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Item 1019
Title: Ragged Lake, 1887
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society
Date: 1887
Media: Cabinet photograph
Item 36273
Title: Letter concerning redress for killed son, 1815
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society
Date: 1815-05-13
Media: Ink on paper
Item 35832
Title: Marshall Phillips on Chancellorsville, 1863
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society
Date: 1863-05-11
Location: Chancellorsville
Media: Pencil on paper
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Father Rasles, the Indians and the English
Father Sebastien Rale, a French Jesuit, ran a mission for Indians at Norridgewock and, many English settlers believed, encouraged Indian resistance to English settlement. He was killed in a raid on the mission in 1724 that resulted in the remaining Indians fleeing for Canada.
Exhibit
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.