Keywords: Thomas Pearson
Item 11752
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1760 Location: North Yarmouth Media: Ink on paper
Item 11751
North Yarmouth road, Yarmouth, ca. 1760
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1760 Location: Yarmouth Media: Ink on paper
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.
Exhibit
Dressing Up, Standing Out, Fitting In
Adorning oneself to look one's "best" has varied over time, gender, economic class, and by event. Adornments suggest one's sense of identity and one's intent to stand out or fit in.
Site Page
Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - New Sweden Athletic Club
"… Bondeson, George Peterson, Edmund Anderson, Earl Pearson, Alden Anderson, Ernest Anderson, and Roland Anderson."
Site Page
Rum, Riot, and Reform - 1620 to 1820: New England's Great Secret
"… settler John Josselyn wrote admiringly of Captain Thomas Wannerton, "who drank to me a pint of kill-devil Rhum at a draught." Aside from that…"
