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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 25680
Indian attacks, Brunswick area, 1756
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society
Date: 1756
Location: Brunswick; Topsham
Media: Ink on paper
This record contains 2 images.
Item 111719
Kennebec Purchase Deed, October 27, 1661
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society
Date: 1661-10-27
Media: Ink on vellum
This record contains 2 images.
Item 1185
Tented settlement, Jaffa, Palestine, 1866
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1866 Location: Jonesport Media: Photographic print
Item 5765
Troop instructions from Governor Shute about Wabanaki, 1721
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1721-08-09 Media: Paper
Item 135882
Contributed by: Osher Map Library and Smith Center for Cartographic Education Date: 1761 Media: Ink on paper
Item 5335
Brunswick and Topsham, ca. 1730
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1730 Location: Brunswick; Topsham Media: Ink on paper
Item 5749
John Sawyer letter to Rev. William Jenks about Penobscot agriculture, 1810
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1810-11-30 Location: Bangor Media: Paper
Item 11719
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1740-06-04 Location: Brunswick Media: Ink on paper
Item 149687
Contributed by: Acadian Archives Date: circa 1831 Media: Ink on paper
Item 40466
Maine Centennial parade, Fort St. George float, Portland, 1920
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Date: 1920-07-05 Location: Portland; Phippsburg Media: Glass Negative
Item 22516
William Pepperrell on debt settlement, 1748
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1745 Location: Kittery; Louisbourg Media: Ink on paper
Item 4324
Androscoggin and Kennebec Rivers, ca. 1720
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1720 Media: Ink on paper
Item 100356
St. Sauveur mission, Mount Desert, ca. 1866
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1866 Media: Pencil on paper
Item 4316
Plan of J. Robinson lot, Topsham, 1761
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1761 Location: Topsham Media: Ink on paper
Item 122886
Plymouth Company Records, box 5/18, ca. 1805
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society
Date: circa 1805
Location: Augusta; Belgrade; Canaan; Hallowell; Sidney; Wiscasset
Media: Ink on Paper
This record contains 42 images.
Item 122912
Plymouth Company Records, box 7/8, 1810–1811
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society
Date: 1810–1811
Location: Augusta; Canaan; Clinton; Fairfax; Washington; Waterville
Media: Ink on Paper
This record contains 81 images.
Item 5764
William Lithgow to Spencer Phips on treaties with Wabanaki Tribes, 1751
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1751-07-09 Location: Richmond Media: Paper
Item 108655
Fort Augusta and annex at Small Point, Phippsburg, ca. 1910
Contributed by: Penobscot Marine Museum Date: circa 1910 Location: Phippsburg Media: Glass Plate Negative
Item 25387
Thomas Westbrook letter to William Pepperrell about ship masts, York, 1734
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1734 Location: York; Kittery Media: Ink on paper
Item 6360
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1600 Media: Ink on paper
Item 7350
Letter about Abenaki village raid, 1721
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1721-01-21 Location: Norridgewock; Brunswick Media: Ink on paper
Item 122793
Plymouth Company Records, box 1/8, 1752–1753
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society
Date: 1752–1753
Location: Boothbay Harbor; Damariscotta; Frankfor\t; Frankfort; Herrington; Litchfield; Pemaquid; Portland; Richmond; Townsend
Media: Ink on Paper
This record contains 67 images.
Item 122794
Plymouth Company Records, box 1/9, ca. 1753
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society
Date: circa 1753
Location: Dresden
Media: Ink on Paper
This record contains 52 images.
Item 122795
Plymouth Company Records, box 1/9a, ca. 1753
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society
Date: circa 1753
Location: Dresden; Wiscasset
Media: Ink on Paper
This record contains 42 images.