Fort Pownall/Frankfort, Me., land papers, 1766-1783.

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Fort Pownall/Frankfort, Me., land papers, 1766-1783.

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Indenture, dated 1766, by which Francis Waldo of Falmouth (now Portland), Me., Isaac and Lucy Winslow of Roxbury, Me., and Thomas and Hannah Flucker of Boston, Mass., heirs of Samuel Waldo, deceased, grant 2/5 parts of a 24,000 acre tract near Fort Pownal to Francis Bernard, Gov. of Mass., and Thomas Goldthwait, of Fort Pownal, conditional upon the settlement of sixty families, laying out of roads, construction of a meeting house, etc. Letter, dated 1774, from Francis Bernard to Thomas Flucker, concerning default of the Frankfort grant made to Francis Bernard and Thomas Goldthwait in 1766 by heirs of Samuel Waldo. Certificate, dated 1783, by the inhabitants of Frankfort, Me., that Francis Bernard and Thomas Goldthwait had failed to meet conditions of the indenture of 1766.

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Maine Historical Society Library

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Waldo, Francis, 1728-1784

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American loyalist; collector of customs at Falmouth (Portland), Me.; son of Gen. Samuel Waldo (1695-1759), the proprietor of the so-called Waldo Patent. From the description of Francis Waldo papers, 1783-1784. (Maine Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 244106398 ...

Flucker, Hannah Waldo, 1726-1785

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Goldthwait, Thomas, 1717-1799

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Commanding officer of Fort Pownall on the Penobscot River. From the description of Letter, 1772 Oct. 12. (Maine Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 70925226 ...

Waldo, Samuel, 1695-1759

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Army officer, Boston merchant, capitalist, politician, and landowner in Maine. From the description of Papers, 1631-1824. (Maine Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 70972152 Boston merchant and capitalist who was chief proprietor and developer of a controversial patent located between the Muscongus and Penobscot Rivers in Maine. When opponents to Waldo's settlement projects questioned the validity of his title, he traveled to England in ...

Bernard, Francis, Sir, 1712?-1779

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Bernard was Captain General and Governor in Chief of the Province of Massachusetts Bay. From the description of DS, 1762 January 28. : Boston. Appointment. (Copley Press, J S Copley Library). WorldCat record id: 14194099 Governor of Massachusetts Bay (Colony). From the description of Sir Francis Bernard commission, 1768. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79456180 Sir Francis Bernard was born in England in July 1712. After graduating from Oxford University i...

Winslow, Lucy Waldo, 1724-1768

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Flucker, Thomas, 1719-1783

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Winslow, Isaac, 1709-1777

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Merchant and landowner. From the description of Isaac Winslow autograph letter signed, 1749 Jan. 26. (Maine Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 76960549 ...