Category: Military & War, Wars, Revolution, 1775-1783
- Historical Items (176)
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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 10540
Letter from William Bayley to his mother, ca. 1777
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1777 Location: Portland Media: Ink on paper
Item 10541
William Bayley letter to mother, Jean Bayley, from Continental Army, ca. 1778
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1778 Location: Portland Media: Ink on paper
Item 13412
Letter requesting aid for losses to British, 1783
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1781 Location: Castine Media: Ink on paper
Item 17098
Henry Knox letter concerning Battle of Monmouth, 1778
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1778 Location: Monmouth; Thomaston Media: Ink on paper
Item 20167
Proclamation urging resistance to British, 1779
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1779 Location: Castine Media: Ink on paper
Item 102148
Carter Braxton seeking advice from his uncle, Philadelphia, 1776
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1776-04-14 Location: Philadelphia Media: Ink on paper
Item 102151
George Clymer money withdrawal request, Philadelphia, 1776
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1776-06-26 Location: Philadelphia Media: Ink on paper
Item 102152
William Floyd on the militias and local government, New York, 1776
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1776-05-09 Location: New York Media: Ink on paper
Item 102153
Elbridge Gerry on domestic production of war products, Philadelphia, 1776
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1776-05-31 Location: Philadelphia; Boston Media: Ink on paper
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
Item 102156
Joseph Hewes on Revolutionary War intellegence, Philadelphia, 1776
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1776-03-26 Location: Philadelphia Media: Ink on paper
Item 102163
Francis Hopkinson on voting reform, Philadelphia, 1776
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1776-07-23 Location: Philadelphia Media: Ink on paper
Item 102166
Francis Lightfoot Lee discussing independence in Congress, Philadelphia, 1776
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1776-04-09 Location: Philadelphia; Warsaw Media: Ink on paper
Item 102167
Francis Lewis on the actions of the militia relayed to Congress, Yorktown, 1778
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1778-03-30 Location: Yorktown Media: Ink on paper
Item 102172
Robert Morris on the state of the war, Philadelphia, 1776
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1776-12-24 Location: Philadelphia; Boston Media: Ink on paper
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
Item 102177
Thomas Nelson, Jr. on security of naval ships, Virginia, 1781
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1781-09-16 Location: Williamsburg Media: Ink on paper
Item 102178
William Paca on state of the militia, 1777
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1777-05-13 Media: Ink on paper
Item 102179
George Read on his detainment, Delaware, 1776
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1776-05-17 Location: Wilmington Media: Ink on paper
Item 102180
George Ross asking special permission from Congress, 1776
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1776-10-26 Media: Ink on paper
Item 102181
Benjamin Rush on monetary transactions, Philadelphia, 1777
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1777-05-19 Location: Philadelphia Media: Ink on paper
Item 102183
James Smith on his feelings at the Second Continental Congress to his wife, Baltimore, 1776
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1776-12-31 Location: Baltimore; York; Shippensburg Media: Ink on paper
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
Item 102187
George Walton on the state of the war prisoners to General Lincoln, Georgia, 1779
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1779-10-13 Location: Sunbury; Savannah Media: Ink on paper