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  Plan of Township No. 27 Little River

  John Gardner

  A plan of Township No. 27 as laid out and run in Ranges in December 1844. Projected on a scale of one mile an inch [1:63,360]. Map is fragmentary and fragile. Bodies of water are tinted blue.

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  Plan of Dyer Township Called No. 1

  John Gardner

  Hand-drawn pen and ink map of Dyer Township in Washington County, Maine. No scale is noted on the map.

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  Plan of the Southerly and Westerly Part of the Town of Edmunds

  Richard N. Hayden

  Plan of the south-westerly part of the town of Edmunds, particularly the land in dispute between Aaron and Benjamin Hobart. The Hobart dispute encompassed a total of 134 1/4 acres along the length of the 6th Range. The disputed lines are labeled J-E and G-F. The map scale is 1:15,840 or 80 rods per inch.

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  Plan of Part of Original Setlers [sic] Lot no. 66, Holland's Survey

  B. S. Dean

  Map depicting part of original setlers [sic] lot no. 66 Holland's survey lying west of Kenduskeag Avenue and east of Kenduskeag Stream as surveyed for S. & T. Nowell, Esq.'s by B. S. Dean, surveyor. Scale: 1:600. Map size: 66 x 48 cm. Map is faded, making portions illegible under full-spectrum, ambient light. Map includes a compass arrow indicating north. Map is yellowed and shows foxing.

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  Map of the Bangor, Orono & Oldtown Rail-Road

  A. C. Morton and Asa P. Robinson

  Map of the Bangor, Orono & Oldtown Rail-Road. Surveyed under the direction of A. C. Morton. by A. P. Robinson, Civil Engineer. 1850. Scale 1600 feet to 1 inch. A. P. Robinson, Del. J. H. Bufford & Co.'s Lith., Boston.

  Map is orients north toward the upper right corner. Map size: 38 x 110 cm. 1:19,200 Scale. Relief shown by hachures. Profile of interior line at Thompson's Point, upper line at Orono, and river line from Bangor to Orono and Milford that includes the high water mark at Bangor is depicted along the bottom margin of the map. Map includes diagrams of streets without labels. Map is in stable condition but shows folds and creases.

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  Monson Lot near Lewies Lake

  Benjamin Gardner

  Pen and ink rendering of Monson lots and details drawings of properties near the County Road bridge spanning the outlet of Lewy Lake and the intersection of 20th Century roads, U.S. Highway 1 and Rolfe Street. Lots are labeled P. Rolfe Land, P. Carl Lot, and Tavern Lot.

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  Address Delivered before the Oxford County Agricultural Society

  John Milton Adams and Oxford County Agricultural Society

  An address to the members of the Oxford County Agricultural Society discussing the role of the American farmer in "relation to the wealth, power, and progress of the nation." Adams discusses mid-19th Century, rural attitudes toward the politics, education, business, economy, and social standing of farmers and agriculture in America.

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  Speech of Hon. I Washburn, Jr. of Maine, on the Bill to Organize Territorial Governments in Nebraska and Kansas, and Against the Abrogation of the Missouri Compromise

  Israel Washburn Jr.

  In the last half of the nineteenth century we find a proposition in the Congress of the Republic to extend the area of slavery. This is the object and purpose of certain provisions in the bill for the organization of the Territories of Nebraska and Kansas. These provisions remove the restrictions impored by the Missouri compromise. The Badger amendment, and the opinions which it has elicited, I pass by as of no practical importance or interest. It is enough to secure any opposition that the bill, with or without that amendment, exposes all our unorganized territory to the occupation of slavery, although that territory, by a compact intended to be as lasting as the existence of the State of Missouri, has been set apart for freemen.

  Israel Washburn, Jr.’s (1813-1883) was born in Livermore, Maine. He was admitted to the Bar in 1834 and practiced law in Orono, Maine, until his election to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1850. Washburn lead the House opposition to the Nebraska bill.

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  Arnold and Tilla English Opera Troupe Playbill

  W. H. Tilla, William Horton, Blance Ellerman, Walter Birch, D. Oakley, Tom Bartleman, James A. Arnold, Clara Fisher, and Frank Howson

  Seeking to cultivate popular support for opera in the Victorian Era, American-style opera evolved with traveling troupes performing in English, particularly during the post-Civil War period.

  This playbill, ca. 1860s, is for the performance of the Arnold and Tilla's English Opera Troupe at Norumbega Hall in Bangor. The company was formed by the principle artists of the Kellogg Opera Company and the Richings Opera Company for a three-week tour of Maine. They performed the Daniel Auber opera, Fra Diavolo and Michael William Balfe's Bohemian Girl on two different nights. Fra Diavolo was one of the Kellogg Company's standard operas while Bohemian Girl was performed regularly by the Richings Company.

  Performers of note included Blanche Ellerman, a London-born Prima Donna who obtained a contract with the Caroline Riching Opera Company and American-born James Albert Arnold who joined the Riching Company around 1866. The pair would marry in 1869.

  Clara Fisher was born in London and was considered a prodigy of the stage. At the age of 16 she emigrated to the United States, debuting to rave reviews. She became so financially successful, she was able to retire from the stage in 1844. Poor investments forced her to resume performing in 1850. At the time of her appearance in Bangor, Fisher would have been in her mid-50s.

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  Plan of a Village Adapted to the Requirements of the Industrial College of the State of Maine

  Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux

  Plan of a village adapted to the requirements of the industrial college of the state of Maine; accommodated to existing houses and rights of way, and with an adjustment of the present High Road passing through the Property of the College on Stillwater River. Olmsted, Vaux & Co., landscape architects, May 1st, 1867. The map includes three scales and profiles of the landscape. A compass indicates the orientation to north. Map scale: 1:1,200. Map size: 83 x 119 cm

  Frederick L. Olmsted (1822-1903) is considered to the father of American landscape architecture and protégé of British-American architect, Calvert Vaux (1824-1895). Olmsted and Vaux are famous for co-designing a number of urban parks including Central Park in New York and Golden Gate Park in San Francisco.

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  A True Copy of a Plan of Lottery Lands in Maine

  Rufus Putnam and E. C. Pendy

  Pen and ink, hand-drawn map of lottery lands located in Washington County, Maine with the following inscription: Township No. XXI [illegible] Division is bounded as described on the several lines thereof [illegible] for 23,040 acres. Scale 200 rods to an inch [1:396]. Rufus Putnam. The map also includes a listing of lots drawn, noted in red ink, and the names of property holders.

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  Map Range First. Amherst Academy Grant. Lenox Academy Grant.

  John Gardner, Silas Holman, and Daniel Rose

  Property map drawn in black ink and hand-colored to outline bodies of water. The handwritten inscription reads: “The plan from which the above was copied is in State Land Office at Bangor and on it are the following explanations: A plan from ranges of townships north of the Bingham Lottery Lands and between Penobscot river and Schoodic river and lakes and several townships and parts of townships in the seventh, eighth and ninth ranges of townships in the old Indian Purchase, made by order of the Commissioners under the Act of Separation:—and is compiled from former surveys made under the authority of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and surveys made by order of said commissioners in 1822. Dated at Boston. December 26th in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and twenty-two. (signed) Silas Holman. Daniel Rose. Scale 600 rods to one inch. July 10, 1874.

  From Gardner Family Papers, 1830-1939. John Gardner (1801-1888), was the principal surveyor in Calais, Maine. His son, Benjamin E. Gardner (1869-1939), a civil engineer and land surveyor took over for his father and worked most frequently with local attorneys doing land title research.

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  Bangor 1820 Map

  Williams, Chase & Co.

  1820 map of the City of Bangor from the 1882 publication, History of Penobscot County, Maine; with illustrations and biographical sketches. Map included number key identifying the location of businesses and residences.

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  Plan of Dam at Princeton

  J. W. Edgerly Jr.

  Pen and ink plan of the dam on the St. Croix River in Princeton township drawn on vellum signed by J. W. Edgerly. The plan includes a diagram of Mercier Mill, including the placement and size of the equipment including the shingle, lath machine, edger, rotary saw, and plane. The plan is drawn on a scale of 15 feet to an inch or 1:180. The only date on the plan is a measurement of the depth of water at the sluice gates near the fish way on April 13, 1894.

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  Map of Northern Maine. Specially Adapted to the Uses of Lumbermen and Sportsmen

  Lucius Lee Hubbard

  Map of Northern Maine. Specially Adapted to the uses of Lumbermen and Sportsmen. Compiled and Published by Lucius L. Hubbard, Cambridge, Mass. Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1899 by Lucius L. Hubbard in the Office of the Librarian of Congress. For sale by E.F. Dillingham's, Bangor, Me."

  Black and white map of northern Maine including sections of northern Washington, Penobscot, and Piscataquis Counties as well as Aroostook County. Includes detailed renderings of water features including lakes, ponds, streams, and rivers. Map size: 82 x 79 cm. Scale: 1:300,000 Relief shown by hachures. Map shows winter roads, farms, taverns, carries, existing and proposed railroads. Map is in stable condition but shows folds and creases.

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  Undated property map, Washington County

  Benjamin E. Gardner and John Gardner

  Undated property map, with no scale, drawn in black ink on yellow vellum. A white sticker with a red border is labeled, “Tshp 13.” Labeled bodies of water include Tomah Stream and Beaver Brook.

  A handwritten map key includes the following information:

  p—pine
  d—hardwood
  g—good land
  h—heath
  m—meadow
  l—low land
  S—sedan
  b—burnt land
  A—camp
  x—local attraction
  r—rocky

  From Gardner Family Papers, 1830-1939. John Gardner (1801-1888), was the principal surveyor in Calais, Maine. His son, Benjamin E. Gardner (1869-1939), a civil engineer and land surveyor took over for his father and worked most frequently with local attorneys doing land title research.

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  Undated property map with Porter lots [Washington County]

  Benjamin E. Gardner and John Gardner

  Undated property map, with no scale, drawn in black ink on yellow vellum. The map location is not clearly identified though features include a body of water identified as “Cheputnecticook River” and a bend in Tomah Stream. Five lots, numbers 1, 2, 15, 29 and 30, are labeled with the name “Porter.” The map includes faint pencil notations suggesting names for streams.

  From Gardner Family Papers, 1830-1939. John Gardner (1801-1888), was the principal surveyor in Calais, Maine. His son, Benjamin E. Gardner (1869-1939), a civil engineer and land surveyor took over for his father and worked most frequently with local attorneys doing land title research.

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  Undated Map on Vellum [Washington County]

  Rufus Putnam

  Undated property map with no identified scale, drawn in black ink on yellow vellum. Map includes designated lots for schools and churches. The map is not clearly identified but does include the notation, “No. 41” which may reference Township No. 41, which is located in Hancock County. The map also includes a body of water labeled, “Sabal Lake.”

  From Gardner Family Papers, 1830-1939. John Gardner (1801-1888), was the principal surveyor in Calais, Maine. His son, Benjamin E. Gardner (1869-1939), a civil engineer and land surveyor took over for his father and worked most frequently with local attorneys doing land title research.

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  Plan of Alexander, No. 16

  Benjamin R. Jones and Benjamin E. Gardner

  Blue print copy of properties of Plan of Alexander (previously Township No. 16). The map includes no scale. Handwritten caption reads: “The black dotted lines were run by B. R. Jones in 1807 & 8. The principal line were then run ten degrees to the left of the cardinal points. At present (1842) the same lines range eight degrees to the left of said points by the magnet. Dennysville, March 15, 1842 (signed) Benj. R. Jones. Copied by R. V. H. Sept. 16, 1843. B.E.G. May 31, 1901.

  From Gardner Family Papers, 1830-1939. John Gardner (1801-1888), was the principal surveyor in Calais, Maine. His son, Benjamin E. Gardner (1869-1939), a civil engineer and land surveyor took over for his father and worked most frequently with local attorneys doing land title research.

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  Separation of Maine from Massachusetts

  Albert Ames Whitmore

  This thesis discusses the various efforts in the 18th and 19th century to separate Maine from Massachusetts.