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In 1881
cartographer/surveyor George N. Colby, assisted by J.H.
Stuart and others, published the first atlas of
Washington County towns, villages, plantations and
timber lots, binding 87 individually engraved
maps into one convenient volume. It was fully
subscribed, sold out, and out of print by 1882. |
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Through the
collaborative
efforts of the Trescott, Maine Historical Society and
Moon River Press a new edition, carefully reprinted from
the original, has just been released and is available
for sale as a fund raiser at many local Washington
County libraries and historical societies, or may be
purchased directly from the publisher. |
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This atlas,
an exact copy of the 1881 edition, is reproduced in an
easy-to-handle 11” x 12 ˝" format, digitally imaged on
heavy, acid-free archival-quality paper. The maps
identify every property owner by name, and show the
precise locations of homesteads, businesses, roads,
schools, churches, mills and cemeteries in those
plantations, towns and villages that were inhabited by
1880. The names on each of the eighty-seven maps, no
matter how small they appeared in the original, are
reproduced in this edition with state-of-the-art
clarity. |
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Added to the new atlas, by
utilizing pages that were left blank in the original,
are the complete 1790 Census for Washington County (the
first U.S. Census), and the evaluation of all estates
that were assessed and on file in the county between
1860 and 1892, listed town by town. |
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