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LC Subject Heading: Colonial Period

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 105065

King James I English Laurel coin, Richmond Island, 1623

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1623 Location: Richmond Island Media: Gold

Item 105066

King James I English Laurel coin, Richmond Island, 1623

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1623 Location: Richmond Island Media: Gold

Item 105067

King James I English Laurel coin, Richmond Island, 1621

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1621 Location: Richmond Island Media: Gold

Item 105068

King James VI Scottish half sovereign coin, Richmond Island, 1602

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1602 Location: Richmond Island Media: Gold

Item 105069

King James I English double crown coin, Richmond Island, 1618

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1618 Location: Richmond Island Media: Gold

Item 18272

Battle of Lovell's Pond poem, ca. 1760

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1760 Location: Fryeburg Media: Ink on paper

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Item 22507

William Pepperrell letter on completion of ship, 1749

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1749 Location: Kittery Media: Ink on paper

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Item 22509

William Pepperrell on military officers, 1753

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1753 Location: Kittery Media: Ink on paper

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Item 22520

Letter to William Pepperrell in London, 1749

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1749 Location: Kittery; London Media: Ink on paper

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Item 22539

Samuel Wheelwright will, Wells, 1700

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1700-01-22 Location: Wells 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 22541

Josiah Willard on tax collection, 1752

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1752 Location: Boston; Kittery Media: Ink on paper

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Item 22542

Pepperrell appointment to colonial Council, 1727

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1726-06-01 Location: Boston; Kittery Media: Ink on paper

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Item 22543

Letter concerning troops for Louisburg campaign, 1755

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1755 Location: Roxbury; Kittery Media: Ink on paper

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Item 26906

Iron Hooks Used to Hang a Musket, ca. 1690

Contributed by: Maine Bureau of Parks and Lands Date: circa 1690 Location: Bristol Media: Metal

Item 26996

Brass Sword Hilt Guard, ca. 1750

Contributed by: Maine Bureau of Parks and Lands Date: circa 1750 Location: Bristol Media: Metal

Item 28846

Portrait of Sir William Phipps, ca. 1691

Contributed by: Maine State Museum Date: circa 1691 Media: Oil on Canvas

Item 34145

Old Homesteads in Scarborough, ca. 1950

Contributed by: Scarborough Historical Society & Museum Date: circa 1950 Location: Scarborough; Scarborough Media: Ink on paper, photograph

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 105627

Lease agreement on patent owned by Gorges and Mason, Kittery, 1637

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1637-10-01 Location: Kittery Media: Ink on paper

Item 108739

Pepperrell House, Kittery, ca. 1774

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1774 Location: Kittery Media: Ink on paper

Item 111719

Kennebec Purchase Deed, October 27, 1661

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1661-10-27 Media: Ink on vellum
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Item 5229

Old Block, Winslow, ca. 1920

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1920 Location: Winslow Media: Photographic print

Item 5233

Fort Halifax Block House, Winslow, ca. 1920

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1920 Location: Winslow Media: Photographic print