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Keywords: Prisoners and prisons

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 64615

John Sheahan Sr. to son in POW prison, 1864

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1864 Location: Dennysville; Columbia Media: Ink on paper

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Item 64616

Lt. John Sheahan from S.C. prison, 1864

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1864 Location: Columbia; Dennysville Media: Ink on paper

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Item 11562

Col. Forney and Admiral Cervera, Kittery Navy Yard, 1898

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1898 Location: Kittery; Portsmouth Media: Photographic print

Item 12399

Map of Draper's Claim, near Bath, 1795

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1795 Media: Ink on paper

Item 11580

Mess Hall, Fort Long, 1898

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1898 Location: Kittery; Portsmouth Media: Photographic print

Item 116244

Re-Elect (David) Crook District Attorney, ca. 1994

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1994 Media: Cotton, ink

Item 7860

Admiral Charles C. Carpenter, Kittery, 1898

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1898 Location: Kittery; Portsmouth Media: Photoprint

Item 76529

Request for Black workers, New Orleans, 1863

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1863 Location: New Orleans Media: Ink on paper

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Item 76601

Plea for exchange of prisoner, Brunswick, 1864

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1864 Location: Richmond; Macon; Brunswick Media: Ink on paper

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Item 10894

German POW painting, Houlton, 1945

Contributed by: Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum Date: 1945 Location: Houlton Media: Oil painting

Item 22380

Cherry pit necklace, Island Falls, ca. 1863

Contributed by: Island Falls Historical Society Date: circa 1863 Location: Island Falls Media: Cherry pits

Item 7853

Com. Gordon, Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, 1898

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1898 Location: Kittery; Portsmouth Media: Photoprint

Item 23186

Richard Box recollection of Christmas in North Africa, 1943

Contributed by: Western Maine Cultural Alliance Date: 1943 Media: MP3

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Item 26662

Prison Brooms to the Train Depot, Thomaston, 1915

Contributed by: Thomaston Historical Society Date: circa 1915 Location: Thomaston Media: Photographic print

Item 76190

Gen. Neal Dow to Gen. G.F. Shepley, Virginia, 1863

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1863 Location: Richmond; New Orleans; Port Hudson; Mobile; Augusta; Atlanta; Raleigh Media: Ink on paper

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Item 11579

Stockade, Fort Long, Kittery Navy Yard, 1898

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1898 Location: Kittery; Portsmouth Media: Photographic print

Item 11586

American officers, Kittery Navy Yard, 1898

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1898 Location: Kittery; Portsmouth Media: Photographic print

Item 5714

Abner Small letter to mother and sister, 1865

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1865-01-24 Location: Danville Media: Ink on paper

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Item 64620

John P. Sheahan on court martial, Virginia, 1865

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1865 Location: Alexandria; Dennysville Media: Ink on paper

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Item 79920

Charles Barnard to wife, New Orleans, 1862

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1862-06-02 Location: New Orleans Media: Ink on paper

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Item 7480

John Campbell letter on Peleg Wadsworth's escape, 1781

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1781-06-19 Location: Castine Media: Ink on paper

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Item 65096

Request for prisoner exchange, Litchfield, 1864

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1864-10-12 Location: Litchfield; Hilton Head; Charleston Media: Ink on paper

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Item 11588

Spanish soldiers depart, Kittery Navy Yard, 1898

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1898 Location: Kittery; Portsmouth Media: Photographic print

Item 4161

Walter Hustus, ca. 1943

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1943 Media: Photographic print