Keywords: Twenty Dollar Bank Note
Item 148129
Twenty dollar bank note from New England Bank, Fairmount, 1857
Courtesy of June Contreras, an individual partner Date: 1857 Location: Bangor Media: tissue paper
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A Portland newspaper wrote about an ice storm of January 28, 1886 saying, "The city of Portland was visited yesterday by the most inconvenient storm of the season."
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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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Presque Isle: The Star City - History of Presque Isle
"… of land and buildings increased from 7.5 million dollars to 11 million dollars; and potato acreage jumped from 16,641 acres to 41,953 acres."
