Collection: Osher Map Library Collection

Name: Blue Hill School Lot surveyed and planned Dec. 1815 by Jonathan Fisher.

Barcode: 56548

Image Number: 56548.0001

Publishing Location: Blue Hill, Maine

Brief Description: Pen and ink survey of Blue Hill School Lot signed by Jonathan Fisher. The school lot may be a part of present-day Blue Hill Consolidated School. Detailed survey divided into lots includes descriptions of types of trees, land, swamps, poor land.  Indicates road to Buckstown, present-day Bucksport.  Jonathan Fisher was First Congregational minister from 1794 to 1837 in Blue Hill. He was a farmer, scientist, mathematician and surveyor. Fisher also wrote prose and poetry, bound his own books, designed and built furniture, among his many talents. He helped found the Bangor Theological Seminary.

Surveyor: Fisher, Jonathan

Date/Date Range Produced: Dec 1815

Language: English

Region Depicted: Maine

Map Type: Land use maps

Dimensions: 57 x 33 cm with attached addendum 22 x 14 cm

LC Call Number: G3734.B57 1815 F5

OCLC: 1286677976

Permanent URL: https://oshermaps.org/map/56548.0001