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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 66940

John C. Phinney to Lt. Charles Bridges, Louisiana 1864

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1864 Location: Castine; Stockton Springs Media: Ink on paper

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Item 63563

Gen. Oliver Otis Howard funeral, Vermont, 1909

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1909-10-29 Location: Burlington Media: Photographic print

Item 103126

Benjamin Bullard to Sir William Pepperell on slave trading, Barbados, 1720

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1720-03-15 Location: Bridgetown; Kittery Media: Ink on paper

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Item 6434

Frederick Douglass, Old Orchard Beach, 1877

Contributed by: Maine State Archives Date: 1877 Location: Old Orchard Beach Media: Albumen print

Item 99018

Lizzie Howard on wedding of former slaves, Leeds, 1864

Contributed by: Bowdoin College Library Date: 1864 Location: Augusta Media: Ink on paper

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Item 101075

Slave whip, 1864

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society and Maine State Museum Date: 1864 Location: Bangor Media: Ink on paper

Item 100649

Israel Washburn to Elihu Washburne about Civil War policies, Augusta, 1862

Contributed by: Washburn Norlands Living History Center Date: 1862-07-12 Location: Augusta Media: Ink on paper

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Item 105441

Machegonne : Portland, also called Falmouth, 1932

Contributed by: Osher Map Library and Smith Center for Cartographic Education Date: 1632–1932 Location: Portland; Falmouth Media: Lithograph

Item 55494

John Sheahan on conditions in Maryland, 1862

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1862 Location: Washington; Dennysville Media: Ink on paper

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Item 100614

Elisha F. Goddard, Rumford Point, ca. 1861

Contributed by: Maine State Archives Date: circa 1861 Location: Rumford Media: Carte de visite

Item 6355

Bill of sale for slave Scippio, 1759

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1759-12-07 Location: Falmouth Media: Ink on paper

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Item 7345

Letter from Ambrose Crane about stolen slave, 1835

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1835 Location: Augusta; Hallowell; St. Marks Media: Ink on paper

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Item 5517

T.J. Libby 12th Maine Regiment desk, ca. 1861

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1861 Location: New Orleans; Scarborough Media: Wood, paint, metal hinges

Item 102565

Wentworth Hotel, Kennebunk, ca. 1900

Contributed by: Brick Store Museum Date: circa 1900 Location: Kennebunk Media: Glass Negative

Item 104435

James Davis of the 9th Maine Regiment, ca. 1863

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1863 Location: Plymouth; Black Island Media: Ambrotype
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