Bingham Purchase

Bingham Purchase

The Bingham Purchase refers to several tracts of land in Mainehttp://www.rootsweb.com/~mefrankl/ Franklin County, Maine Geaneology ] , formally owned by William Bingham. In 1786, when Massachusetts which then included parts of Maine, disposed of large tracts of unsettled lands in Maine by lottery, William Bingham, a wealthy Philadelphia banker, drew several townships and purchased others, with a total area of one million acres (4,000 km²). This first tract was in the south-east of Maine. General Henry Knox had signed a contract to buy another convert|1000000|acre|km2|sing=on tract, in the west, but his duties as Secretary of War prevented his developing it, and Bingham took that over as well.

Today, these lands are under the jurisdiction of the state of Maine. The term "the Bingham Purchase" is still occasionally used to refer to the geographical area where the lands were once situated.http://newenglandtowns.org/maine/franklin-county "Franklin County, Maine", "New England Towns". Retrieved: 11-22-2007] http://www.rootsweb.com/~mefrankl/ Franklin County, Maine Geaneology ]

References

*"Dictionary of American History" by James Truslow Adams, New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1940.


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