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Keywords: 1775-1865

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 10526

Governor King monument, Bath, ca. 1903

Contributed by: Patten Free Library Date: circa 1903 Location: Bath Media: Photographic print

Item 10596

William King, Bath, ca. 1806

Contributed by: Patten Free Library Date: circa 1806 Location: Bath; Augusta Media: Oil on Canvas

Item 103664

Distribution of separationist sentiment, Portland, 1816

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1816-04-21 Location: Portland Media: Ink on paper

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Item 36142

Appeal for District of Maine to be set off from Massachusetts, ca. 1790

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1790 Media: Ink on paper

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Item 102206

William P. Preble to William King regarding Missouri Compromise, Portland, 1820

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1820-03-09 Location: Portland; Bath Media: Ink on paper

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Item 103656

James Bridge to Reuel Williams discussing statehood, Boston, 1819

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1819-06-07 Location: Augusta; Boston Media: Ink on Paper

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Item 103657

John Chandler to Henry Dearborn about coasting law and its potential repeal, Monmouth, 1816

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1816 Location: Monmouth; Boston Media: Ink on paper

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Item 102122

Senator Holmes justifying vote for the Missouri Compromise, 1820

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1820-04-10 Location: Washington Media: Ink on paper

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Item 7578

Franklin County voting record, 1816

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1816 Location: Mercer; Moscow Media: Ink on paper

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Item 7579

Somerset County voting record, 1816

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1816 Location: Anson; Avon; Athens; Bloomfield Media: Ink on paper

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Item 102124

James Monroe to John Holmes regarding the Treaty of Ghent, 1816

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1816-01-24 Location: Washington Media: Ink on paper

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Item 1491

Town of Sidney separation election record, 1816

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1816-09-02 Location: Sidney Media: Ink on paper

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Item 1492

Washington County votes on separation from Massachusetts, 1816

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1816 Media: Ink on paper

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Item 1497

Delegate election results, Bethel, 1816

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1816-09-02 Location: Bethel Media: Ink on paper

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Item 1498

Election record from Town of Freeman, 1816

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1816-09-02 Location: Kingfield Media: Ink on paper

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Item 9303

Call for a meeting to discuss separation from Massachusetts, April 1816

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1816 Media: Ink on paper

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Item 20114

Falmouth Gazette, 1785

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1785 Media: Ink on paper

Item 20813

Samuel Whiting letter on occupation of Castine, 1814

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1814 Location: Castine Media: Ink on paper

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Item 103653

"An address to the inhabitants of the District of Maine upon the subject of their separation," Portland, 1791

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1791 Location: Portland Media: Ink on paper

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Item 34544

Proclamation of statehood, 1820

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1820 Location: Portland Media: Ink on paper

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Item 104989

Vote for statehood, Baldwin, 1819

Contributed by: Baldwin Historical Society Date: 1819-07-12 Location: Baldwin; Sebago Media: Ink on paper

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Item 104992

Voter list, Baldwin, 1819

Contributed by: Baldwin Historical Society Date: 1819-02-15 Location: Baldwin; Sebago Media: ink on paper

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Item 105035

Warrant to vote for delegates to the Maine Constitution Convention, 1819

Contributed by: Baldwin Historical Society Date: 1819-09-06 Location: Baldwin; Sebago Media: Ink on paper

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Item 1495

William Preble's controversial interpretation of a vote on separation from Massachusetts, 1816

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1816 Location: Brunswick Media: Paper

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