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Historical Items

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Item 26389

Schooner "Edna Hoyt" Thomaston, ca. 1920

Contributed by: Thomaston Historical Society Date: circa 1920 Location: Thomaston Media: Photographic print

Item 22511

Pepperrell letter concerning ship damages, 1747

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1747 Location: Kittery Media: Ink on paper

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Item 26400

Hurricane Damage, Thomaston, ca. 1954

Contributed by: An individual through Thomaston Historical Society Date: circa 1954 Location: Thomaston Media: Photographic print

Online Exhibits

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Cape Elizabeth Shipwrecks

The rocky coastline of Cape Elizabeth has sent many vessels to their watery graves.

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A Town Is Born: South Bristol, 1915

After being part of the town of Bristol for nearly 150 years, residents of South Bristol determined that their interests would be better served by becoming a separate town and they broke away from the large community of Bristol.

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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.

Site Pages

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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Shipbuilding During and after the Civil War - 1861 to 1900

"Sail damage was guaranteed in the horrendous storms in passages around Cape Horn. The sail loft they built in 1875 still stands in its original…"

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Lubec, Maine - Timeline

"… Marina constructed, after a series of damaging storms it was dismantled 1999 • 50 lobster/crab, 89 commercial shellfish, 54 scallop, 38 commercial…"

My Maine Stories

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Vietnam Memoirs
by David Chessey

MY PERSONAL EXPERIENCES AND MY OBSERVATION OF NATIONWIDE OPINIONS CONCERNING THE “VIET NAM" WAR