Keywords: Indentures
Item 31893
Indenture contract for Samuel Perkins of Arundel, 1805
Contributed by: McArthur Public Library Date: 1805 Location: Arundel Media: Ink on paper
Item 9289
Land deed granted by Thomas Danforth, July 26, 1684
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1684-07-26 Location: Scarborough Media: Ink on paper
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A Soldier's Declaration of Independence
William Bayley of Falmouth (Portland) was a soldier in the Continental Army, seeing service at Ticonderoga, Valley Forge, Monmouth Court House, and Saratoga, among other locations. His letters home to his mother reveal much about the economic hardships experienced by both soldiers and those at home.
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Begin Again: reckoning with intolerance in Maine
BEGIN AGAIN explores Maine's historic role, going back 528 years, in crisis that brought about the pandemic, social and economic inequities, and the Black Lives Matter movement in 2020.
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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Montpelier
"Indenture for Ebenezer Dunton, April 7, 1794Maine Historical Society The use of a classic oval-on-axis design is believed to have been influenced by…"
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Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Maine's Pauper Laws and the Cumberland Overseers of the Poor
"Deeds of indenture were to provide for the instruction of the children; the males were to be instructed to read, write and perform basic arithmetic…"