1759 Pownall Expedition

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Walsh History Center - Camden Public Library

WHC 2024.7 1759 Pownall Exp: Origsize: 11x17
WHC 2024.7 1759 Pownall Exp

Origsize: 11x17

Name/Title

1759 Pownall Expedition

Entry/Object ID

WHC 2024.7

Scope and Content

1759 Pownall Expedition - color map developed by Kerry Hardy from the expedition map of John Small, surveyor (of Scarborough), current maps, and Maine GIS Lidar imagery. It overlays the 1759 Expedition Map shoreline and road between Thomaston and Northport (road went from Fort St. George in Thomaston to Fort Pownall in Stockton Springs, at the mouth of the Penobscot River). [Note: the Library also has a copy of the Expedition Map and of Governor Pownall's journal.] Notes on the map: "284 men marched overland from Thomaston to Belfast. John Small of Scarborough as surveyor. Gov. Pownall and app. 100 others go by sail. White line shows a scalable wire-frame tracing taken from the expedition map, showing the shoreline and the route followed over the land."

Collection

Walsh History Center Map Collection

Cataloged By

Ken Gross

Acquisition

Accession

WHC 2024.7

Source or Donor

Kerry Hardy

Acquisition Method

Collected by Staff

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Map

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Cartograph

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Graphic Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Archive Details

Creator

Kerry Hardy

Date(s) of Creation

Feb 14, 2024

Condition

Overall Condition

Good

Date Examined

Feb 14, 2024

Examined By

Ken Gross

General Notes

Note

Notes: Digital file "Kerry Hardy Bernard-Pownall Map 1759" 11x17" color print Status: OK Status By: Ken Gross Status Date: 2024-02-14

Created By

admin@catalogit.app

Create Date

February 14, 2024

Updated By

admin@catalogit.app

Update Date

October 27, 2025