Keywords: Cushing Drug Store
Item 36206
Southerly Side of Water Street, Skowhegan, ca. 1888
Contributed by: Skowhegan History House Date: circa 1888 Location: Skowhegan Media: Photographic print
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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.
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