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LC Subject Heading: Maine--Politics and government--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 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 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 34544

Proclamation of statehood, 1820

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1820 Location: Portland 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 10526

Governor King monument, Bath, ca. 1903

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

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 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 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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