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Item 77453
Title: James Blaine telegram to G.F. Shepley, Augusta, 1868
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society
Date: 1868-08-04
Location: Portland; Rockland
Media: Ink on paper
Item 76632
Title: Republican delegates to national convention, 1868
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society
Date: 1868
Location: Portland; Norridgewock; Chicago
Media: Ink on paper
Item 11283
Title: Gov. Baxter political ribbon, 1922
Contributed by: Baxter State Park
Date: 1922
Location: Bangor
Media: Ribbon with button
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Exhibit
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
Reuben Ruby: Hackman, Activist
Reuben Ruby of Portland operated a hack in the city, using his work to earn a living and to help carry out his activist interests, especially abolition and the Underground Railroad.