Keywords: Neal of the Navy
Item 15444
John Pierpont Neal, Rhode Island, ca. 1865
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1865 Location: Newport Media: Photographic print
Item 21452
O.V. Libby's, Main Street, Sanford, ca. 1915
Contributed by: Sanford-Springvale Historical Society Date: circa 1915 Location: Sanford Media: Print from Glass Negative
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?
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.
