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Item 76463

Baldwin, Town Warrant March 6, 1804

Contributed by: Baldwin Historical Society Date: 1804-02-11 Location: Baldwin Media: Ink on paper

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Item 27928

Bath Town Hall, ca. 1908

Contributed by: Patten Free Library Date: 1909-09-03 Location: Bath Media: Postcard

Item 33462

Herbert S. Foster, Sr., Cumberland Town Clerk, ca. 1952

Contributed by: Cumberland Historical Society Date: circa 1952 Location: Cumberland Media: Photographic print

Online Exhibits

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George Washington Pillsbury, Louisiana, ca. 1863

Scarborough: They Answered the Call

Scarborough met every quota set by the state for supplying Civil War soldiers for Union regiments. Some of those who responded became prominent citizens of the town.

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Le Théâtre

Lewiston, Maine's second largest city, was long looked upon by many as a mill town with grimy smoke stacks, crowded tenements, low-paying jobs, sleazy clubs and little by way of refinement, except for Bates College. Yet, a noted Québec historian, Robert Rumilly, described it as "the French Athens of New England."

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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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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Running the Town

"In 1961 Amy Staples became our first female town clerk. During the town reports published in the 1960s women’s names began appearing in lists serving…"