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LC Subject Heading: Cargo ships

Historical Items

These results include photographs, documents, letters, paintings, artifacts, and many other kinds of Maine related items from collections around the state and elsewhere.


Item 99449

Lumber schooners on the Penobscot River at Bangor, ca. 1905

Contributed by: Bangor Public Library Date: circa 1905 Location: Bangor Media: Postcard

Item 11616

John Davison letter from Mobile, Alabama, 1848

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1848-09-30 Location: Mobile Media: Ink on paper

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Item 16114

Sullivan Quarries, ca. 1900

Contributed by: Sullivan and Sorrento Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Location: Sullivan; Sorrento Media: Photographic print

Item 20941

John Dillingham to Margaret Dennison, 1839

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1839-05-26 Location: Bangor; Freeport Media: Ink on paper

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Item 20942

John Dillingham letter from New York, 1839

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1839-09-05 Location: New York; Freeport Media: Ink on paper

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Item 20943

John Dillingham letter from Puerto Rico, 1840

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1840 Location: Freeport Media: Ink on paper

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Item 20952

John Dillingham letter from New Orleans, 1842

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1842 Location: New Orleans; Freeport Media: Ink on paper

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Item 20955

John Dillingham to wife, 1842

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1842 Location: Georgetown; Freeport Media: Ink on paper

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Item 20958

John Dillingham from St. Thomas, 1842

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1842 Location: Saint Thomas; Freeport Media: Ink on paper

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Item 20969

John Dillingham to wife, 1846

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1846 Location: New York; Freeport Media: Ink on paper

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Item 20970

John Dillingham letter about sailing schedule, 1846

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1846 Location: Freeport Media: Ink on paper

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Item 20971

John Dillingham on voyage from Palermo, 1846

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1846 Location: New York; Freeport Media: Ink on paper

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Item 20972

John Dillingham to wife, 1847

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1847 Location: Freeport; New York Media: Ink on paper

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Item 20973

John Dillingham letter concerning sailing prospects, 1848

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1848 Location: New York; Freeport Media: Ink on paper

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Item 20974

John Dillingham on economics of shipping, 1848

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1848-04-27 Location: Philadelphia; Freeport Media: Ink on paper

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Item 22217

John Dillingham letter from Palermo, 1846

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1846 Location: Palermo; Freeport Media: Ink on paper

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Item 190

Affidavit of capture and imprisonment aboard ship, 1842

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1842-08-22 Location: Portland Media: Color transparency

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Item 20959

John Dillingham letter about Guadeloupe earthquake, 1843

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1843 Location: Pointe-a-Pitre; Freeport Media: Ink on paper

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Item 20964

Capt. John Dillingham letter from Port au Prince, Haiti, 1845

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1845 Location: Port au Prince; Freeport Media: Ink on paper

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Item 22416

J. M. Dillingham letter to mother, October 1861

Contributed by: Freeport Historical Society Date: 1861 Location: Freeport; Queenstown; Cork; Antwerp Media: Ink on paper

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Item 22693

Sailing vessels in Portland Harbor, ca. 1910

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1910 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print

Item 26297

Baring Brothers Launch, Thomaston 1877

Contributed by: Thomaston Historical Society Date: 1877 Location: Thomaston Media: Photographic print

Item 48260

Schooner "Polly," bound for Portland, 1847

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1847 Media: Paint, canvas, cloth, wood