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These results include photographs, documents, letters, paintings, artifacts, and many other kinds of Maine related items from collections around the state and elsewhere.


Item 9283

John Sheahan letter from Belle Plain, Virginia, 1863

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1863-01-16 Location: Belle Plain; Dennysville Media: Ink on paper

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Item 98584

William A. Burgess letter to his sister Harriet, Belfast, 1864

Contributed by: Belfast Historical Society Date: 1864-07-09 Location: Belfast Media: Ink on paper

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Item 52959

William Adams from Camp Franklin, Virginia, 1861

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1861 Location: Casco; Franklin 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 63360

Pvt. John Sheahan on death of brother in war, 1863

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

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Item 9301

Letter from Luther Lawrence to his father, June 2, 1861

Contributed by: North Yarmouth Historical Society Date: 1861-06-02 Location: Pownal; Boston Media: Ink on paper

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Item 63359

Pvt. John Sheahan on transfer to dismounted camp, 1863

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

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Item 55490

John P. Sheahan on enthusiam for Union cause, Augusta, 1862

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

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Item 54436

William B. Adams letter from near Richmond, Va., 1862

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

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Item 68017

Letter to family after arriving in Portland, 1862

Contributed by: John Micavich through Sebago Historical Society Date: 1862-09-27 Location: Portland; Sebago Media: Ink on paper

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Item 100564

Caroline Washburn Holmes proof of marriage, Livermore, 1863

Contributed by: Washburn Norlands Living History Center Date: 1857-06-03 Location: Livermore Media: Ink on paper

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Item 23362

Leave card, Camp King, 1862

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1862 Location: South Portland Media: Ink and pencil on paper

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Item 40457

Centennial parade, Portland, 1920

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Date: 1920-07-05 Location: Portland Media: Glass Negative

Item 81177

Pvt. John E. Stewart on letter writing, Virginia, 1861

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1861 Location: Lewinsville; Columbia Media: Ink on paper

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Item 100575

Freeland Holmes letter to Caroline Ann Washburn, Virginia, 1862

Contributed by: Washburn Norlands Living History Center Date: 1862-07-25 Location: Harrison's Landing Media: Ink on paper

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Item 64613

Lt. John P. Sheahan on writing to him in prison, South Carolina, 1864

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1864 Location: Columbia Media: Pencil 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 9276

Letter, John Sheahan to his family in Dennysville, 1862

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1862-12-26 Location: Dennysville Media: Ink on paper

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Item 97564

Pvt. John Sheahan to mother on photograph, Augusta, 1862

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

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Item 79914

Pvt. Daniel W. Brown to mother on arrival in Washington, 1862

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1862 Location: Portland; Washington; Boston; Philadelphia; New York; Baltimore 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 62522

Eben Calderwood, New York, to wife, 1862

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

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Item 66037

C.A. Garcelon to aunt, Maryland, 1862

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

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