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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 1283

Letter describing burning of Falmouth, 1775

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1775 Location: Portland Media: Ink on paper

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Item 7011

Letter to George H. Jewett, 1918

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1918-07-02 Location: London Media: Ink on paper

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Item 25210

John Marshall Brown letter to sister, 1862

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1862 Location: Harpers Ferry Media: Pencil on paper

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Item 7013

Letter from F. Hubbard to Elizabeth Bascome Jewett, 1916

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1916-04-02 Location: London Media: Ink on paper

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Item 12400

Draper's claim northeast of Bath, 1795

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1795 Media: Ink on paper
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Item 10557

William Bayley letter to mother, October 7, 1781

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1781-10-07 Location: Portland; West Point Media: Ink on paper

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Item 11610

Letter from John Davison from New Orleans, May 12, 1847

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1847-05-12 Location: Augusta; New Orleans Media: Ink on paper

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Item 11612

John Davison letter from Savannah, Georgia, June 15, 1847

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1847-06-15 Location: Augusta; Savannah Media: Ink on paper

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Item 11613

John Davison letter from Boston, September 22, 1847

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1847-09-22 Location: Augusta Media: Ink on paper

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Item 11614

John Davison letter from Pattersonville, December 25, 1847

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1847-12-25 Location: Augusta; Pattersonville; Augusta; Pattersonville Media: Ink on paper

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Item 11615

John Davison letter from Demarara, Guyana, 1848

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1848-02-29 Location: Augusta; Demarara Media: Ink on paper

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Item 34481

Frederick H. Rogers to his mother, Hannah, Iowa, July 10th, 1862

Contributed by: Bangor Historical Society Date: 1862 Location: Davenport; Bangor Media: Ink on paper

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Item 34485

Frederick Rogers to his mother Hannah, Virginia, March 23, 1862

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

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Item 12399

Map of Draper's Claim, near Bath, 1795

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1795 Media: Ink on paper
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Item 54444

W.B. Adams letter about march, Virginia, 1863

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1863 Location: White Oak Church Media: Ink on paper

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Item 1461

Letter from Rebecca Usher on soldiers' hospital, 1865

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1865-05-06 Location: City Point Media: Ink and pencil on paper

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Item 12917

William S. Cohen, 1972

Contributed by: Raymond H. Fogler Library Date: 1972 Location: Bangor Media: Photographic print

Item 80988

Sarah Sampson to Rebecca Usher, Bath, 1868

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1868 Location: Bath Media: Ink on paper

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Item 81015

Rebecca Usher description of military hospital, Pennsylvania, 1862

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1862 Location: Buxton; Chester Media: Ink on paper

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Item 81061

Nursing invitation for Rebecca Usher, Biddeford, 1862

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1862 Location: Chester; Biddeford Media: Ink on paper

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Item 81063

Rebecca Usher on leaving hospital job, Pennsylvania, 1863

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

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Item 98588

Peter Hazen letter to Mrs. E. D. Towne, Belfast, 1864

Contributed by: An individual through Belfast Historical Society Date: 1864-08-15 Location: Belfast; Philadelphia Media: Ink on paper

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Item 17032

Walter Hustus letter from POW camp, 1945

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1945 Location: Gneixendorf; South Portland Media: Ink on paper

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Item 54440

Name changes for a Presque Isle Bank, 1940 - 2000

Contributed by: Presque Isle Historical Society Date: 1940–2000 Location: Presque Isle Media: MP3

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