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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 102842

Remarks on board the Julia E. Arey, 1860

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1860-11-05 Location: Thomaston; Jefferson Media: Ink on paper

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Item 6079

Hannah Farmer, Eliot 1823-1891

Contributed by: Eliot Baha'i Archives Date: circa 1880 Location: Eliot Media: Photographic print

Item 42141

Samuel Longfellow, ca. 1870

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1870 Location: Portland Media: Oil, canvas, pine

Item 19278

Fugitive Slave Act cartoon, 1851

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1851 Location: Boston Media: Lithograph on wove paper, jpg

Item 23187

Miriam Monroe recollections of Edward K. Whitney, ca. 1850

Contributed by: Western Maine Cultural Alliance Date: circa 1850 Location: Norway; Paris Media: MP3

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Item 6190

Rosemary Cottage, Eliot, ca. 1888

Contributed by: Eliot Baha'i Archives Date: circa 1888 Location: Eliot Media: Photographic print

Item 99276

Lucretia Sewall to husband about dental issues, abolition, Portland, 1838

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1838 Location: Portland Media: Ink on paper

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Item 10228

Letter from William Lloyd Garrison to Elizabeth Mountfort, July 19, 1850

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1850-07-19 Location: Portland; Boston Media: Ink on paper

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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

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Item 10239

Letter from Samuel J. May to Elizabeth Mountfort, Dec. 12, 1862

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1862-12-12 Location: Leicester; Portland Media: Ink on paper

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Item 10223

Letter from C. Lenox Remond to Elizabeth Mountfort, May 30, 1850

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1850-05-30 Location: Portland; Salem Media: Ink on paper

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Item 14250

George F. Talbot, Portland, 1873

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1873 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print

Item 66379

Harriet Beecher Stowe House, Brunswick, ca. 1938

Contributed by: Boston Public Library Date: circa 1935 Location: Brunswick Media: Linen texture postcard

Item 97029

Letter of Recommendation for graduate, Pittsfield, 1884

Contributed by: Maine Central Institute Date: 1884-04-14 Location: Pittsfield Media: Ink on paper

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Item 99391

Somers Sewall letter to mother, Boston, 1865

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1865-06-20 Location: Boston 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 6626

Eldress Elizabeth M. Noyes and Sister Edith Green, New Hampshire, ca. 1915

Contributed by: United Society of Shakers Date: circa 1915 Location: Canterbury Media: Photographic print

Item 10081

Letter to Elizabeth Mounfort from a friend in Trinidad, Cuba, July 4, 1847

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1847-07-04 Location: Trinidad; Portland Media: Ink on paper

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Item 35713

Lucy Collins from Michigan to Persis Blanchard, 1854

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1854 Media: Ink on paper

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Item 103262

Allocation of money for the children of the late John B. Russwurm, Yarmouth, 1852

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1852-07-06 Location: Yarmouth Media: Ink on paper

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Item 108716

"The Meeting House 2; All Present" by Daniel Minter, Portland, 2020

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

Item 108737

"The Meeting House" by Daniel Minter, 2020

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 2020 Location: Portland Media: Ink on paper

Item 7345

Letter from Ambrose Crane about stolen slave, 1835

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1835 Location: Augusta; Hallowell; St. Marks Media: Ink on paper

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Item 88023

Mansion House, Robbinston, ca. 1910

Contributed by: Penobscot Marine Museum Date: circa 1910 Location: Robbinston Media: Glass Negative