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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 14140

Crew list, Brig Argo, Bath, 1804

Contributed by: National Archives at Boston Date: 1804-12-03 Location: Bath Media: Paper

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Item 18923

Theodore Barrell to Sally Sayward Barrell Keating, 1789

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1789 Location: Boston; York Media: Ink on paper

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Item 8872

Ship ARYAN, Phippsburg, 1893

Contributed by: Maine Maritime Museum Date: 1893 Location: Phippsburg Media: Photographic print

Item 26659

Brig Daphne, Thomaston, ca. 1980

Contributed by: Thomaston Historical Society Date: circa 1980 Location: Thomaston Media: Photographic print

Item 9495

Schooner Zebedee E. Cliff, Boothbay Harbor, ca. 1925

Contributed by: Stanley Museum Date: circa 1925 Location: Boothbay Harbor Media: Photographic print

Item 29246

Granite column, Winthrop Hill, Hallowell, 1897

Contributed by: Hubbard Free Library Date: 1897-03-01 Location: Hallowell Media: Photographic print

Item 22416

J. M. Dillingham letter to mother, October 1861

Contributed by: Freeport Historical Society Date: 1861 Location: Freeport; Queenstown; Cork; Antwerp Media: Ink on paper

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Item 98688

Four-masted schooner Constellation near East Boothbay, ca. 1932

Contributed by: Boothbay Region Historical Society Date: circa 1932 Location: Boothbay; Harrington Media: Glass Negative

Item 20970

John Dillingham letter about sailing schedule, 1846

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1846 Location: Freeport Media: Ink on paper

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Item 22217

John Dillingham letter from Palermo, 1846

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1846 Location: Palermo; Freeport Media: Ink on paper

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Item 25844

Letter from Capt. Hill on ship issues, Jamaica, 1824

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1824 Location: Portland Media: Ink on paper

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Item 18953

Ezra Haskell, Portland, ca. 1850

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1850 Location: Portland Media: Oil on canvas

Item 55349

Caulking Iron, Popham Colony, ca. 1607

Contributed by: Maine State Museum Date: circa 1607 Location: Phippsburg Media: Iron

Item 81392

The Hamilton, Chebeague Island, ca. 1911

Contributed by: Greater Portland Landmarks Date: circa 1911 Location: Chebeague Island Media: Postcard

Item 20959

John Dillingham letter about Guadeloupe earthquake, 1843

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1843 Location: Pointe-a-Pitre; Freeport Media: Ink on paper

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Item 20964

Capt. John Dillingham letter from Port au Prince, Haiti, 1845

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1845 Location: Port au Prince; Freeport Media: Ink on paper

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Item 34258

Steamboat Ticket, Lincoln, 1864

Contributed by: Lincoln Historical Society Date: 1864 Location: Lincoln Media: Ink on paper

Item 15422

Schooner Viking, ca. 1885

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1885 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print from glass negative

Item 36118

Capt. John Curtis to wife, New York, 1862

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1862-06-04 Location: New York Media: Ink on paper

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Item 102955

Bond for goods imported, Portland, 1796

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1796-03-25 Location: Portland Media: Ink on paper

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Item 11603

Letter from John Davison to Eliza Ann Davison, New York, January 8, 1844

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1844-01-08 Location: New York; Augusta Media: Ink on paper

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Item 31752

Ship "Tremblay" on the Saco River, ca. 1917

Contributed by: McArthur Public Library Date: circa 1917 Location: Biddeford Media: Photographic print

Item 19266

John G. Dillingham letter to his wife, October 20, 1861

Contributed by: Freeport Historical Society Date: 1861 Location: Freeport; Queenstown; Cork; Cape Horn; Antwerp Media: Paper

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Item 25574

Logbook of the Ship Eliza Ann, 1809-1814

Contributed by: Freeport Historical Society Date: circa 1811 Location: Freeport Media: Ink on paper, linen sailcloth, twine binding

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