Keywords: York Delegate to MA
Item 11251
Portrait of Nathaniel Barrell, 1816
Contributed by: Old York Historical Society Date: circa 1816 Location: York Media: Oil on wood
Item 13457
Octagonal creamware plate, York, ca. 1770-1780
Contributed by: Old York Historical Society Date: circa 1770 Location: York Media: Creamware
Exhibit
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.
Exhibit
The history of the region now known as Maine did not begin at statehood in 1820. What was Maine before it was a state? How did Maine separate from Massachusetts? How has the Maine we experience today been shaped by thousands of years of history?
