York deeds
York Deeds is a published transcription of Maine colonial land deeds, issued by Portland printer John T. Hull for the Maine Historical Society and Maine Genealogical Society, covering York County records from 1642. The two pictures are hand-drawn survey diagrams: the first a triangular plot with signatures and dates written along its edges, the second a fanned set of dotted parcel lines with names and marks in a margin. A designer could take their hand-lettered, diagrammatic plan layouts as a model for historical maps and boundary sketches.
