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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 1282

Purchase of Indian corn for troops in Camden, 1780

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1780 Location: Camden Media: Ink on paper

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Item 1322

Oath of allegiance record for Daniel Lane, 1778

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1778-02-03 Location: Albany Media: Ink on paper

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Item 1365

Bounty money for Charles Chauncy, 1780

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1780-04-06 Location: Kittery Media: Ink on paper

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Item 5657

John Dunn's Moosehead Lake 1889 diary, 1889

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1889 Media: Ink on paper

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Item 5725

Depositions after the shipwreck of the 'Bohemian', 1864

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1864-02-22 Location: Cape Elizabeth Media: Paper

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Item 5742

Detail of the 'List of drowned,' S.S. Bohemian, Feb. 22, 1864

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1864-02-22 Location: Cape Elizabeth Media: Paper

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Item 5749

John Sawyer letter to Rev. William Jenks about Penobscot agriculture, 1810

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1810-11-30 Location: Bangor Media: Paper

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Item 6067

John Dunlop's deposition regarding land, 1792

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1792-05-10 Media: Ink on paper

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Item 6145

Joseph Frye's land deed for Fryeburg, 1763

Contributed by: Fryeburg Historical Society Date: 1763 Location: Fryeburg Media: Ink on paper

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Item 6243

Letter from Thomas Pownall to Robert Monckton, 1758

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1758-08-30 Location: Thomaston Media: Ink on paper

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Item 6361

Sermon by Rev. Wallace W. Anderson, 1947

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1947-02-16 Location: Portland Media: Ink on paper

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Item 6382

Tebbets deposition, Ten Mile Falls, 1787

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1787-09-28 Location: Brunswick Media: Ink on paper

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Item 6465

Green Acre Fellowship membership card, 1925

Contributed by: Eliot Baha'i Archives Date: 1925-05-29 Location: Eliot Media: Ink on paper

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 179

Portland Observatory subscriber agreement, 1807

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1807-03-20 Location: Portland Media: Paper

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Item 1364

Kittery allocation for travel and pay of soldiers, 1779

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1779-07-06 Location: Kittery Media: Ink on paper

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Item 1368

Letter with paper from Arnold's march to Quebec, 1868

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

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Item 5314

Plan of rivers of Saco and Kennebunk, 1731

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1731 Media: Ink on paper

Item 5330

The Pejepscot Claim, September 15, 1764

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1764-09-15 Location: Brunswick; Topsham; Freeport; Harpswell; Lewiston; North Yarmouth Media: Ink on paper

Item 5741

Detail from a Map of Portland Harbour and islands, 1825

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1825 Location: Portland Media: Ink on paper, jpg

Item 5765

Troop instructions from Governor Shute about Wabanaki, 1721

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1721-08-09 Media: Paper

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Item 5890

Sara Cotta's lot, Brunswick, 1731

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1731 Location: Brunswick Media: Ink on paper

Item 5957

William Patten's land, Topsham, 1771

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1771-04-12 Location: Bowdoinham Media: Ink on paper

Item 5958

Acter Patten's land, Topsham, 1765

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1765-11-09 Location: Topsham Media: Ink on paper