Keywords: collector
Item 79243
Abbott House atop Abbott Hill, Lower Main Street, Dixfield, ca. 1910
Contributed by: Dixfield Historical Society Date: circa 1910 Location: Dixfield Media: Photographic print
Item 27856
Letter to Bath Collector of Customs, 1883
Contributed by: Patten Free Library Date: 1791–1883 Location: Bath; Washington; Wiscasset Media: Ink on paper
Item 151272
White-Levy residence, Lewisboro, New York, 1995-1996
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society
Date: 1995–1996
Location: Lewisboro
Client: Leon Levy
Architect: Patrick Chasse; Landscape Design Associates
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Item 151274
White-Levy residence driveway, Lewisboro, New York, 1975-1996
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1975–1996 Location: Lewisboro Client: Leon Levy Architect: Patrick Chasse; Landscape Design Associates
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
Bookplates Honor Annie Louise Cary
A summer resident of Wayne collected more than 3,000 bookplates to honor Maine native and noted opera singer Annie Louise Cary and to support the Cary Memorial Library.
Site Page
Life on a Tidal River - Dick Shaw, Historian
"… X X X Dick Shaw is an avid collector of Brady Gang paraphernalia and history."
Site Page
Bath's Historic Downtown - The Customs House
"The job of the Customs Collector was to collect taxes on goods imported from other countries. Also, the building contained a room for federal judges…"
Story
Lifelong Lepidopterist
by E. Christopher Livesay
Chris Livesay collects and studies butterflies.
Story
Lloyd LaFountain III family legacy and creating own path
by Biddeford Cultural & Heritage Center
Lloyd followed in his family’s footsteps of serving Biddeford and the State of Maine.
