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Historical Items

These results include photographs, documents, letters, paintings, artifacts, and many other kinds of Maine related items from collections around the state and elsewhere.


Item 33847

Champlain's map of Saco Bay and the Saco River, 1605

Contributed by: McArthur Public Library Date: 1605 Location: Biddeford; Saco Media: Photographic print

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Item 31081

Copy of Major Phillips sale of lands to Richard Russell, Biddeford, 1673

Contributed by: McArthur Public Library Date: 1673-08-13 Location: Biddeford; Saco Media: Ink on paper

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Item 122789

Plymouth Company Records, box 1/4, 1741–1750

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1741–1750 Location: ; Biddeford; Brunswick; Charlestown; Chelmsford; Concord; Devon; Dresden; Dunstable; Groton; Laconia; Lancaster; Sudbury; Wiscassett Media: Ink on Paper

Item 102141

Rufus King on a Biddeford farm for sale, Newburyport, 1782

Contributed by: McArthur Public Library Date: 1782-10-23 Location: Biddeford; Newburyport; Dunstable; Boston Media: Ink on paper

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Item 33706

Letter to George Thacher, 1789

Contributed by: McArthur Public Library Date: 1789 Location: Biddeford Media: Ink on paper

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Item 30870

First Parish assembly notice, Biddeford, 1800

Contributed by: Biddeford Historical Society Date: 1800-04-07 Location: Biddeford Media: Ink on paper

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Item 31080

Petition regarding the will of Rishworth Jordan, Biddeford, 1808

Contributed by: McArthur Public Library Date: 1808-05-12 Location: Biddeford Media: Ink on paper

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Item 29424

Lady Pepperell's needle case, 1812

Contributed by: McArthur Public Library Date: 1812 Location: Biddeford; Eliot Media: Silk, velvet, wool, cotton, paper, cotton thread,

Item 36515

Letter concerning extinguishing Wood Island Light, 1814

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1814-09-10 Location: Biddeford Media: Ink on paper

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Item 31079

Letter to Captain Nathaniel Goodwin of Biddeford, 1818

Contributed by: McArthur Public Library Date: 1818-05-06 Location: Saco; Biddeford Media: Ink on paper

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Item 102198

George Thacher to William King regarding a vote for statehood, Saco, 1819

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1819-07-28 Location: Saco Media: Ink on paper

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Item 45570

Brig "Octavia," Naples, 1824

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1824 Location: Portland Media: Paint, paper, glass, wood

Item 31602

General Lafayette's toast given at Kennebunk, 1825

Contributed by: McArthur Public Library Date: 1825 Location: Kennebunk Media: Ink on paper

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Item 31181

Sylvanis Perkins note for the care of his parents, Biddeford, June 12, 1828

Contributed by: Biddeford Historical Society Date: 1828-06-12 Location: Biddeford Media: Ink on paper

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Item 31894

Incorporation of the Saco Water Power Machine Company, 1837

Contributed by: McArthur Public Library Date: 1837-03-24 Location: Biddeford; Saco Media: Ink on paper

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Item 100295

Free Will Baptist Society of Saco and Biddeford pew subscriptions, 1839

Contributed by: McArthur Public Library Date: 1839-05-18 Location: Saco; Biddeford Media: Ink on paper

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Item 31895

Expansion of the Laconia Company, Biddeford, 1844

Contributed by: McArthur Public Library Date: 1844-02-15 Location: Biddeford Media: Ink on paper

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Item 31897

Incorporation of the Pepperell Manufacturing Company, Biddeford, 1844

Contributed by: McArthur Public Library Date: 1844-02-16 Location: Biddeford Media: Ink on paper

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Item 28927

Plan of Lands of Saco Water Power Co. at Saco & Biddeford, 1848

Contributed by: Dyer Library/Saco Museum Date: 1848 Location: Saco; Biddeford Media: Ink on paper

Item 29272

Cover, 'Mary Bean or the Mysterious Murder,' 1851

Contributed by: New Hampshire Historical Society Date: 1851 Location: Biddeford; Boston Media: Ink on paper

Item 75271

Mary Ellen Emery's indenture document, Cumberland, 1851

Contributed by: Prince Memorial Library Date: 1851-02-06 Location: Cumberland; Biddeford Media: Ink on paper

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Item 29273

Cover, 'Confession of George Hamilton,' 1852, 1852

Contributed by: Kent State University Special Collections and Archives through Maine Historical Society Date: 1852 Location: Saco Media: Ink on paper

Item 31236

Mark Gould high school report card, Biddeford, 1854-55

Contributed by: McArthur Public Library Date: 1854–1855 Location: Biddeford Media: Ink on paper

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Item 9749

Entries from 'Emerald' log book, 1859

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1859 Media: Ink on paper

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