Plan of the French Grant of Mt Desert Island
Title:
Plan of the French Grant of Mt Desert Island
Type:
Subject:
Description:
Plan of MDI
Original A.D 1808, copied 1837 A.D,Nov.3 1857 and Jan 20 1891
Original A.D 1808, copied 1837 A.D,Nov.3 1857 and Jan 20 1891
Publisher:
Copied from a plan by John Peters ESQ. in A.D 1808 by James Peter of Blue Hill, ME with additions added by him, recopied by Addison Dodge of Ellsworth ME. Nov 3 1857, again recopied by J.E. Savage Civil Engineer
Collection:
Jesup Map Archive
Dimensions:
121x92
Notes:
Fair condition, Slight water stains, was printed in purple ink, it has the logo for Savage&Lord Civil Engineers Bar Harbor, ME. This map was presented to the Jesup Memorial Library by Constance Hanscom Jellison Genealogical Records section in 1987, The Thomas family had a few lots of land all adding up to 371 Acres, has a scale of 1inch:80rods (0.25 miles), it has some similar names that the Lynam Agency maps did, has MDI Eastern Land Grant written on the back, it has one little rip on the top, There is land deeded to Isaac and Geo. B Somes off of Somes Sound,
Drawer #:
R
Citation
“Plan of the French Grant of Mt Desert Island,” Jesup Memorial Library, accessed November 21, 2024, https://jml.digitalarchive.us/items/show/1293.Item 3042