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Historical Items

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Item 13467

Lighthouse wick canister, Cape Elizabeth, ca. 1890

Contributed by: Museum at Portland Head Date: circa 1890 Location: Cape Elizabeth Media: Brass

Item 178

Portland Harbor ship list, 1828

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1828-11-30 Location: Portland Media: Ink on paper

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Item 7485

Maine Anti-Slavery Society constitution, ca. 1833

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1833 Media: Ink on paper

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Online Exhibits

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Lt. Charles A. Garcelon, 16th Maine

The son of Maine's surgeon general and nephew of a captain in the 16th Maine, Charles A. Garcelon of Lewiston served in Co. I of the 16th Maine. His letters home in the first 17 months of his service express his reflections on war and his place in it.

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Protests

Throughout the history of the state, residents have protested, on paper or in the streets, to increase rights for various groups, to effect social change, to prevent social change, or to let their feelings be known about important issues.

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The Devil and the Wilderness

Anglo-Americans in northern New England sometimes interpreted their own anxieties about the Wilderness, their faith, and their conflicts with Native Americans as signs that the Devil and his handmaidens, witches, were active in their midst.

Site Pages

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Historic Hallowell - Ice Storm Comparisons

"They both had wicked icy roads and a lot of car crashes. Also they had trees that had limbs that had been blown off from being so frozen and brittle."

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Guilford, Maine - BUSINESSES - Page 2 of 3

"It is also the home of the so called “wicked good beef jerky.” At this time Thomas and Andrea Gilbert and their children Trey Gilbert and Ellie…"

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Maine's Road to Statehood - After the War: The First Victory for Separationists

"… above all things, and I may add, desperately wicked." By December, however, the General Court ended any further controversy, declaring it…"

My Maine Stories

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History of Forest Gardens
by Gary Libby

This is a history of one of Portland's oldest local bars