Keywords: Time-Recording Co.
Item 79632
Contributed by: Maine's Paper & Heritage Museum Date: circa 1910 Media: Wood, metal
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.
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Bath's Historic Downtown - Project Resources
"… Daily Times 1862-1967; Eastern Times 1850-1856; Times-Record 1967-present. Federal Census Records: 1790-1930."
