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Keywords: Prisoner of war escapes

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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 7480

John Campbell letter on Peleg Wadsworth's escape, 1781

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1781-06-19 Location: Castine Media: Ink on paper

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Item 76601

Plea for exchange of prisoner, Brunswick, 1864

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1864 Location: Richmond; Macon; Brunswick Media: Ink on paper

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Item 108921

Seaside vista, Houlton, ca. 1945

Contributed by: Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum Date: circa 1945 Location: Houlton Media: Oil painting

Item 65096

Request for prisoner exchange, Litchfield, 1864

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1864-10-12 Location: Litchfield; Hilton Head; Charleston Media: Ink on paper

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Item 64618

Lt. John Sheahan on intent to escape, South Carolina, 1864

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

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Item 64623

Letter to John Sheahan recalling escape, 1865

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1864 Location: Erie; Dennysville Media: Ink on paper

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Item 64625

Letter about changes in North Carolina, 1865

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1865 Location: New Bern; Dennysville Media: Ink on paper

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Item 64619

POW Sheahan plea for money, South Carolina, 1864

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1864 Location: Columbia; Dennysville Media: Ink on paper

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Item 64620

John P. Sheahan on court martial, Virginia, 1865

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1865 Location: Alexandria; Dennysville Media: Ink on paper

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Item 20702

Painting of Mont Saint Michel, ca. 1945

Contributed by: Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum Date: circa 1945 Location: Houlton Media: Oil painting

Item 64622

John P. Sheahan POW journal, 1864

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1864 Location: Danville; Columbia Media: Ink on paper

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Item 112088

Pejepscot Company Records, Volume 5, 1673–1856

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1673–1856 Location: Brunswick; Topsham Media: Ink on paper
This record contains 546 images.

Item 82340

'Confederacy Forever' flag, ca. 1863

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1863 Media: Cotton, silk

Item 4296

George A. Deering, 16th Maine Infantry, ca. 1863

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1863 Location: Saco Media: Photographic print

Item 64626

Letter to John Sheahan about son, 1865

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

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Item 60176

Receipt for Contraband Camp donation, Washington, 1863

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

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