122 FOREST COMMISSIONER S REPORT. 



With his survey of Maine in 1828 Moses Greenleaf pub- 

 h'shed a map of the District of Maine, the first correct one ever 

 made of the District. This map shows the character of the 

 occupation along the entire coast — whether proprietory, Indian 

 deeds, or possession — setting each off in different colors. 



It will perhaps be of value here to give a brief description of 

 these early grants. 



Sources of Land Titles. 



1. Nov. 3, 1620: Grant to the Council of Plymouth known 

 as the Great Charter of New England conferring in fee simple 

 all the North American Continent and islands between the 

 parallels of 40 and 48 (from the Bay of Chaleur as far South 

 as Philadelphia). 



Note : An earlier grant of land in Maine was made by the 

 Crown, but this is the first one under which titles are claimed. 



2. August 10, 1622 : Council of Plymouth granted to Gorges 

 and Mason a patent conveying all the country between the Mer- 

 rimac and Kennebec to the furtherest head of said Rivers and 

 sixty miles inland, with all the islands and islets within five 

 leagues of the shore which they intend to call the ''Province of 

 Maine." 



3. 1627-28: Grant by the Council of Plymouth to Colony 

 of Massachusetts Bay — John Endicott et als — between the Mer- 

 rimac and the Charles, and within three English miles to the 

 Northward of the River Merrimac, or to the Northward of 

 any and every part thereof from the Atlantic and Western Sea 

 and Ocean on the East part to the South Sea on the West part. 

 (A part of Maine subsequently claimed under this grant.) 



4. January, 1629: Grant to the Pilgrims by Council of 

 Plymouth of the Kennebec or Plymouth Patent — 15 miles in 

 width on each side of the Kennebec River between Woolwich 

 and Cornville. 



This grant was sold by the Pilgrim Colony in 1661 for 400 

 pounds to four persons. 



In 1753 the land passed to a company, and was thereafter 

 known as the Kennebec Purchase. 



The Great Charter of New England was surrendered by the 

 Plymouth Council to Charles I on June 7, 1635, who divided all 



