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Item 99391

Somers Sewall letter to mother, Boston, 1865

Somers Sewall letter to mother, Boston, 1865

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1865-06-20 Location: Boston Media: Ink on paper

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Item 23793

Hannah Pierce on brother's advice, 1817

Hannah Pierce on brother's advice, 1817

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1817 Location: Fryeburg Media: Ink on paper

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Item 101784

Thomas Reed to Thomas Robison regarding the Caribbean economy and slave market, Sint Eustatius, 1791

Thomas Reed to Thomas Robison regarding the Caribbean economy and slave market, Sint Eustatius, 1791

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1791 Location: Havana Media: Ink on paper

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Online Exhibits

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Tuna catch, South Bristol, ca. 1950

A Town Is Born: South Bristol, 1915

After being part of the town of Bristol for nearly 150 years, residents of South Bristol determined that their interests would be better served by becoming a separate town and they broke away from the large community of Bristol.

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State of Mind: Becoming Maine

The history of the region now known as Maine did not begin at statehood in 1820. What was Maine before it was a state? How did Maine separate from Massachusetts? How has the Maine we experience today been shaped by thousands of years of history?

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Begin Again: reckoning with intolerance in Maine

BEGIN AGAIN explores Maine's historic role, going back 528 years, in crisis that brought about the pandemic, social and economic inequities, and the Black Lives Matter movement in 2020.