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Item 10237

Letter from Frederick Douglass to Elizabeth Mountfort, Aug. 8, 1851

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1851-08-08 Location: Portland; Rochester Media: Ink on paper

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Item 16949

Frederick Jones, ca. 1870

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1870 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print

Item 6434

Frederick Douglass, Old Orchard Beach, 1877

Contributed by: Maine State Archives Date: 1877 Location: Old Orchard Beach Media: Albumen print

Tax Records

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Item 87435

Kendall property, E. Side Frederick Street, Rockbound Park, Peaks Island, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Adelaide M. Kendall Use: Summer Dwelling

Item 39669

1-7 Dow Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Frederick Use: Garage

Item 32777

Assessor's Record, 70-72 Bradley Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Frederick Barnes Use: Garage

Architecture & Landscape

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Item 150558

House for Mrs. H.J. Frederick, Augusta, 1911

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1911 Location: Augusta Client: H.J. (Mrs) Frederick Architect: Coombs Bros. Architects

Item 150280

Mr. Frederick Walker residence, Cape Elizabeth, 1898-1945

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1898–1945 Location: Cape Elizabeth Client: Frederick Walker Architect: John Calvin Stevens; John Calvin Stevens and John Howard Stevens Architects

Item 150299

Residence for Hon. Frederick A. Powers, Houlton, 1898

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1898 Location: Houlton Client: Frederick A. Powers Architect: John Calvin Stevens

Online Exhibits

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Exhibit

Stone house with clipped gables, 974 Sawyer Street, South Portland, ca. 1920

Sylvan Site: A Model Development

Frederick Wheeler Hinckley, a Portland lawyer and politician, had grand visions of a 200-home development when he began the Sylvan Site in South Portland in 1917. The stock market crash in 1929 put a halt to his plans, but by then he had built 37, no two of which were alike.

Exhibit

Dunlap Declaration of Independence, 1776

Unlocking the Declaration's Secrets

Fewer than 30 copies of the first printing of the Declaration of Independence are known to exist. John Dunlap hurriedly printed copies for distribution to assemblies, conventions, committees and military officers. Authenticating authenticity of the document requires examination of numerous details of the broadside.

Exhibit

Ancestral canoe journey, Motahkomikuk (Indian Township), 2019

Redact: Obscuring the Maine Constitution

In 2015, Maliseet Representative Henry Bear drew the Maine legislature’s attention to a historic redaction of the Maine Constitution. Through legislation drafted in February 1875, approved by voters in September 1875, and enacted on January 1, 1876, the Sections 1, 2, and 5 of Article X (ten) of the Maine Constitution ceased to be printed. Since 1876, these sections are redacted from the document. Although they are obscured, they retain their validity.