Keywords: tax 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 27893
Oliver Moses Receipt for Taxes paid, Bath, 1882, 1882
Contributed by: Patten Free Library Date: 1882-09-12 Location: Bath Media: Ink on paper
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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.
Exhibit
John Y. Merrill: Leeds Farmer, Entrepreneur, & More
John Y. Merrill of Leeds (1823-1898) made terse entries in diaries he kept for 11 years. His few words still provide a glimpse into the life of a mid 18th century farmer, who also made shoes, quarried stone, moved barns, made healing salves -- and was active in civic affairs.
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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…"
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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Running the Town
"In 1953, Irene Kent was tax collector and was followed by Phyllis Staples. In 1961 Amy Staples became our first female town clerk."
