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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 64617

POW Sheahan request for money, South Carolina, 1864

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1864 Location: Columbia; Dennysville Media: Pencil and ink on paper

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Item 64618

Lt. John Sheahan on intent to escape, South Carolina, 1864

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1864 Location: Columbia Media: Ink on paper

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Item 64619

POW Sheahan plea for money, South Carolina, 1864

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1864 Location: Columbia; Dennysville Media: Ink on paper

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Item 64620

John P. Sheahan on court martial, Virginia, 1865

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1865 Location: Alexandria; Dennysville Media: Ink on paper

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Item 64622

John P. Sheahan POW journal, 1864

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1864 Location: Danville; Columbia Media: Ink on paper

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Item 64624

John Sheahan to POW son, 1864

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1864 Location: Dennysville; Columbia Media: Ink on paper

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Item 65603

Eben Calderwood from Monroe, Va., 1863

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1863 Location: Vinalhaven; Monroe Media: Ink on paper

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Item 65604

Eben Calderwood on arrival in New Orleans, 1863

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1863 Location: Vinalhaven; New Orleans Media: Ink on paper

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Item 65826

Eben Calderwood to wife, from Baton Rouge, 1863

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1863 Location: Vinalhaven; Baton Rouge Media: Ink on paper

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Item 65830

E.S. Calderwood to wife, Baton Rouge, 1863

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1863 Location: Baton Rouge; Vinalhaven Media: Ink on paper

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Item 66024

C.A. Garcelon from Gettysburg, 1863

Contributed by: Edmund S. Muskie Archives and Special Collections Library Date: 1863 Location: Gettysburg; Lewiston Media: Ink on paper

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Item 66915

John C. Phinney on desire for transfer, Greenville, LA, 1864

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1864 Location: Greenville; Stockton Springs; Castine Media: Ink on paper

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Item 66940

John C. Phinney to Lt. Charles Bridges, Louisiana 1864

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1864 Location: Castine; Stockton Springs Media: Ink on paper

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Item 66943

Lt. Horace M. Wing to Lt. Charles Bridges, New Orleans, 1864

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1864 Location: Castine; New Orleans Media: Ink on paper

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Item 67546

William Haley Jr. letter from New York to his wife Miriam, 1864

Contributed by: Sebago Historical Society Date: 1864-10-29 Location: Augusta; Boston; New York; Washington; Sebago Media: Ink on paper

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Item 67547

Wm. Haley Jr. to daughter and niece, Alexandria, Va., 1864

Contributed by: Sebago Historical Society Date: 1864-11-01 Location: Alexandria; Augusta; Sebago Media: Ink on paper

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Item 67745

Letter from William Haley Jr, in Winchester, VA to his wife Miriam, 1865

Contributed by: Sebago Historical Society Date: 1865-04-01 Location: Winchester; Richmond; Petersburg; Sebago Media: Ink on paper

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Item 67840

William Haley Jr. letter to his wife Miriam, Winchester, Va., 1865

Contributed by: Sebago Historical Society Date: 1865-04-08 Location: Sebago; Winchester; Winchester Media: Ink on paper

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Item 67862

William Haley, Jr. letter to his wife, Miriam, 1865

Contributed by: Sebago Historical Society Date: 1865-04-25 Location: Washington; Arlington Heights; Sebago Media: Ink on paper

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Item 67902

William Haley, Jr. letter to his wife, Miriam, near Washington, D.C., 1865

Contributed by: Sebago Historical Society Date: 1865-05-14 Location: Sebago; Washington Media: Ink on paper

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Item 68442

Family writes to Charles Cole in Washington, DC Oct 1862

Contributed by: John Micavich through Sebago Historical Society Date: 1862-10-26 Location: Sebago; Washington; Gaines Woods Media: Ink on paper

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Item 81046

Rebecca Usher on visit to White House, 1863

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1863 Location: Chester; Hollis Media: Ink on paper

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Item 96296

Pvt. Eben Calderwood to wife, Louisiana, 1863

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1863 Location: Vinalhaven; Baton Rouge Media: Ink on paper

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Item 96591

Nurse M.E. Dupree on soldiers' needs, City Point, VA, 1865

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1865 Location: City Point Media: Ink on paper

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