Maine Memory Network

Samuel Huntington to James Bowdoin on suppressing Shays' Rebellion, Hartford, 1787

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1785-05-26 Location: Hartford; Boston Media: Ink on paper

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Militia noncommissioned officer's sword, ca. 1830

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1830 Media: Leather, brass, bone, steel

Telegram from J.L. Chamberlain to Brunswick Selectmen, 1880

Contributed by: Pejepscot History Center Date: 1880-01-17 Location: Augusta; Brunswick Media: Ink on paper

Temperance march in Bangor, 1909

Courtesy of Henry Gartley, an individual partner Date: 1909-09-15 Location: Bangor Media: Photographic print

Moses Greenleaf Civil War letter, Jefferson City, Missouri, 1864

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

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Walter Rounds Letter to his Cousin Abbie, 1864

Contributed by: Diana Letellier through Sebago Historical Society Date: 1864-09-29 Media: Ink on paper

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Calderwood pension certificate, Augusta, 1867

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1867 Location: Vinalhaven Media: Ink on paper

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Gen. Neal Dow to Gen. G.F. Shepley, Virginia, 1863

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1863 Location: Richmond; New Orleans; Port Hudson; Mobile; Augusta; Atlanta; Raleigh Media: Ink on paper

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Civil War linen fragment, ca. 1863

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1863 Media: Linen

K.B. Sewall on return to Mobile, 1865

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1865 Location: Mobile; New York Media: Pencil on paper

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Skowhegan Free Public Library and Elm Street, ca. 1940

Contributed by: Skowhegan Free Public Library through Skowhegan History House Date: circa 1940 Location: Skowhegan Media: Photographic print

Capt. John Curtis on secession, Mobile, Ala., 1861

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1861 Location: Mobile Media: Ink on paper

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Washburn letter supporting Shepley promotion, 1862

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1862 Location: Augusta Media: Ink on paper

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John W. Day letter on end of war, Georgia, 1865

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

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Soldiers and Sailors Monument, Portland, ca. 1900

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print

Pvt. John Sheahan on unexpected move, Maryland, 1862

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1862 Location: Dennysville; Warrenton Media: Ink on paper

Pvt. John Sheahan on home, death, Virginia, 1863

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

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John Bailey to Edward E. O'Brien, Thomaston, 1861

Contributed by: Thomaston Historical Society Date: 1861-03-22 Location: Thomaston; Owens Ferry Media: Ink on paper

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Laughton School, Hallowell, ca. 1930

Contributed by: Joan Mosher Hague through Hubbard Free Library Date: circa 1930 Location: Hallowell Media: Photographic print

John P. Sheahan on duration of war, Virginia, 1864

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

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Cony letter congratulating G.F. Shepley, Augusta, 1869

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1869 Location: Portland; Augusta Media: Ink on paper

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William Henry Fogg Civil War Reminiscences, Bath, 1888

Contributed by: Patten Free Library Date: circa 1888 Location: Bath; Richmond Media: Ink on paper

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Eben Roberts, 21st Maine, to Mary Calderwood, 1863

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1863-04-16 Location: Baton Rouge; Vinalhaven Media: Ink on paper

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Allen J. Maker war wounds, ca. 1870

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1862 Location: Chantilly Media: Lithograph