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Item 31418

Reward given to Shep Hurd, Bangor, October 12, 1938

Contributed by: Bangor Historical Society Date: 1938-10-12 Location: Bangor; Logansport Media: Ink on paper

Item 31272

Reward for Shep Hurd, Bangor, December 14, 1938

Contributed by: Bangor Historical Society Date: 1938-12-14 Location: Bangor; Washington Media: Ink on paper

Item 31416

J. Edgar Hoover to Shep Hurd, Bangor, 1937

Contributed by: Bangor Historical Society Date: 1937-11-24 Location: Bangor; Washington Media: Ink on paper

Online Exhibits

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Notice of Daniel Webster death, Portland, 1852

A Riot of Words: Ballads, Posters, Proclamations and Broadsides

Imagine a day 150 years ago. Looking down a side street, you see the buildings are covered with posters and signs.

Exhibit

Rebecca Usher: 'To Succor the Suffering Soldiers'

Rebecca Usher of Hollis was 41 and single when she joined the Union nursing service at the U.S. General Hospital at Chester, Pennsylvania. Her time there and later at City Point, Virginia, were defining experiences of her life.

Exhibit

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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Biddeford History & Heritage Project - The Civil War/Reconstruction Era as Experienced in Biddeford & Saco - Page 13 of 17

"… up these small packages; and we shall be amply rewarded, and most happy to do more, if by so doing we can contribute in the least to soften the…"

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Life on a Tidal River - Bangor Man Rats Out Brady Gang - Page 1 of 2

"He received the $1500 reward and a congratulatory telegram from J. Edgar Hoover. People from all over the world sent letters and telegrams thanking…"