Keywords: Municipal Court
Item 13887
Supreme Judicial Court jury, Houlton, 1917, 1917
Contributed by: Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum Date: 1917 Location: Houlton Media: Photographic print
Item 103617
James M. Mitchell arraignment, Portland, 1930
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Date: 1930-07-14 Location: Portland Media: Glass Negative
Item 116619
Chapman residence, Cape Elizabeth, 1944-1947
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1944–1947 Location: Cape Elizabeth Client: Richard S. Chapman Architect: John Howard Stevens and John Calvin Stevens II Architects
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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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George F. Shepley: Lawyer, Soldier, Administrator
George F. Shepley of Portland had achieved renown as a lawyer and as U.S. Attorney for Maine when, at age 42 he formed the 12th Maine Infantry and went off to war. Shepley became military governor of Louisiana early in 1862 and remained in the military for the duration of the war.
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"… were 'managing' for 150 years), and with a diminishment of Tribal sovereignty based on clauses in the Act treating tribes as 'municipalities.'"
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Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Pejepscot Proprietors Papers, 1627‐1866
"It also includes municipal records for towns settled by the company, most notably Brunswick, Maine, with warrants and reports."
