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Category: Government, Politics & Law, Political & Social Justice

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 5501

The Torch Bearer, 1916

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1916 Media: Ink on paper

Item 5502

Suffrage Referendum League of Maine calendar, 1917

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1917 Media: Ink on paper

Item 5539

Dorothea L. Dix, ca. 1870

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1870 Media: Photographic print

Item 6355

Bill of sale for slave Scippio, 1759

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1759-12-07 Location: Falmouth Media: Ink on paper

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Item 6676

Freedom For Ireland, ca. 1900

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Location: Portland Media: Ink on paper

Item 6677

McGlinchey's Brewery, Portland, ca. 1850

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1850 Location: Portland Media: Ink on paper

Item 7346

Maine Anti-Slavery Society report, 1836

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1836-10-27 Location: Portland Media: Ink on paper

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Item 7485

Maine Anti-Slavery Society constitution, ca. 1833

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1833 Media: Ink on paper

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Item 7487

Portland Association for Temperance bylaws, 1827

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1827 Location: Portland Media: Ink on paper

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Item 7578

Franklin County voting record, 1816

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1816 Location: Mercer; Moscow Media: Ink on paper

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Item 7579

Somerset County voting record, 1816

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1816 Location: Anson; Avon; Athens; Bloomfield Media: Ink on paper

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Item 7733

Russia Japan Peace Conference, 1905

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1905 Location: Kittery; Portsmouth Media: Postcard

Item 9272

Letter with a verbal tally of votes for separation, Belfast, 1816

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1816-07-27 Location: Belfast; Belfast Media: Ink on paper

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Item 9303

Call for a meeting to discuss separation from Massachusetts, April 1816

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1816 Media: Ink on paper

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Item 9434

Native Americans at a rally, 1979

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1979 Location: Augusta Media: Photoprint

Item 9435

Indian Land Claims settlement, 1980

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1980-03-28 Location: Augusta Media: Photoprint

Item 10082

Letter from Betsey to Elizabeth Mountfort, June 4, 1849

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1849-06-04 Location: Portland; Boston; Portland; Portland; Portland Media: Ink on paper

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Item 10086

Portland Anti-Slavery Society Letterbook, 1850-51

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1850 Location: Portland; Portland Media: Ink on paper

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Item 10087

Letter from Hiram Wilson to Elizabeth Mountfort, Aug. 29, 1848

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1848-08-29 Location: Portland; Detroit Media: Ink on paper

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Item 10088

Hiram Wilson letter to Elizabeth Mountfort, Nov. 29, 1848

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1848-11-29 Location: Portland; Dawn Mills Media: Ink on paper

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Item 10089

Letter from Hiram Wilson to Elizabeth Mountfort, March 8, 1850

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1850-03-08 Location: Portland; Dawn Mills Media: Ink on paper

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Item 10090

Letter from Wendell Phillips to Elizabeth Mountfort, April 19, 1850

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1850-04-19 Location: Portland Media: Ink on paper

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Item 10091

Letter from C.C. Burleigh to Elizabeth Mountfort, April 25, 1850

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1850-04-25 Location: Portland Media: Ink on paper

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Item 10092

Letter from C.C. Burleigh to Elizabeth Mountfort, April 28, 1850

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1850-04-28 Location: Portland Media: Ink on paper

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