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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 5505

Meshach P. Larry letter, Dec. 21, 1862

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

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Item 5506

Meshach P. Larry letter, Oct. 18, 1863

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

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Item 9298

Letter from Luther Lawrence to Frank, August 9, 1864

Contributed by: North Yarmouth Historical Society Date: 1864-08-09 Location: Deep Bottom Media: Ink on paper

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Item 13074

Manuscript map of Kennebec River area, 1771

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1771 Media: Ink on paper

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Item 15560

Narrative of voyage to Pemaquid, 1677

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1677 Media: Ink on paper

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Item 1459

Rebecca Usher on Lincoln's assassination, Virginia, 1865

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

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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 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 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 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 99392

Kiah Sewall account of escape from Mobile, 1864

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1864 Location: Mobile Media: Ink 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 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 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 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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Item 19017

Catherine Bell remembers Christmas, Monticello, 1925-1943

Contributed by: Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum Date: 1925–1943 Location: Houlton; Monticello Media: MP3

Item 9281

Letter from John Sheahan to his father, 1863

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1863-07-04 Location: Gettysburg; Dennysville Media: Ink on paper

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Item 9296

Luther Lawrence letter to brother, 1863

Contributed by: North Yarmouth Historical Society Date: 1863-06-10 Location: Pownal; Gray; Beaufort; Fernandina Media: Ink on paper

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Item 9300

Letter from Luther Lawrence to his brother, May 25, 1862

Contributed by: North Yarmouth Historical Society Date: 1862-05-25 Location: Richmond Media: Paper

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Item 31853

Letter from Luther Lawrence to his brother Frank, September 10, 1862

Contributed by: North Yarmouth Historical Society Date: 1862-09-09 Location: Yorktown Media: Ink on paper

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Item 143

Lucretia Day Sewall and children, Portland, ca. 1849

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1849 Location: Mobile Media: Daguerreotype

Item 7965

Civil War soldier's letter home, Oct. 1861

Contributed by: Fort Kent Public Library Date: 1861-10-12 Location: Washington; Fort Kent Media: Ink on paper

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