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Parkman, Maine, A Frontier Settlement

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Collection Type

  • Books and periodicals

Date

1958

GUSN

GUSN-169933

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Description

The township of Parkman, Maine, is located within 20 miles of the geographic center of the state, equidistant from Bangor and Waterville. Samuel Parkman purchased the township in 1804 and by 1814 was prepared for serious efforts to settle the town. Victor A. McKusick examines the frontier settlement and the men who settled it.

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Additional Identification Number

Article ID 382

Collection Code

SC001

Collection Name

Old-Time New England

Reference Code

SC001.1958.049.174.002

Abstract

The township of Parkman, Maine, is located within 20 miles of the geographic center of the state, equidistant from Bangor and Waterville. Samuel Parkman purchased the township in 1804 and by 1814 was prepared for serious efforts to settle the town. Victor A. McKusick examines the frontier settlement and the men who settled it.

Date Notes

Volume 49, Number 174 (Fall, 1958)

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Record Details

Originator

Victor A. McKusick (Author)

Publications Referencing This Collection

(1958). Old Time New England. Boston, Mass.: Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities.

Description Level

Item

Place of Publication

Boston, Mass.

Publisher

Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities

Publisher Series

Old Time New England

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