Keywords: Bounties
Item 33691
Committee on Manufacturing report on silk bounties, Augusta, 1841
Contributed by: Maine State Archives Date: 1841 Location: Augusta Media: Ink on paper
Item 13804
Cumberland Civil War bounties, 1864
Contributed by: Town of Cumberland Date: 1864-08-11 Location: Cumberland Media: Paper
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Home Ties: Sebago During the Civil War
Letters to and from Sebago soldiers who served in the Civil War show concern on both sides about farms and other issues at home as well as concern from the home front about soldiers' well-being.
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The Sanitary Commission: Meeting Needs of Soldiers, Families
The Sanitary Commission, formed soon after the Civil War began in the spring of 1861, dealt with the health, relief needs, and morale of soldiers and their families. The Maine Agency helped families and soldiers with everything from furloughs to getting new socks.
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Historic Hallowell - Nature's Bounty - Raw Material, Close at Hand
"Nature's Bounty - Raw Material, Close at Hand Hains Ledge Quarry, Lithgow Hill, Hallowell, ca."
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Surry by the Bay - Nineteenth Century
"1890Surry Historical Society Surry paid a town bounty of $22,948 to the Union cause. Eighteen Surry men served in the First Maine Heavy Artillery."
Story
Margaret Moxa's Blanket Coat
by Jennifer Neptune
A contemporary artwork in memory of Penobscots murdered for scalp bounties.
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Reverend Thomas Smith of First Parish Portland
by Kristina Minister, Ph.D.
Pastor, Physician, Real Estate Speculator, and Agent for Wabanaki Genocide
