Keywords: Newbury Neck
Item 67363
Jane and Susie, Surry, ca. 1945
Contributed by: Surry Historical Society Date: circa 1945 Location: Surry Media: Photographic print
Item 65067
Emery O. Bonsey, Newbury Neck, ca. 1910
Contributed by: Surry Historical Society Date: circa 1910 Location: Surry 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
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.
Site Page
Surry by the Bay - Early Settlement
"… in the town, and he later purchased 100 acres at Newbury Neck and other proprietor's rights in Ward 6."
Site Page
Surry by the Bay - Nineteenth Century
"… of Surry workmen in Surry village, East Surry and Newbury Neck. During those years, over 50 vessels were built in Surry, including 15 schooners, 5…"