Construction and Repair of Back Bay Creek Dike Records
Scope and Contents
The records consist of 2 documents. The first document is an agreement signed on Dec. 30, 1851 before Justice of the Peace Warren Leighton to build a dike on Back Bay Creek in the town of Milbridge, Maine according to the plan in the agreement. The agreement is between Rufus Fickett et al. and Nathaniel Ramsdell et al. Fickett et al. promise to pay Ramsdell et al. the sum of $1700 when the dike is constructed. The second document requests Warren Leighton, Justice of the Peace in Washington County, to issue a warrant to call a meeting of the owners of the Back Bay dike to form a company and to raise money to repair the dike. The document lists assessments for repairs made in 1857 and includes minutes of annual meetings of the Back Bay Dyking Company held through 1861.
Dates
- 1851-1861
Access Restrictions
No restrictions on access.
Use Restrictions
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Extent
1 folder (2 items)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The records consist of 2 documents. The first document is an agreement signed on Dec. 30, 1851 before Justice of the Peace Warren Leighton to build a dike on Back Bay Creek in the town of Milbridge, Maine according to the plan in the agreement. The second document requests Warren Leighton, Justice of the Peace in Washington County, to issue a warrant to call a meeting of the owners of the Back Bay dike to form a company and to raise money to repair the dike.
Note
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- Back Bay Dyking Company (Milbridge, Me.)
- Dikes (Engineering) -- Maine -- Milbridge Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Fickett, Rufus
- Legal documents Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Leighton, Warren
- Minutes Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Ramsdell, Nathaniel
- Title
- Guide to the Construction and Repair of Back Bay Creek Dike Records
- Status
- No Additional Box Or Folder List For This Small Collection
- Date
- 2012
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- English.
Repository Details
Part of the Raymond H. Fogler Library Special Collections Repository
5729 Raymond H. Fogler Library
University of Maine
Orono ME 04469-5729 United States
207-581-1686
