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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 5965

William Patten's land, Topsham, 1770

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1770-05-28 Location: Topsham Media: Ink on paper

Item 6218

Midsummer Fete for the Eliot Public Library, Eliot, 1888

Contributed by: Eliot Baha'i Archives Date: 1888-08-14 Location: Eliot Media: Ink on paper

Item 6381

Ebenezer Fellows deposition, Topsham, 1787

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1787-06-16 Location: Topsham Media: Ink on paper

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Item 6461

Valentine from Margaret Chase Smith, 1953

Contributed by: Margaret Chase Smith Library Date: 1953-02-14 Location: Washington Media: Construction paper and typing paper

Item 25210

John Marshall Brown letter to sister, 1862

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1862 Location: Harpers Ferry Media: Pencil on paper

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Item 178

Portland Harbor ship list, 1828

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1828-11-30 Location: Portland Media: Ink on paper

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Item 190

Affidavit of capture and imprisonment aboard ship, 1842

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1842-08-22 Location: Portland Media: Color transparency

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Item 1177

Letter concerning Harbinger of Peace, 1953

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1953-11-25 Location: Milbridge; Jonesport Media: Ink on paper

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Item 1329

Pay voucher for the expenses of the ship the Albany, 1779

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1779-12-10 Media: Ink on paper

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Item 1363

Revolutionary War enlistment paper, March 25, 1779

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1779-03-25 Location: Kittery Media: Pen on paper

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Item 1450

Letter from the Friends of Separation in York County, 1816

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1816-07-20 Media: Paper

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Item 1491

Town of Sidney separation election record, 1816

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1816-09-02 Location: Sidney Media: Ink on paper

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Item 1492

Washington County votes on separation from Massachusetts, 1816

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1816 Media: Ink on paper

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Item 1497

Delegate election results, Bethel, 1816

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1816-09-02 Location: Bethel Media: Ink on paper

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Item 1498

Election record from Town of Freeman, 1816

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1816-09-02 Location: Kingfield Media: Ink on paper

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Item 4324

Androscoggin and Kennebec Rivers, ca. 1720

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1720 Media: Ink on paper

Item 5764

William Lithgow to Spencer Phips on treaties with Wabanaki Tribes, 1751

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1751-07-09 Location: Richmond Media: Paper

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Item 5960

Fort land for William Ross, Brunswick, ca. 1763

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1763 Location: Brunswick Media: Ink on paper

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Item 6156

Signals at Portland Observatory, 1807

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1807 Location: Portland; Cape Elizabeth Media: watercolor on paper

Item 6380

Samuel Wilson deposition, Ten Mile Falls, 1787

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1787-06-14 Location: Topsham Media: Ink on paper

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Item 6436

First Parish Congregational Church, Pownal, 1907

Contributed by: Pownal Scenic and Historical Society Date: circa 1905 Location: Pownal; Pownal Media: Postcard

Item 6533

Green Acre on Piscataqua Inn advertisement, ca. 1900

Contributed by: Eliot Baha'i Archives Date: circa 1900 Location: Eliot Media: Phototransparency

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Item 6750

Portland Longshoremans Benevolent Society bylaws, 1881

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1881 Location: Portland Media: Ink on paper, manuscript

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Item 6776

Thomas Jefferson letter to William King, 1819

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1819-11-19 Location: Monticello Media: Ink on paper

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