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Category: Military & War, Wars, Revolution, 1775-1783

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

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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

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Item 13412

Letter requesting aid for losses to British, 1783

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1781 Location: Castine Media: Ink on paper

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Item 17098

Henry Knox letter concerning Battle of Monmouth, 1778

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1778 Location: Monmouth; Thomaston Media: Ink on paper

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Item 20167

Proclamation urging resistance to British, 1779

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

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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

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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 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

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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

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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 102156

Joseph Hewes on Revolutionary War intellegence, Philadelphia, 1776

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1776-03-26 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 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

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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

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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

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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 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

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Item 102178

William Paca on state of the militia, 1777

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1777-05-13 Media: Ink on paper

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Item 102179

George Read on his detainment, Delaware, 1776

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1776-05-17 Location: Wilmington Media: Ink on paper

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Item 102180

George Ross asking special permission from Congress, 1776

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1776-10-26 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 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

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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 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

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