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These results include photographs, documents, letters, paintings, artifacts, and many other kinds of Maine related items from collections around the state and elsewhere.


Item 74527

Letter introducing ship merchant to Gen. Shepley, 1862

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1862-11-28 Location: New Orleans Media: Ink on paper

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Item 54459

W.B. Adams from Cold Harbor, Va., 1864

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1864 Location: Cold Harbor Media: Ink on paper

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Item 54466

W.B. Adams on expense of furlough, Virginia, 1864

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1864 Media: Ink on paper

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Item 75084

Secretary of War letter on black troops, 1863

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

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Item 9284

Letter from John Sheahan to his father, Jan. 29, 1863

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1863-01-29 Location: Belle Plain; Dennysville Media: Ink on paper

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Item 31503

Oramaudel M. Hubbard, Brunswick, ca. 1919

Contributed by: Pejepscot History Center Date: circa 1919 Location: Brunswick Media: Photographic print

Item 68620

Letter about Pvt. Charles Cole ill health, Washington, D.C., 1862

Contributed by: John Micavich through Sebago Historical Society Date: 1862-12-07 Location: Washington; Sebago Media: Ink on paper

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Item 9274

Willis M. Porter letter about Lee surrender, 1865

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1865-04-06 Location: Old Town Media: Ink on paper

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Item 9283

John Sheahan letter from Belle Plain, Virginia, 1863

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1863-01-16 Location: Belle Plain; Dennysville Media: Ink on paper

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Item 97590

Pvt. John P. Sheahan on progress of war, Washington, D.C., 1863

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1863 Location: Dennysville; Washington Media: Ink on paper

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Item 72934

Walter Rounds Letter regarding gunfire, 1864

Contributed by: Sebago Historical Society Date: 1864-08-29 Location: Petersburg Media: Ink on paper

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Item 76039

Recommendation of William S. Cochran, Bangor, 1863

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

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Item 76038

Recommendation for Horace Jordan, Portland, 1863

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

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Item 99431

K.B. Sewall on return to Mobile, 1865

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1865 Location: Mobile; New York Media: Pencil on paper

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Item 9298

Letter from Luther Lawrence to Frank, August 9, 1864

Contributed by: North Yarmouth Historical Society Date: 1864-08-09 Location: Deep Bottom Media: Ink on paper

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Item 68442

Family writes to Charles Cole in Washington, DC Oct 1862

Contributed by: John Micavich through Sebago Historical Society Date: 1862-10-26 Location: Sebago; Washington; Gaines Woods Media: Ink on paper

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Item 68616

Pvt. Charles Cole to family, near Washington, D.C., 1862

Contributed by: John Micavich through Sebago Historical Society Date: 1862-11-19 Location: Washington; New Bern; Sebago; Sebago Media: Ink on paper

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Item 54436

William B. Adams letter from near Richmond, Va., 1862

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1862 Media: Ink on paper

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Item 67840

William Haley Jr. letter to his wife Miriam, Winchester, Va., 1865

Contributed by: Sebago Historical Society Date: 1865-04-08 Location: Sebago; Winchester; Winchester Media: Ink on paper

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Item 68612

Charles Cole to family, Arlington Heights, Va., 1862

Contributed by: John Micavich through Sebago Historical Society Date: 1862-11-09 Location: Arlington Heights; Manassas; Sebago Media: Pen and ink

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Item 79451

John W. Day letter on end of war, Georgia, 1865

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1865 Location: Augusta Media: Ink on paper

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Item 63357

Pvt. John Sheahan on war losses, 1863

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1863 Location: Sulphur Springs Media: Ink on paper

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Item 9279

Letter from William Heath to Ellen Forbes, ca. 1862

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1862 Location: Lancaster; Washington Media: Ink on paper

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Item 80973

Ruth Mayhew letter to Rebecca Usher, Ottawa, Kansas, 1866

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1866 Location: Hollis; Ottawa Media: Ink on paper

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