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Historical Items

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Item 18084

William Webb andirons, ca. 1830

Contributed by: An individual through Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1830 Location: Warren Media: Brass

Item 18089

Eagle casting, ca. 1840

Contributed by: An individual through Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1840 Location: Warren Media: Brass

Item 18090

Candlesticks, ca. 1830

Contributed by: An individual through Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1830 Location: Warren Media: Brass

Online Exhibits

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Amazing! Maine Stories

These stories -- that stretch from 1999 back to 1759 -- take you from an amusement park to the halls of Congress. There are inventors, artists, showmen, a railway agent, a man whose civic endeavors helped shape Portland, a man devoted to the pursuit of peace and one known for his military exploits, Maine's first novelist, a woman who recorded everyday life in detail, and an Indian who survived a British attack.

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George F. Shepley: Lawyer, Soldier, Administrator

George F. Shepley of Portland had achieved renown as a lawyer and as U.S. Attorney for Maine when, at age 42 he formed the 12th Maine Infantry and went off to war. Shepley became military governor of Louisiana early in 1862 and remained in the military for the duration of the war.

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Wiscasset's Arctic Connection

Scientist, author and explorer Donald B. MacMillan established Wiscasset as his homeport for many of the voyages he made to the Arctic region starting in the early 1920s.

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Maine's Road to Statehood - The Missouri Compromise: A Moral Dilemma

"… see Banks, Maine Becomes a State, 148-183 and Webb, Lee, “Maine’s Constitution: A Document Made by Men at a Specific Time.” [33] For a thorough…"