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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 6355
Bill of sale for slave Scippio, 1759
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1759-12-07 Location: Falmouth Media: Ink on paper
Item 7546
Sir William Pepperrell portrait, 1907
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1740 Location: Kittery Media: Oil on canvas
Item 7965
Civil War soldier's letter home, Oct. 1861
Contributed by: Fort Kent Public Library Date: 1861-10-12 Location: Washington; Fort Kent Media: Ink on paper
Item 9270
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1724 Location: Kittery; Berwick Media: Ink on paper
Item 13308
Henry Hinsdale letter on Indians, abolition, New York, 1841
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1841-11-02 Location: North Fairfield; Paris Media: Ink on paper
Item 42141
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1870 Location: Portland Media: Oil, canvas, pine
Item 102024
Letter from Thomas Hodges to Captain Henry Skinner, Portland, 1791
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1791 Location: Les Cayes Media: Ink on paper
Item 6644
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1862 Location: Pontchartrain Media: Iron
Item 9208
Capt. John Davison letter to wife, 1845
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1845-03-13 Location: Franklin Media: Ink on paper
Item 22513
William Pepperrell receipt for purchase of enslaved man, 1718
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1718-05-26 Location: Kittery Media: Ink on paper
Item 101828
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1791 Location: Les Cayes Media: Ink on paper
Item 102023
Thomas Robison from Thomas Hodges regarding illegal slave trade, Les Cayes, April 6, 1791
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1791 Location: Portland; Les Cayes Media: Ink on paper
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
Item 108739
Pepperrell House, Kittery, ca. 1774
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1774 Location: Kittery Media: Ink on paper
Item 9216
Letter to George Richardson from Fessenden & Deblois, 1845
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1845-07-26 Location: Portland; Rio de Janeiro Media: Ink on paper
Item 11616
John Davison letter from Mobile, Alabama, 1848
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1848-09-30 Location: Mobile Media: Ink on paper
Item 74541
Warning to Gen. Shepley on slaves, New Orleans, 1862
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1862-12-15 Location: New Orleans Media: Ink on paper
Item 76624
Request to send Freedmen's teachers to Richmond, 1865
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1865 Location: Boston; Richmond Media: Ink on paper
Item 100358
William "Napoleon" Thomas, Rumford Center, ca. 1870
Contributed by: Greater Rumford Area Historical Society Date: circa 1870 Location: Rumford Media: Photographic print
Item 101075
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society and Maine State Museum Date: 1864 Location: Bangor Media: Ink on paper
Item 16150
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1830 Location: Minot Media: Ink on paper, engraving
Item 29087
Austin Willey, Portland, ca. 1885
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1885 Location: Portland Media: Ink on paper
Item 6210
Rosemary cottage from the air, Eliot, ca. 1885
Contributed by: Eliot Baha'i Archives Date: circa 1885 Location: Eliot Media: Photographic print
Item 60176
Receipt for Contraband Camp donation, Washington, 1863
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1863 Location: Washington Media: Ink on paper
