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Historical Items

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Item 103622

Newburyport officers, Kirby arrest, 1925

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Date: 1925-05-25 Location: Newburyport Media: Glass Negative

Item 17181

Peter Sanborn letter to brother, 1861

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1861 Location: Readfield; Portland Media: Ink on paper

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Item 135767

Suspected Rum Runner Dixie III, Portland, 1927

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Date: circa 1927 Location: Portland Media: Glass Negative

Online Exhibits

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Father Rasles, the Indians and the English

Father Sebastien Rasle, a French Jesuit, ran a mission for Indians at Norridgewock and, many English settlers believed, encouraged Indian resistance to English settlement. He was killed in a raid on the mission in 1724 that resulted in the remaining Indians fleeing for Canada.

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Rum, Riot, and Reform - Bootleggers vs. Police

"… Harold Boyle, The Best of Boyle , 1980 Suspected Rum Runner Dixie III, Portland, 1927Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Suspected…"

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Unlocking the Declaration's Secrets

Fewer than 30 copies of the first printing of the Declaration of Independence are known to exist. John Dunlap hurriedly printed copies for distribution to assemblies, conventions, committees and military officers. Authenticating authenticity of the document requires examination of numerous details of the broadside.

Site Pages

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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Additions and New Wing - 1824 to 1843

"It was suspected a discharged convict caused the fire. Prison Cells, Maine State Prison, Thomaston, Maine c 1900Thomaston Historical Society By…"

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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - People Who Called Scarborough Home - Page 1 of 4

"Suspected of having Tory sympathies, Richard was harassed by the Sons of Liberty and his house and financial records destroyed."

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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - A Murder In Strong

"… murdered the girl, but he was considered a solid suspect, and was arrested and held for nearly a year until his trial."

My Maine Stories

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Vegetarians and Zoonosis
by Avery Yale Kamila

Colds, influenza, tuberculosis, measles, smallpox, plague and COVID-19 group under zoonotic diseases

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Cleaning Fish or How Grandfather and Grandmother got by
by Randy Randall

Grandfather and Grandmother subsisted on the fish Grandfather caught, not always legally.

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Pandemic Chaplaincy
by Rev Judy L Braun

Reflections of a hospice Chaplains encounter with end of life during Coronavirus pandemic 2020-21