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LC Subject Heading: Maine--History

Historical Items

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Item 6949

Charter for New Ireland, 1780

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1780-08-10 Media: Ink on paper

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Item 1449

Receipt of monies transferred from Massachusetts, July 19, 1822

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1822-07-19 Location: Portland Media: Ink on paper

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Item 103664

Distribution of separationist sentiment, Portland, 1816

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1816-04-21 Location: Portland Media: Ink on paper

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Architecture & Landscape

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Item 116612

Sweetser Children's home, Saco, 1948-1951

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1948–1951 Location: Saco Client: unknown Architect: John Howard Stevens and John Calvin Stevens II Architects

Lesson Plans

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Lesson Plan

Bicentennial Lesson Plan

Primary Sources: Maine Women's Causes and Influence before 1920

Grade Level: 6-8 Content Area: Social Studies
This lesson plan will give students the opportunity to read and analyze letters, literature, and other primary documents and articles of material culture from the MHS collections relating to the women of Maine between the end of the Revolutionary War through the national vote for women’s suffrage in 1920. Students will discuss issues including war relief (Civil War and World War I), suffrage, abolition, and temperance, and how the women of Maine mobilized for or in some cases helped to lead these movements.