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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 101270

Lewis Morris inquiring about family after Revolutionary War battle, Philadelphia, 1776

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1776-09-13 Location: Philadelphia Media: Ink on paper

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Item 102165

Thomas Jefferson contemplating the sale of frontier land, Philadelphia, 1776

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1776 Location: Philadelphia Media: Ink on paper

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Item 102162

Stephen Hopkins on the Continental Navy, Philadelphia, 1776

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1776-01-06 Location: Philadelphia; Baltimore Media: Ink on paper

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Item 102182

Roger Sherman on import taxes, New York, 1789

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1789-05-06 Location: Philadelphia Media: Ink on paper

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Item 105856

Encouraging message on marquee of State Theater, Portland, 2020

Courtesy of an individual partner Date: 2020-03-16 Location: Portland Media: Digital image

Item 102158

William Hooper on the death of a friend, North Carolina, 1780

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1780-10-14 Location: Masonborough; Hillsborough Media: Ink on paper

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Item 102186

George Taylor requesting kitchen supplies from ironworks, Pennsylvania, 1780

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1780-11-23 Location: Easton; Durham; Trenton Media: Ink on paper

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Item 102185

Thomas Stone giving advice to brother, Annapolis, 1781

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1781-10-03 Location: Annapolis; Philadelphia Media: Ink on paper

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Item 17380

George Washington letter to Gov. Morris, 1779

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1779 Location: West Point Media: Ink on paper

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Item 102149

Charles Carroll on the actions of the Maryland Militia, Maryland, 1777

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1777 Location: Swan Creek; Baltimore Media: Ink on paper

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Item 102154

Lyman Hall special request to Benjamin Lincoln, 1779

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1779-03-07 Location: Harrisburg Media: Ink on paper

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Item 102181

Benjamin Rush on monetary transactions, Philadelphia, 1777

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1777-05-19 Location: Philadelphia Media: Ink on paper

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Item 102163

Francis Hopkinson on voting reform, Philadelphia, 1776

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1776-07-23 Location: Philadelphia Media: Ink on paper

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Item 102173

John Morton appointing William Curry as Physician & Surgeon, Pennsylvania, 1776

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1776-04-06 Media: Ink on paper

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Item 102189

George Wythe requesting seeds from Philadelphia, 1773

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1779-12-22 Location: Philadelphia Media: Ink on paper

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Item 27794

The Honorable John Ruggles, Thomaston, 1859

Contributed by: Thomaston Historical Society Date: 1859 Location: Thomaston Media: Photographic print

Item 102171

Arthur Middleton requesting money withdrawal from John Ross, Philadelphia, 1781

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1781-12-24 Location: Philadelphia Media: Ink on paper

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Item 102184

Richard Stockton regarding details of a court case, New Jersey, 1774

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1774-10-03 Location: Morven Media: Ink on paper

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Item 22014

Stephen D. Lindsey, Norridgewock, 1869

Contributed by: Maine State Archives Date: circa 1869 Location: Augusta; Norridgewock Media: Carte de visite

Item 67505

4th U.S. Colored Infantry, Fort Lincoln, Washington, D.C., ca. 1864

Contributed by: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division through Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1864 Location: Washington Media: Digital image of glass negative

Item 102151

George Clymer money withdrawal request, Philadelphia, 1776

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1776-06-26 Location: Philadelphia Media: Ink on paper

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Item 102146

John Adams to Joseph Palmer on absolute independence from Britain, Philadelphia, 1774

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1774-09-26 Location: Philadelphia; Quincy Media: Ink on paper

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Item 67668

Aquia Creek Landing, Virginia, ca. 1863

Contributed by: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division through Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1863 Location: Aquia Creek Media: Digital image of glass negative

Item 21058

Letter from Franklin Pierce to George Pierce, 1833

Contributed by: Pierce Family Collection through Maine Historical Society Date: 1833 Location: Washington; Portland Media: Ink on paper

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