Keywords: Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
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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 22547
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1711 Location: York Media: Ink on paper
Item 22514
Warning of possible Indian attack, 1743
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1743 Media: Ink on paper
Item 34716
Shilling coin, Richmond Island, ca. 1583
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1628 Location: Cape Elizabeth Media: Silver
Item 13281
William Pepperrell, Kittery, 1846
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1740 Media: Ink on paper
Item 33979
Judge George Thacher, Biddeford, ca. 1820
Contributed by: McArthur Public Library Date: circa 1820 Location: Biddeford Media: Photographic print
Item 7546
Sir William Pepperrell portrait, 1907
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1740 Location: Kittery Media: Oil on canvas
Item 105043
Signet ring, Richmond Island, ca. 1580
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1580 Location: Richmond Island Media: Gold
Item 104505
Home of John Moreland Cummings, Richmond's Island, ca. 1855
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1855 Location: Cape Elizabeth Media: Ambrotype
Item 22524
Letter concerning plea for ministers, Casco, 1703
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1703 Location: Portland Media: Ink on paper
Item 22522
Soldier's request for relief, 1747
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1747 Location: Louisbourg Media: Ink on paper
Item 149
Lieut. General William Pepperrell, ca. 1740
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1740 Location: Kittery Media: Photographic print
Item 5231
Fort Halifax Blockhouse, Winslow, ca. 1920
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1920 Location: Winslow Media: Photographic print
Item 108655
Fort Augusta and annex at Small Point, Phippsburg, ca. 1910
Contributed by: Penobscot Marine Museum Date: circa 1910 Location: Phippsburg Media: Glass Plate Negative
Item 13074
Manuscript map of Kennebec River area, 1771
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1771 Media: Ink on paper
Item 122886
Plymouth Company Records, box 5/18, ca. 1805
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1805 Location: Augusta; Belgrade; Canaan; Hallowell; Sidney; Wiscasset Media: Ink on Paper
Item 35596
Queen Elizabeth I silver coin, ca. 1558
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1628 Location: Cape Elizabeth Media: Silver
Item 108739
Pepperrell House, Kittery, ca. 1774
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1774 Location: Kittery Media: Ink on paper
Item 4324
Androscoggin and Kennebec Rivers, ca. 1720
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1720 Media: Ink on paper
Item 18272
Battle of Lovell's Pond poem, ca. 1760
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1760 Location: Fryeburg Media: Ink on paper
Item 34145
Old Homesteads in Scarborough, ca. 1950
Contributed by: Scarborough Historical Society & Museum Date: circa 1950 Location: Scarborough; Scarborough Media: Ink on paper, photograph
Item 105048
Queen Elizabeth I English three halfpence coin, Richmond Island, ca. 1560
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1560 Location: Richmond Island Media: metal
Item 105076
Massachusetts Bay Colony Pine Tree Sixpence coin, Castine, ca. 1671
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1671 Location: Castine Media: Silver
Item 105089
Massachusetts Bay Colony Pine Tree shilling coin, Castine, ca. 1671
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1671 Location: Castine Media: silver
Item 10545
Map of Ancient Falmouth from 1630 to 1690
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1630 Location: Portland Media: Ink on paper