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Historical Items
These results include photographs, documents, letters, paintings, artifacts, and many other kinds of Maine related items from collections around the state and elsewhere.
Item 100908
John Millett on Pittsfield Civil War enlistment quotas, Pittsfield, 1862
Contributed by: Maine State Archives Date: 1862-07-20 Location: Pittsfield Media: Ink on paper
Item 7472
Letter from Francis McLean to Henry Clinton, 1779
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1779-08-23 Location: Castine Media: Ink on paper
Item 19241
John M. Dillingham letter to mother, July 21, 1863
Contributed by: Freeport Historical Society Date: 1863 Location: Freeport; Charleston Media: Paper
Item 19243
John M. Dillingham to his mother, South Carolina, 1863
Contributed by: Freeport Historical Society Date: 1863 Location: Freeport; Charleston; Port Royal; Wilmington Media: Paper
Item 18285
U.S.S. Montauk, Portland Harbor, 1898
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1898 Location: Portland Media: Glass Negative
Item 25164
Receipt for Penobscot Expedition service, Falmouth, 1779
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1779-07-08 Location: Castine Media: Ink on paper
Item 1280
Benedict Arnold letter to Capt. Farnsworth, 1775
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1775-09-29 Location: Augusta Media: Ink on paper
Item 110845
Red Cross Canteen Service, Cape Elizabeth, ca. 1942
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1942 Location: Cape Elizabeth Media: watercolor
Item 25163
Reidhead's Journal, Castine, 1779
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1779 Location: Castine Media: Ink on paper
Item 34291
Civil War Memorial, Bangor, ca. 1875
Contributed by: Bangor Public Library Date: circa 1875 Location: Bangor Media: Stereograph
Item 35583
Colonel Freeman McGilvery, Stockton, ca. 1862
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1862 Location: Stockton Media: Painting
Item 9200
Abner Small prison diary, 1864-1865
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1864–1865 Location: Petersburg Media: Ink on paper
Item 36271
Letter concerning 'Boxer' prisoners, Eastport, 1813
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1813 Location: Eastport Media: Ink on paper
Item 110846
Soldiers lined up for a meal, Cape Elizabeth, ca. 1942
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society
Date: circa 1942
Location: Cape Elizabeth
Media: watercolor
This record contains 2 images.
Item 17525
Col. Henry Knox at Dorchester Heights, 1776
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1776 Location: Dorchester Media: Ink on paper
Item 84560
'Caleb Cushing' handcuffs, key, Portland, ca. 1860
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1860 Media: Iron
Item 21661
Gun transport, South Portland, ca. 1898
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1898 Location: South Portland Media: Photographic print
Item 21660
Moving gun, South Portland, 1898
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1898 Location: South Portland Media: Photographic print
Item 27646
Civil War Monument, Lubec, ca. 1908
Contributed by: Lubec Historical Society Date: circa 1908 Location: Lubec Media: Postcard
Item 8958
Benedict Arnold letter, June 24, 1776
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1776-06-24 Media: Ink on paper
Item 9964
Peleg Wadsworth letter about Penobscot Expedition, 1779
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1779-08-14 Location: Castine; Castine; Castine Media: Ink on paper
Item 10801
Peleg Wadsworth to wife about wound and imprisonment, Castine, 1781
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1781-02-19 Location: Castine; Castine Media: Ink on paper
Item 10802
Letter from Peleg Wadsworth to wife, Betsey about prison, 1781
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1781-02-20 Location: Portland; Castine Media: Ink on paper
Item 10803
Letter from Peleg Wadsworth to his wife, Betsey, Mar. 15, 1781
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1781-03-15 Location: Castine Media: Ink on paper