{"product_id":"1785-stephen-minot-to-joseph-eaton-manuscript-deed-early-camden-megunticook-harbour-district-of-maine-revolutionary-era","title":"1785 Stephen Minot to Joseph Eaton Manuscript Deed – Early Camden (Megunticook Harbour), District of Maine – Revolutionary Era","description":"\u003cp data-start=\"3317\" data-end=\"3606\" class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\"\u003eAn original Revolutionary-era manuscript warranty deed executed on \u003cstrong data-start=\"3384\" data-end=\"3405\"\u003eSeptember 1, 1785\u003c\/strong\u003e, by \u003cstrong data-start=\"3410\" data-end=\"3427\"\u003eStephen Minot\u003c\/strong\u003e, merchant of Boston, conveying \u003cstrong data-start=\"3459\" data-end=\"3472\"\u003e100 acres\u003c\/strong\u003e near \u003cstrong data-start=\"3478\" data-end=\"3501\"\u003eMegunticook Harbour\u003c\/strong\u003e in \u003cstrong data-start=\"3505\" data-end=\"3538\"\u003eLincoln County, Massachusetts\u003c\/strong\u003e (present-day Camden, Maine) to \u003cstrong data-start=\"3570\" data-end=\"3586\"\u003eJoseph Eaton\u003c\/strong\u003e, yeoman of Bristol.\u003cspan aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchor\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"3608\" data-end=\"4090\"\u003eThe deed describes the property in meticulous metes-and-bounds fashion, referencing the \u003cstrong data-start=\"3696\" data-end=\"3711\"\u003eCamden Line\u003c\/strong\u003e, shoreline, stone markers, beach trees, and neighboring boundaries. It states that the tract was surveyed by \u003cstrong data-start=\"3821\" data-end=\"3836\"\u003eDavid Fales\u003c\/strong\u003e on \u003cstrong data-start=\"3840\" data-end=\"3862\"\u003eSeptember 20, 1776\u003c\/strong\u003e, during the Revolutionary War. The conveyance was acknowledged before \u003cstrong data-start=\"3933\" data-end=\"3975\"\u003eJoseph Greenleaf, Justice of the Peace\u003c\/strong\u003e, on \u003cstrong data-start=\"3980\" data-end=\"4001\"\u003eSeptember 3, 1785\u003c\/strong\u003e, and officially recorded in the Lincoln County Registry of Deeds on \u003cstrong data-start=\"4070\" data-end=\"4089\"\u003eJanuary 7, 1788\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"4092\" data-end=\"4533\"\u003eThis is not merely an early Maine deed—it is a documented piece of Camden's founding history. Local historians later cited the \u003cstrong data-start=\"4219\" data-end=\"4278\"\u003eStephen Minot to Joseph Eaton deed of September 3, 1785\u003c\/strong\u003e as one of the principal conveyances relating to the historic public road and landing at Megunticook Harbour, giving this manuscript a direct connection to the development of one of Maine's oldest coastal communities. \u003cspan class=\"\" data-state=\"closed\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"4535\" data-end=\"4726\"\u003eWritten on period laid paper in a fine, legible hand and retaining bold original signatures, the document remains in very good condition with expected folds, light foxing, and minor age wear.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"4728\" data-end=\"5072\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\"\u003eAn exceptional Revolutionary-era New England land document, combining Boston mercantile history, early Maine settlement, and documented local historical significance. A desirable acquisition for collectors of early American manuscripts, colonial and Revolutionary-era deeds, Massachusetts and Maine history, and eighteenth-century land records.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Signature Documents LLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52584040497434,"sku":null,"price":795.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2221\/0931\/files\/IMG_1804.jpg?v=1785074522","url":"https:\/\/princetonaudubonprints.com\/products\/1785-stephen-minot-to-joseph-eaton-manuscript-deed-early-camden-megunticook-harbour-district-of-maine-revolutionary-era","provider":"Signature Documents LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}