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Historical Items

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Item 29424

Lady Pepperell's needle case, 1812

Contributed by: McArthur Public Library Date: 1812 Location: Biddeford; Eliot Media: Silk, velvet, wool, cotton, paper, cotton thread,

Item 22304

Pepperrell gateleg table, Kittery, ca. 1710-1740

Contributed by: Old York Historical Society Date: circa 1710 Location: Kittery; Boston Media: Black walnut with white pine

Item 6046

Lady Pepperrell's snuff box, Kittery, ca. 1760

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1760 Location: Kittery Media: Ivory and shell

Online Exhibits

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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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Making Paper, Making Maine

Paper has shaped Maine's economy, molded individual and community identities, and impacted the environment throughout Maine. When Hugh Chisholm opened the Otis Falls Pulp Company in Jay in 1888, the mill was one of the most modern paper-making facilities in the country, and was connected to national and global markets. For the next century, Maine was an international leader in the manufacture of pulp and paper.

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State of Mind: Becoming Maine

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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Biddeford History & Heritage Project - III. An undercurrent of danger: Colonial Biddeford

"Lieut. General William Pepperrell, ca. 1740Maine Historical Society During the fight warriors burned two mills and a house in the area to try and…"