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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 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 100697

Samuel Washburn describes "USS Galena," Connecticut, 1862, 1862

Contributed by: Washburn Norlands Living History Center Date: 1862-04-16 Location: Mystic Bridge Media: Ink on paper

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Item 65829

Eben Roberts, 21st Maine, to Mary Calderwood, 1863

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1863-04-16 Location: Baton Rouge; Vinalhaven Media: Ink on paper

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Item 100702

Samuel Washburn on desire to be a Navy captain, New York, 1862

Contributed by: Washburn Norlands Living History Center Date: 1862-02-11 Location: New York Media: Ink on paper

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Item 100971

Samuel Washburn on rebel attack at City Point, Virginia, 1862

Contributed by: Washburn Norlands Living History Center Date: 1862-06-18 Location: City Point Media: Ink on paper

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Item 58172

G.A.R. Post No. 134, Strong, ca. 1890

Contributed by: Strong Historical Society Date: circa 1890 Location: Strong Media: Cabinet photograph

Item 76130

Request for information on ill soldier, Bangor, 1863

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

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Item 97760

Lt. John Sheahan on soldier's life, future plans, Virginia, 1864

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

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Item 79280

Sgt. Titcomb to mother, Baton Rouge, 1863

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

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Item 60174

Doctor's letter certifying ill soldier, Portland, 1863

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1863 Location: Portland Media: Ink on paper

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Item 76608

Mary Davis request for son's discharge, Portland, 1864

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1864 Location: Portland; Norfolk Media: Ink on paper

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Item 75488

Letter seeking furlough for ill soldier, New Orleans, 1863

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1863 Location: New Orleans; Portland; Buras-Triumph Media: Ink on paper

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Item 6952

Sprig of Green poem, 1862

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1862 Location: Fredericksburg Media: Ink on paper

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Item 73304

George Varney, Bangor, 1861

Contributed by: Bangor Historical Society Date: 1861 Location: Bangor Media: Paper

Item 100692

Samuel Washburn on reporting for duty, LeRay, New York 1863

Contributed by: Washburn Norlands Living History Center Date: 1863-01-12 Location: Le Ray Media: Ink on paper

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Item 63563

Gen. Oliver Otis Howard funeral, Vermont, 1909

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1909-10-29 Location: Burlington Media: Photographic print

Item 66036

Charles Garcelon to father, Virginia, 1862

Contributed by: Edmund S. Muskie Archives and Special Collections Library Date: 1862 Location: Rappahannock Station Media: Ink on paper

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Item 71951

Surgeon letter on soldier resignation, New Orleans, 1862

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1862 Location: New Orleans Media: Ink on paper

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Item 101170

1st Maine Heavy Artillery, Bangor, 1865

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society and Maine State Museum Date: 1865-09-17 Location: Bangor Media: Ink on paper

Item 31851

Letter from Luther Lawrence to his brother Frank, March 1, 1863

Contributed by: North Yarmouth Historical Society Date: 1863 Location: St. Helena Island Media: Ink on paper

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Item 100739

Samuel Washburn request for ship's command, New York, 1862

Contributed by: Washburn Norlands Living History Center Date: 1862-03-22 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 100630

Clark S. Edwards, Bethel, ca. 1890

Contributed by: Bethel Historical Society Date: circa 1890 Location: Bethel Media: Photographic print

Item 97582

Pvt. John P. Sheahan on hopes for peace, victory, Virginia, 1863

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1863 Location: Dennysville; Warrenton Media: Ink on paper

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