Keywords: Waldo patent
Item 22525
Samuel Waldo letter to William Pepperrell, 1748
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1748 Location: Portland; Kittery Media: Ink on paper
Item 10097
Contributed by: The General Henry Knox Museum Date: 1786 Media: Ink on paper
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.
Exhibit
Blueberries to Potatoes: Farming in Maine
Not part of the American "farm belt," Maine nonetheless has been known over the years for a few agricultural items, especially blueberries, sweet corn, potatoes, apples, chickens and dairy products.
Site Page
Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview
"Knox purchased the remaining shares of confiscated land (some of the Waldo family members had made the mistake of remaining Loyalists, and their…"
Site Page
Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Henry Knox: Land Dealings
"… out of the Broad-Bay Germans (settlers of the Waldo Patent in Waldoboro)” and “I will to my oldest son, sixty-seven thousand pounds to spend at…"
