Scope and Content: Pursuant to Resolves 1798, c 64 and Resolves 1800, c 143, commissioners were appointed by the governor in 1803 to quiet claims of settlers on undivided lands (allowing for land purchase) and divided lands remaining with the proprietors of the Pejepscot Claim in the District of Maine after referees had fixed the claim’s boundaries.  Series consists of a report of the commmissioners’ work listing settlers on lands awarded to the claim’s proprietors by the referees.
Arrangement: Arranged by location of settler lot
Notes: Report was submitted to the General Court in 1804.  Resolves 1806, Jan Sess 1807, c 60 indicates that it was later transferred to the state secretary’s office. Bound with: Massachusetts. Commissioners Appointed to Give Deeds to Settlers in Lincoln County. Return of deeds given ((M-Ar)93X).  Volume t.p: Settlers on Lincoln County and Pejepscot lands
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