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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 17117

Letter from Robert Waterston to John Fogg, 1875

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1875 Location: Boston Media: Ink on paper

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Item 100461

Lithgow book room and librarian's desk, Augusta, ca. 1896

Contributed by: Lithgow Public Library Date: circa 1896 Location: Augusta Media: Photographic print

Item 15896

Portrait of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow by Eastman Johnson, 1846

Contributed by: NPS, Longfellow House-Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site Date: 1846 Location: Boston Media: Crayon and chalk on tan wove paper

Item 25628

Magnalia Christi Americana, London, 1702

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1702 Location: Boston Media: Ink on paper

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Item 28008

Cornelia and Anne Whittier, 1891

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1891-12-25 Location: Boston Media: Photograph, paper, watercolors

Item 6640

Quadrant, 1770

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1770 Location: Boston Media: Pine covered with paper

Item 22382

Samuel Sewall letter regarding female prisoner, 1693

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1693-07-14 Location: Boston Media: Ink on paper

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Item 70082

Letter on regimental forms, 1861

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1861 Location: Boston Media: Ink on paper

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Item 22546

John Winslow, Boston, ca. 1765

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1770 Media: Etching

Item 70133

Soldier excuse for absence, Boston, 1861

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1861-12-18 Location: Augusta; Boston Media: Ink on paper

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Item 17299

First Clock, Houlton, 1819

Contributed by: Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum Date: 1819 Location: Houlton Media: Wood, metal

Item 13272

Monson No. 1, Portland, 1910

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1910 Location: Portland; Boston Media: Photographic print

Item 103269

Florence "Flossie" Gilmore graduation, Boston, Massachusetts, 1906

Contributed by: Westport Island History Committee Date: 1906 Location: Westport Island; Boston; Cambridge; Concord; Woburn Media: Photographic print

Item 10490

General Henry Knox to Moses Grant, Boston, October 13, 1794

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1794-10-13 Location: Thomaston; Boston Media: Ink on paper

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Item 13083

Mark Fernald letter from Boston to Ephraim Stinchfield, 1816

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1816-06-05 Location: New Gloucester; Boston Media: Ink on paper

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Item 22540

Josiah Willard, Boston, to William Pepperrell, Kittery, 1729

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1729 Location: Boston; Kittery Media: Ink on paper

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Item 103656

James Bridge to Reuel Williams discussing statehood, Boston, 1819

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1819-06-07 Location: Augusta; Boston Media: Ink on Paper

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Item 110406

Margaret Richardson in her grandmother's wedding dress, Boston, ca. 1897

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1897 Location: Portland; Boston Media: cabinet card

Item 135929

Ward Chipman's Reply to the American Agent, Boston, 1817

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1817 Location: Boston; St. Andrews Media: Ink on Paper
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Item 80913

Martha Osgood letter about fabric, dresses, Bar Mills, 1862

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1862 Location: Bar Mills; Standish; Saco; Boston Media: Ink on paper

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Item 102348

Breakfast menu on the R.M.S. Carmania, October, 1927

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1927-10-05 Location: London; Boston Media: Ink on paper

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Item 34568

Edward Beecher Mason, Brunswick, ca. 1890

Contributed by: Pejepscot History Center Date: circa 1890 Location: Brunswick Media: Photographic print

Item 12997

The tow boat Marguerite, Portland Company, ca. 1893

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1893 Location: Kennebunkport; Portland Media: Photographic print

Item 101408

John Quincy Adams regarding Adams' esteem for the Wadsworths, Boston, 1809

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1809-07-11 Location: Boston; Portland Media: Ink on paper

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