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Item 9167

John Adams letter to Samuel Freeman, 1777

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1777-04-27 Location: Portland; Boston Media: Ink on paper

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Item 14801

Letter to Samuel Taylor concerning Society of Friends business, 1846

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1846 Location: Fairfield; Lynn Media: Ink on paper

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Item 101260

Samuel Chase on the Battle of Saratoga, Annapolis, 1777

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1777-11-07 Location: Annapolis Media: Ink on paper

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Tax Records

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Item 52681

215 Franklin Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Samuel Shulman Use: Storage

Item 83052

856 Washington Avenue, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Samuel Goodey Use: Residence

Item 36158

Assessor's Record, 38 Cedar Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Samuel Serlick Use: Stable-Storage

Architecture & Landscape

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Item 150889

General Plan Showing Conditions June 1, 1917, Samuel T. Bodine Esq. Estate, Villanova, Pennsylvania, 1914-1925

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1914–1925 Location: Villanova Client: Samuel T. Bodine Architect: Olmsted Brothers

Item 150803

Samuel Pringree House and Cottage, ca. 1888

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1888 Client: Samuel Pingree Architect: George M. Coombs
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Item 150129

Samuel S. Goodman residence, Bangor, 1948

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1948 Location: Bangor; Bangor Client: Samuel S. Goodman Architect: Eaton W. Tarbell

Online Exhibits

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Painting of the "Boxer" and "Enterprise," Monhegan, 1831

Enemies at Sea, Companions in Death

Lt. William Burrows and Commander Samuel Blyth, commanders of the USS Enterprise and the HMS Boxer, led their ships and crews in Battle in Muscongus Bay on Sept. 5, 1813. The American ship was victorious, but both captains were killed. Portland staged a large and regal joint burial.

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Freeland Holmes and Caroline Holmes, Foxcroft, ca. 1860

The Washburns of Livermore

Members of the Washburn family of Livermore participated in the Civil War in a variety of ways -- from Caroline at the homefront, to Samuel at sea, Elihu, as a Congressman from Illinois, and Israel governor of Maine. The family had considerable influence politically on several fronts.

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The Devil and the Wilderness

Anglo-Americans in northern New England sometimes interpreted their own anxieties about the Wilderness, their faith, and their conflicts with Native Americans as signs that the Devil and his handmaidens, witches, were active in their midst.

Site Pages

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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Captain Samuel Watts House

"Captain Samuel Watts House Captain Samuel Watts' House, Knox Street, Thomaston, Maine 2008Thomaston Historical Society Before the financial…"

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Sixth plate daguerreotype of unidentified woman, Portland, ca. 1848

Early Maine Photography - Studio Portraits

"Samuel L. Carleton of Portland often used the devices of portraiture in his daguerreotypes. On May 7, 1850, he announced in the Portland Advertiser…"