Keywords: Samuel Tarbox home
Item 79491
House of "Squire" Samuel Tarbox, Westport, ca. 1845
Contributed by: Westport Island History Committee Date: circa 1845 Location: Westport Island Media: Photographic print
Item 79598
Maud Webber's house, the "Squire Tarbox" Inn, ca. 1939
Contributed by: Westport Island History Committee Date: 1939 Location: Westport Island 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.
