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LC Subject Heading: Statehood (American Politics)

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 102194

Joshua B. Lowell to John Chandler, Chesterville, 1819

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1819-01-25 Location: Chesterville Media: Ink on paper

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Item 102196

Abijah Smith to John Chandler regarding Maine statehood, Waterville, 1819

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1819-01-29 Location: Waterville Media: Ink on paper

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Item 102197

Moses S. Judkins to William King regarding Maine statehood, Castine, 1819

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1819-06-05 Location: Castine Media: Ink on paper

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Item 103661

Town meeting regarding a Gorham convention, Berwick, 1787

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1787-01-25 Location: Berwick Media: Ink on Paper

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Item 20116

Arguments against separation from Massachusetts, 1819

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1819 Media: Ink on paper

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Item 102192

John Chandler to William King on Maine statehood, Monmouth, 1818

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1818-10-03 Location: Monmouth Media: Ink on paper

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Item 102207

William Moody to William King regarding issues surrounding new statehood, Saco, 1820

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1820-04-13 Location: Saco Media: Ink on paper

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Item 102200

Mark Hill to William King regarding Maine's admission to the Union, Washington, DC, 1819

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1819-12-30 Location: Washington Media: Ink on paper

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Item 15204

Letter concerning organization of new State of Maine, 1820

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1820 Location: Augusta Media: Ink on paper

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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 102198

George Thacher to William King regarding a vote for statehood, Saco, 1819

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1819-07-28 Location: Saco Media: Ink on paper

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Item 102202

Letter from Ann King to William King, 1820

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1820-01-25 Location: Bath Media: Ink on paper

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Item 102204

Mark L. Hill to William King, Washington, D.C., February 4, 1820

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1820-02-04 Location: Washington 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 9272

Letter with a verbal tally of votes for separation, Belfast, 1816

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1816-07-27 Location: Belfast; Belfast Media: Ink on paper

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Item 9303

Call for a meeting to discuss separation from Massachusetts, April 1816

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1816 Media: Ink on paper

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Item 18710

John Holmes, Alfred, ca. 1823

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1823 Location: Alfred Media: Cut paper and silk

Item 20114

Falmouth Gazette, 1785

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1785 Media: Ink on paper

Item 23437

William King, Bath, ca. 1845

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1845 Media: Tintype

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 104989

Vote for statehood, Baldwin, 1819

Contributed by: Baldwin Historical Society Date: 1819-07-12 Location: Baldwin; Sebago Media: Ink on paper

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