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Keywords: Newbury Neck

Historical Items

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Item 67363

Jane and Susie, Surry, ca. 1945

Contributed by: Surry Historical Society Date: circa 1945 Location: Surry Media: Photographic print

Item 65067

Emery O. Bonsey, Newbury Neck, ca. 1910

Contributed by: Surry Historical Society Date: circa 1910 Location: Surry Media: Photographic print

Item 33887

Aerial oblique view of Blue Hill Fair, ca. 1915

Contributed by: Blue Hill Public Library Date: 1915 Location: Blue Hill Media: Postcard

Online Exhibits

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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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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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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?

Site Pages

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Surry by the Bay - Early Settlement

"… in the town, and he later purchased 100 acres at Newbury Neck and other proprietor's rights in Ward 6."

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Surry by the Bay - Nineteenth Century

"… of Surry workmen in Surry village, East Surry and Newbury Neck. During those years, over 50 vessels were built in Surry, including 15 schooners, 5…"

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Surry by the Bay - Resources

""The Early History of Newbury Neck": A Talk Given by Professor Albert F. Hill, Surry Historical Society."