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Historical Items

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Item 1148

Probate Courts Proceedings List, 1832

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1832-12-03 Location: York Media: Ink on paper

Item 23811

Josiah Pierce probate account, Baldwin, ca. 1830

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1830 Location: Baldwin Media: Ink on paper

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Item 36019

Officers of Somerset County, 1895

Contributed by: Skowhegan History House Date: 1895 Media: Photographic print

Online Exhibits

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Father John Bapst: Catholicism's Defender and Promoter

Father John Bapst, a Jesuit, knew little of America or Maine when he arrived in Old Town in 1853 from Switzerland. He built churches and defended Roman Catholics against Know-Nothing activists, who tarred and feathered the priest in Ellsworth in 1854.

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Hannibal Hamlin of Paris Hill

2009 marked the bicentennials of the births of Abraham Lincoln and his first vice president, Hannibal Hamlin of Maine. To observe the anniversary, Paris Hill, where Hamlin was born and raised, honored the native statesman and recalled both his early life in the community and the mark he made on Maine and the nation.

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Dressing Up, Standing Out, Fitting In

Adorning oneself to look one's "best" has varied over time, gender, economic class, and by event. Adornments suggest one's sense of identity and one's intent to stand out or fit in.

Site Pages

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

"… Miller, who was also a Senator and later Judge of Probate in 1836, became the second warden. Warden Miller lived in a house on the site of the…"

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Bath's Historic Downtown - The Sagadahoc County Courthouse

"… District Attorney, Register of Deeds, Register of Probate, and the Sheriff's Department. These offices serve all the residents of the county by…"

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - The Brick Inn

"… over to Trustees - Thompson and Richard; from probate records it appears they took very good care of her money."