Keywords: Carter Brothers Jewelers
Item 111856
Maine Charitable Mechanic Association building, Portland, ca. 1975
Contributed by: Mechanics' Hall Date: circa 1975 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print
Item 111798
MCMA silver medal, Portland, 1826
Contributed by: Mechanics' Hall Date: 1826 Location: Portland Media: Silver medal
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.
