Scope and Contents From the Series: Series II. Bakerstown Surveys includes surveys of the Bakerstown grant, the earliest showing the portion adjoining the Androscoggin River which had been erroneously included in the survey, and later corrected surveys showing a disclaimer by the Bakerstown Proprietors of the land between the Androscoggin River and a “curved line” four miles west of the River, which was part of Pejepscot Proprietors land. (A survey showing the original parameters of the Pejepscot claim, adjoining the...

Scope and Contents From the Series: Series III. Land Transfers includes: deeds of conveyance of land in Bakerstown; records of tracts seized by the Proprietors for non-payment of taxes and sold at auction, and miscellaneous bonds for the sale of land; and other contracts concerning Bakerstown land. It is important to note that the Bakerstown Grant was subsequently divided into the towns of Poland, Minot, and Hebron, Maine. Some deeds specify land in one of these towns while noting that the land was “formerly Bakerstown”,...

Scope and Contents From the Series: Series III. Land Transfers includes: deeds of conveyance of land in Bakerstown; records of tracts seized by the Proprietors for non-payment of taxes and sold at auction, and miscellaneous bonds for the sale of land; and other contracts concerning Bakerstown land. It is important to note that the Bakerstown Grant was subsequently divided into the towns of Poland, Minot, and Hebron, Maine. Some deeds specify land in one of these towns while noting that the land was “formerly Bakerstown”,...

Scope and Contents From the Series: Series III. Land Transfers includes: deeds of conveyance of land in Bakerstown; records of tracts seized by the Proprietors for non-payment of taxes and sold at auction, and miscellaneous bonds for the sale of land; and other contracts concerning Bakerstown land. It is important to note that the Bakerstown Grant was subsequently divided into the towns of Poland, Minot, and Hebron, Maine. Some deeds specify land in one of these towns while noting that the land was “formerly Bakerstown”,...

Scope and Contents From the Series: Series III. Land Transfers includes: deeds of conveyance of land in Bakerstown; records of tracts seized by the Proprietors for non-payment of taxes and sold at auction, and miscellaneous bonds for the sale of land; and other contracts concerning Bakerstown land. It is important to note that the Bakerstown Grant was subsequently divided into the towns of Poland, Minot, and Hebron, Maine. Some deeds specify land in one of these towns while noting that the land was “formerly Bakerstown”,...

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Series IV. Bakerstown Taxes includes tax list and receipts and Proprietors’ rate books, setting the tax rates for various parcels of land. It should be noted that with each tax rate book is prefaced by a statement of vote by the Proprietors at a legally held meeting, setting the rate.

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Series IV. Bakerstown Taxes includes tax list and receipts and Proprietors’ rate books, setting the tax rates for various parcels of land. It should be noted that with each tax rate book is prefaced by a statement of vote by the Proprietors at a legally held meeting, setting the rate.