Keywords: Captain Blake
Item 101190
William Blake, Farmington, ca. 1923
Contributed by: Mantor Library at UMF Date: circa 1923 Location: Farmington Media: Photographic print
Item 104995
Josiah K. Parsons homestead, Westport Island, ca. 1935
Contributed by: Westport Island History Committee Date: circa 1935 Location: Westport Island Media: Photographic print
Exhibit
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.
Exhibit
Members of the Washburn family of Livermore participated in the Civil War in a variety of ways -- from Caroline at the homefront, to Samuel at sea, Elihu, as a Congressman from Illinois, and Israel governor of Maine. The family had considerable influence politically on several fronts.
Site Page
Highlighting Historical Hampden - War of 1812
"Captain Morris, General Blake, and prominent Hampden citizens held a heated and confused meeting at the Hampden Academy building."
Site Page
Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington
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