Person/Organization: Fox, Jabez
Item 102226
Directions for the funeral of Jabez Fox, Falmouth Neck, ca. 1755
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1755 Location: Portland; Falmouth Media: Ink on paper
Item 122979
Plymouth Company Records, box 14/3, ca. 1751
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1751 Location: Boston Media: Ink on Paper
Exhibit
Port of Portland's Custom House and Collectors of Customs
The collector of Portland was the key to federal patronage in Maine, though other ports and towns had collectors. Through the 19th century, the revenue was the major source of Federal Government income. As in Colonial times, the person appointed to head the custom House in Casco Bay was almost always a leading community figure, or a well-connected political personage.
