value"=>"Manuscripts and Archives Division"}

abstract

{"value"=>"Correspondence and maps relating to the Kennebec Purchase Company (later the Plymouth Company), circa 1754 to 1756. Correspondents include Florentius Vassal, Joseph Sharpe, Timothy Prout, Thomas Vassal, William Shirley, and the Plymouth Company. Also present is an extract of a letter from the Committee of the Kennebec Company with notes on the state of their case for the Attorney General. Hand-colored manuscript maps depict the Kennebec River and country adjacent, including lands claimed by the Kennebec Company, Plymouth Company, and their opponents; and a map of the sea coast from the mouth of the Penobscot River to New London."}

prefercite

{"value"=>"<p>Kennebeck Purchase Company records, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library</p>"}

origination

{"value"=>"Plymouth Company (1749-1816)‏", "type"=>"corpname", "role"=>"creator"}

custodhist

{"value"=>"<p>Material was originally received as part of the Moore collection.</p>"}

scopecontent

{"value"=>"<p>Correspondence and maps relating to the Kennebec Purchase Company (later the Plymouth Company), circa 1754 to 1756. Correspondents include Florentius Vassal, Joseph Sharpe, Timothy Prout, Thomas Vassal, William Shirley, and the Plymouth Company. Also present is an extract of a letter from the Committee of the Kennebec Company with notes on the state of their case for the Attorney General. Hand-colored manuscript maps depict the Kennebec River and country adjacent, including lands claimed by the Kennebec Company, Plymouth Company, and their opponents; and a map of the sea coast from the mouth of the Penobscot River to New London.</p>"}

processinfo

{"type"=>"processing", "value"=>"<p>Compiled by <span class=\"name\">Kit Messick</span>, <span class=\"date\">2013</span></p>"}

extent_statement

.1 linear feet (1 folder)

date_start

1754

date_end

1756

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