Primary source · plan
Plan of Cushing Island
[DOC]DocumentedMMN #23340
Manuscript plan naming Bayberry Ridge, Rock Terrace, the Meadows, Lobster Cove, Spring Cove and White Head. Catalogued as ca. 1888 with no draughtsman named, though the sheet is signed A. W. Longfellow at lower right. The 1885 date used in some accounts is not supported by the record.
Provenance
- Date
- ca. 1888
- Creator
- Unattributed in the catalogue record
- Held by
- Maine Memory Network / Maine Historical Society
- Identifier
- MMN #23340
- Rights
- Rights held by the contributing institution. See record page.
No features on this image have been positively identified yet. Annotations are added only where a feature can be named from evidence, not from resemblance.
Follow this evidence
- 01Stand at Levett's Cellar & Spicer's CovePlace · Levett's Cellar & Spicer's Cove — Colonial · 1623
- 02Read the whole layer: Before Cushing IslandLayer · Before Cushing Island — Layer 01 · 10,000+ years ago → contact
- 03What happened in 1885?Event · Longfellow's manuscript plan — 1885
- 04Stand at Lobster Cove & Crab PointPlace · Lobster Cove & Crab Point — Legend · c. 1632
- 05Read the whole layer: Levett's IslandLayer · Levett's Island — Layer 02 · 1529 → c. 1700
- 06Stand at Spring Cove Shoreline TerracesPlace · Spring Cove Shoreline Terraces — Pre-contact · 10,000+ ya