Keywords: Daniel Fox Jr.
Item 20875
Daniel Fox building, Portland, ca. 1850
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1850 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print
Item 112087
Pejepscot Company Records, Volume 4, 1627-1866
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1627–1866 Location: Brunswick Media: Ink on paper
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Port of Portland's Custom House and Collectors of Customs
The collector of Portland was the key to federal patronage in Maine, though other ports and towns had collectors. Through the 19th century, the revenue was the major source of Federal Government income. As in Colonial times, the person appointed to head the custom House in Casco Bay was almost always a leading community figure, or a well-connected political personage.
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Early Maine Photography - Landscape Photography - Page 1 of 3
"At the time of this photograph, the Foxes leased ground floor space to attorney Charles Harding and Dr. Luther Finch, Jr."
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Western Maine Foothills Region - Peru
"… in 1789; Daniel Lunt of Falmouth in 1790; John Fox of Portland in 1792; in 1794 to Isaac Thompson, Joshua Eddy, and William Thompson, all of…"
