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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 98609

Louise Titcomb letter to Rebecca Usher on Annapolis Hospital, 1864

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1864-04-27 Location: Hollis; Annapolis Media: Ink on paper

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Item 25163

Reidhead's Journal, Castine, 1779

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1779 Location: Castine Media: Ink on paper

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Item 25222

J.M. Brown Civil War letter, South Carolina, 1864

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1864 Location: Folly Island; Portland Media: Ink on paper

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Item 66915

John C. Phinney on desire for transfer, Greenville, LA, 1864

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

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Item 17030

Postcard concerning capture by Germans, 1944

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1944 Location: Gneixendorf; South Portland Media: Postcard

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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 96698

Nurse Ruth Mayhew to Ellen Bacon, 1865

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

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Item 35443

Cyrus Libby on Battle of Bull Run, Alexandria, Va., 1862

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

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Item 1461

Letter from Rebecca Usher on soldiers' hospital, 1865

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1865-05-06 Location: City Point Media: Ink and pencil on paper

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Item 66943

Lt. Horace M. Wing to Lt. Charles Bridges, New Orleans, 1864

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1864 Location: Castine; New Orleans Media: Ink on paper

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Item 81047

Rebecca Usher on receipt of goods, visit to Baltimore, 1863

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1863 Location: Chester; Baltimore; Annapolis; Boston Media: Ink on paper

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Item 80988

Sarah Sampson to Rebecca Usher, Bath, 1868

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1868 Location: Bath Media: Ink on paper

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Item 81015

Rebecca Usher description of military hospital, Pennsylvania, 1862

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1862 Location: Buxton; Chester Media: Ink on paper

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Item 81061

Nursing invitation for Rebecca Usher, Biddeford, 1862

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1862 Location: Chester; Biddeford Media: Ink on paper

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Item 81063

Rebecca Usher on leaving hospital job, Pennsylvania, 1863

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1863 Location: Chester; Baltimore; Boston Media: Ink on paper

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Item 81016

Rebecca Usher on injured soldiers, war, Pennsylvania, 1863

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1863 Location: Chester; Hollis; Plymouth; Philadelphia; Vicksburg; Fredericksburg; Buxton; Galveston Media: Ink on paper

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