CAMBDEN SEPTEMBER 20, 1799. PLAN OF CAMBDEN.

Map

Walsh History Center - Camden Public Library

Name/Title

CAMBDEN SEPTEMBER 20, 1799. PLAN OF CAMBDEN.

Entry/Object ID

WHC 2018.36

Description

CAMBDEN SEPTEMBER 20, 1799. PLAN OF CAMBDEN. Drafted and signed by John Harkness, for the Twenty Associates of the Lincoln-shire Company, proprietors. Although drafted in 1799, eight years after the oceanfront and mountains of Canaan Plantation were added to the northeasterly side of the Town of Camden, this map shows just the portion of lands in the original town controlled by those proprietors. The added portion was under control of General Henry Knox. This plan shows lots laid out in series 1-5 (Leverett's Neck) and series 1-75 in the surveys made for the 20 Associates under David Fales of Thomaston (Physician, Lawyer, and Surveyor in Thomaston). [There is a copy of the 20 Associates' directions to Fales through Ebenezer Thorndike in a letter. A copy of this letter is in the Walsh History Center Collection. The original is among the Henry Augustus Peirce Papers in the archives of the New England Historic Genealogical Society. This map It also shows lots in series 1-95 laid out by Noah Miller, Surveyor, of Duck Trap Plantation for Charles Barrett, agent of the 20 Associates. On the lots in each series are the lot acreage and names of individual lot owners at the time of mapping. Initials "CB" indicate those lots under control of Charles Barrett. This map is a colour reproduction of the original in the Henry Augustus Peirce Collection of the New England Historic Genealogical Society. This copy was donated by Sanford Delano.

Collection

Camden Public Library Map Collection

Cataloged By

Wyatt Berry

Acquisition

Accession

WHC 2018.36

Source or Donor

CPL Map Collection

Acquisition Method

Found in Collection

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

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Maps, Plans

Search Terms

1799, Cambden, John Harkness, Maps, Surveys

Map Details

Date Published

1799

Parts

13" X 19"

Location

Cabinet

Map Case

Building

Walsh History Center

Date

October 21, 2025

Moved By

Wyatt Berry

Date

September 21, 2018

Inventory

Inventoried By

Wyatt Berry

Inventoried Date

Sep 21, 2018

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

John Harkness

Person or Organization

Charles Barrett

General Notes

Note

Status: OK Status By: Wyatt Berry Status Date: 2018-09-21

Created By

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Create Date

September 13, 2018

Updated By

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Update Date

October 27, 2025