Keywords: Secretary of Treasury
Item 27869
U.S. Treasury Department letter to the Bath Collector of Customs, 1884
Contributed by: Patten Free Library Date: 1790–1884 Location: Bath Media: Ink on paper
Item 102225
Hugh McCulloch house, Kennebunk, ca. 1900
Contributed by: Brick Store Museum Date: circa 1900 Location: Kennebunk Media: Glass Negative
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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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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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Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington
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Early Maine Photography - Famous People - Page 2 of 3
"… Lincoln to appoint him as Secretary of the Treasury, a post he held for a year before returning to the Senate for the balance of his life."
