PRINT OF WALDO PATENT MAP

Map

Walsh History Center - Camden Public Library

Name/Title

PRINT OF WALDO PATENT MAP

Entry/Object ID

WHC 2018.45

Description

"PRINT OF WALDO PATENT MAP. Post-1793, from the Boston 52 Athenaeum. Photocopy of a black and white Photostat of an untitled map of the Muscongus, or Lincolnshire Grant/Waldo Patent prepared for General Knox between 1793 and 1798. Title added by label on this image. This map depicts the area from the Kennebec River to the eastern side of Penobscot Bay and River, and from the offshore islands south of Muscongus Bay to north of Bangor. Boundaries and Town Names are shown for Cushing, Waldoborough, Warren, Thomaston,Union, Cambden, Barrettstown, Appleton, Northport, Belfast, and Frankfort, as well as for Vinalborough Township and Islesborough Township. Roads are shown, and names of inhabitants along the roads are named [on the original map at the Athenaeum] but are not readable on this third generation reduced copy. This map is accompanied by two photocopies of sections at full scale of the original for Ducktrap and for Warren. It is also accompanied by a written description of the roads and a list of the people living along them, prepared by Donovan A. R. Bowley, who gave these items to the Walsh History Center. The photostat was provided by Donald Burke of Appleton, and the fullsize photocopies of sections were from the Theodore and Nancy Brown Collection at the Appleton Historical Society.

Collection

Camden Public Library Map Collection

Cataloged By

Wyatt Berry

Acquisition

Accession

WHC 2018.45

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, Settlements

Search Terms

Waldo Patent, Henry Knox, Map, Settlement, Muscongus Grant, Warren, Ducktrap

Map Details

Date Published

1793 - 1798

Parts

11" X 14"

Location

Cabinet

Map Case Folder B

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

Henry Knox

General Notes

Note

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

Created By

admin@catalogit.app

Create Date

September 17, 2018

Updated By

admin@catalogit.app

Update Date

October 27, 2025