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Historical Items

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Item 103263

Samuel McGill letter regarding John B. Russwurm's death, Yarmouth, 1851

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1851-09-19 Location: Cape Palmas; North Yarmouth; Yarmouth Media: Ink on paper

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Item 103260

Letter of Attorney from John B. Russwurm to Jacob G. Loving, Liberia, 1851

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1851-02-28 Location: Cape Palmas; North Yarmouth; Yarmouth Media: Ink on paper

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Item 103262

Allocation of money for the children of the late John B. Russwurm, Yarmouth, 1852

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1852-07-06 Location: Yarmouth Media: Ink on paper

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Online Exhibits

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Begin Again: reckoning with intolerance in Maine

BEGIN AGAIN explores Maine's historic role, going back 528 years, in crisis that brought about the pandemic, social and economic inequities, and the Black Lives Matter movement in 2020.

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400 years of New Mainers

Immigration is one of the most debated topics in Maine. Controversy aside, immigration is also America's oldest tradition, and along with religious tolerance, what our nation was built upon. Since the first people--the Wabanaki--permitted Europeans to settle in the land now known as Maine, we have been a state of immigrants.

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CODE RED: Climate, Justice & Natural History Collections

Explore topics around climate change by reuniting collections from one of the nation's earliest natural history museums, the Portland Society of Natural History. The exhibition focuses on how museums collect, and the role of humans in creating changes in society, climate, and biodiversity.