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    Dennys River, Lottery Map detail, 1786

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    Detail of the Dennys River and adjacent townships on the Lottery Map published by the Massachusetts's legislature's Committee for the Sale of Eastern Lands in 1786. Fifty townships for sale between the Penobscot and Schoodic Rivers are numbered and outlined in red on the Lottery Map created by Rufus Putnam for the General Court in 1786.

    Plan of 50 Townships to be sold by Lottery lying between the Rivers Penobscot & Schoodic, on a scale of 4 Miles to One inch. Published by order of the Committee [for the Sale of Eastern Lands, Massachusetts General Court in 1786.]

    Link to the Lottery Map of 1786 in the Dennys River Historical Society Map Collection.
    A Story of the Washington County Unorganized Territories, by John Dudley, Digital Maine
    Eastern Land Papers, with a History of the Land Office, in the Massachusetts State Archives

    Dennys River Townships, detail from the Lottery Map of 1786, created by Rufus Putnam
    Lottery Map, 50 Townships in Eastern Maine, 1786; A scaled map of 50 Townships for sale by lottery between the Penobscot and Schoodic Rivers in Eastern Maine, created by Rufus Putnam and published by the Committee for the Sale Eastern Lands of the Massachusetts legislature (General Court) in 1786.