Keywords: Hallowell Coal and Lumber Company
Item 29312
Kennebec Coal & Lumber Supply, Inc., Hallowell, ca. 1932
Contributed by: Joan Mosher Hague through Hubbard Free Library Date: circa 1930 Location: Hallowell Media: Ink on paper
Item 29428
Hamilton Coal Company, Hallowell, ca. 1880
Contributed by: Hubbard Free Library Date: circa 1880 Location: Hallowell 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.
