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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 102173

John Morton appointing William Curry as Physician & Surgeon, Pennsylvania, 1776

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1776-04-06 Media: Ink on paper

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Item 102178

William Paca on state of the militia, 1777

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1777-05-13 Media: Ink on paper

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Item 102180

George Ross asking special permission from Congress, 1776

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1776-10-26 Media: Ink on paper

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Item 102181

Benjamin Rush on monetary transactions, Philadelphia, 1777

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1777-05-19 Location: Philadelphia Media: Ink on paper

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Item 102182

Roger Sherman on import taxes, New York, 1789

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1789-05-06 Location: Philadelphia Media: Ink on paper

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Item 102183

James Smith on his feelings at the Second Continental Congress to his wife, Baltimore, 1776

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1776-12-31 Location: Baltimore; York; Shippensburg Media: Ink on paper

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Item 102184

Richard Stockton regarding details of a court case, New Jersey, 1774

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1774-10-03 Location: Morven Media: Ink on paper

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Item 102185

Thomas Stone giving advice to brother, Annapolis, 1781

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1781-10-03 Location: Annapolis; Philadelphia Media: Ink on paper

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Item 102186

George Taylor requesting kitchen supplies from ironworks, Pennsylvania, 1780

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1780-11-23 Location: Easton; Durham; Trenton Media: Ink on paper

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Item 102187

George Walton on the state of the war prisoners to General Lincoln, Georgia, 1779

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1779-10-13 Location: Sunbury; Savannah Media: Ink on paper

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Item 102189

George Wythe requesting seeds from Philadelphia, 1773

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1779-12-22 Location: Philadelphia Media: Ink on paper

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Item 102227

Thomas Heyward, Jr. on the state of the war, Pennsylvania, 1777

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1777-10-06 Location: York Media: Ink on paper

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Item 102162

Stephen Hopkins on the Continental Navy, Philadelphia, 1776

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1776-01-06 Location: Philadelphia; Baltimore Media: Ink on paper

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Item 102177

Thomas Nelson, Jr. on security of naval ships, Virginia, 1781

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1781-09-16 Location: Williamsburg Media: Ink on paper

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Item 102193

Resolution in Congress by Charles Thomson, 1779

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1779-09-20 Location: Philadelphia Media: Ink on paper

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Item 102242

John Hancock Wharf Museum, York, 1990

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1740 Location: York Media: Postcard

Item 15640

Bliss sisters, Durham, July 4, 1936

Contributed by: Durham Historical Society Date: 1936-07-04 Location: Durham Media: Photographic print

Item 33633

Benjamin Chesley, Lincoln, ca. 1850

Contributed by: Lincoln Historical Society Date: circa 1850 Location: Lincoln Media: Photographic print

Item 67728

Camp Tekakwitha brochure, Leeds, ca. 1940

Contributed by: Franco-American Collection, University of Southern Maine Libraries Date: circa 1940 Location: Leeds Media: Ink on paper

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