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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 12084

The State of Maine locomotive, 1869

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1869 Location: Portland; Boston Media: Photographic print

Item 22304

Pepperrell gateleg table, Kittery, ca. 1710-1740

Contributed by: Old York Historical Society Date: circa 1710 Location: Kittery; Boston Media: Black walnut with white pine

Item 28061

G.W. Pierce on Webster libel case, 1828

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1828 Location: Boston; Gorham Media: Ink on paper

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Item 29272

Cover, 'Mary Bean or the Mysterious Murder,' 1851

Contributed by: New Hampshire Historical Society Date: 1851 Location: Biddeford; Boston 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

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Item 102203

Prentiss Mellen to William King regarding the Missouri Compromise, Washington, DC, 1820

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1820-01-25 Location: Washington; Boston Media: Ink on paper

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Item 102601

Lee, Higginson & Company Belgian investment letter, 1920

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1920-01-14 Location: Portland; Boston Media: Ink on paper

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Item 102359

R.M.S "Scythia" travel log card, September, 1927

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1927-09-08 Location: Boston; La Havre Media: Print on paper

Item 110360

Knobby weave two-piece ensemble, ca. 1880

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1880 Location: Jefferson; Boston Media: wool, cotton, silk
This record contains 3 images.

Item 110410

Dr. Donnell's receipt for privately purchased uniform, Cambridge, 1862

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1862-02-04 Location: Houlton; Boston Media: ink on paper

Item 102153

Elbridge Gerry on domestic production of war products, Philadelphia, 1776

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1776-05-31 Location: Philadelphia; Boston Media: Ink on paper

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Item 102172

Robert Morris on the state of the war, Philadelphia, 1776

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1776-12-24 Location: Philadelphia; Boston Media: Ink on paper

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Item 77450

Letter to G.F. Shepley on interference in business plan, New York, 1868

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1868 Location: New York; Portland; Boston Media: Ink on paper

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Item 102141

Rufus King on a Biddeford farm for sale, Newburyport, 1782

Contributed by: McArthur Public Library Date: 1782-10-23 Location: Biddeford; Newburyport; Dunstable; Boston Media: Ink on paper

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Item 13996

Letter concerning baggage delay in Omaha, 1873

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1873 Location: Omaha; Boston; Bangor Media: Ink on paper

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Item 102350

Joseph Murray and friends on deck of the R.M.S. Scythia, 1927

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1927 Location: Portland; Boston; Le Havre Media: Photographic print

Item 81063

Rebecca Usher on leaving hospital job, Pennsylvania, 1863

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1863 Location: Chester; Baltimore; Boston Media: Ink on paper

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Item 101783

Champlain Society Meetings and Records, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1886-1889

Contributed by: Mount Desert Island Historical Society Date: 1886–1889 Location: Mount Desert; Boston; Cambridge Media: book, Ink on paper

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Item 79284

James Hunt to father, Newburyport, 1845

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1845 Location: Newburyport; Mansfield; Boston; Providence; New York Media: Ink on paper

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Item 66485

St. Ann's By the Sea, Kennebunkport, ca. 1938

Contributed by: Boston Public Library Date: circa 1938 Location: Kennebunkport Media: Linen texture postcard

Item 67546

William Haley Jr. letter from New York to his wife Miriam, 1864

Contributed by: Sebago Historical Society Date: 1864-10-29 Location: Augusta; Boston; New York; Washington; Sebago Media: Ink on paper

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Item 66498

St. Ann's by the Sea, Kennebunkport, ca. 1938

Contributed by: Boston Public Library Date: circa 1938 Location: Kennebunkport Media: Linen texture postcard

Item 122979

Plymouth Company Records, box 14/3, ca. 1751

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1751 Location: Boston Media: Ink on Paper
This record contains 44 images.

Item 135927

Appendix to the American Agent’s Memorial, Treaty of Ghent, 1817

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1695–1817 Location: Boston Media: Ink on Paper
This record contains 172 images.