Person/Organization: Jewett, Jedediah
Item 20912
Jewett house, Portland, ca. 1900
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print
Item 76037
Maine Camp Hospital Association records, Portland, 1862
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1862 Location: Portland 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.
