Keywords: Frank C. Leavitt Coal
Item 9756
Leavitt Block, Sanford Square, ca. 1901
Contributed by: Sanford-Springvale Historical Society Date: circa 1901 Location: Sanford Media: Photographic print
Item 16839
Sanford Square Looking Down Washington Street, Sanford,c a 1905
Contributed by: Sanford-Springvale Historical Society Date: circa 1905 Location: Sanford Media: Print from Glass Negative
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.
