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Item 10596
Title: William King, Bath, ca. 1806
Contributed by: Patten Free Library
Date: circa 1855
Location: Bath; Augusta
Media: Oil on Canvas
Item 1275
Title: Bogdonove and Warren Lumbard, Monhegan, 1935
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society
Date: 1935-07-21
Location: Monhegan
Media: Black and white photograph
Item 1288
Title: Miniature portrait of Persis Sibley Andrews and daughter, 1844
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society
Date: 1844
Location: Dixfield
Media: watercolor on ivory
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Maine's first governor, William King, was arguably the most influential figure in Maine's achieving statehood in 1820. Although he served just one year as the Governor of Maine, he was instrumental in establishing the new state's constitution and setting up its governmental infrastructure.