Keywords: Academy of New Salem
Item 22566
Pearce description of Aroostook County, ca. 1840
Contributed by: Cary Library Date: circa 1850 Location: Houlton Media: Ink on paper
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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?
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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.
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Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington
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Blue Hill, Maine - In Search of the Rustic Life
"Sweet moved from Salem, Massachusetts because his doctor advised him that the salt air would make him well."
