Keywords: Laurel Hill Cemetery
Item 100276
Charles C. G. Thornton, Scarborough, 1863
Contributed by: Maine State Archives Date: circa 1863 Location: Scarborough Media: Carte de visite
Item 28002
Contributed by: Dyer Library/Saco Museum Date: 1889-05-30 Location: Saco Media: Photographic print
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.
Exhibit
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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Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington
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