Category: Social Movements & Services, Civic & political activity, Abolition
- Historical Items (75)
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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 7345
Letter from Ambrose Crane about stolen slave, 1835
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1835 Location: Augusta; Hallowell; St. Marks Media: Ink on paper
Item 10230
Letter from Adin Ballou to Elizabeth Mountfort, July 29, 1850
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1850-07-29 Location: Portland; Milford; Portland; Milford Media: Ink on paper
Item 11864
Samuel Fessenden, Portland, ca. 1860
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1860 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print
Item 19278
Fugitive Slave Act cartoon, 1851
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1851 Location: Boston Media: Lithograph on wove paper, jpg
Item 29087
Austin Willey, Portland, ca. 1885
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1885 Location: Portland Media: Ink on paper
Item 36594
White Church, Biddeford, ca. 1894
Contributed by: McArthur Public Library Date: circa 1894 Location: Biddeford Media: Photographic print
Item 97578
Pvt. John Sheahan on hatred of slavery, Virginia, 1863
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1863 Location: Belle Plain; Dennysville Media: Ink on paper
Item 98699
John Nichols, Lewiston, ca. 1873
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1873 Location: Lewiston Media: Tintype
Item 99117
Guy Howard to O.O. Howard about pony, Leeds, 1865
Contributed by: Bowdoin College Library Date: 1865 Location: Leeds Media: Ink on paper
Item 99119
Guy Howard to father, Leeds, 1865
Contributed by: Bowdoin College Library Date: 1865 Location: Leeds Media: Ink on paper
Item 99276
Lucretia Sewall to husband about dental issues, abolition, Portland, 1838
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1838 Location: Portland Media: Ink on paper
Item 102842
Remarks on board the Julia E. Arey, 1860
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1860-11-05 Location: Thomaston; Jefferson Media: Ink on paper
Item 103263
Samuel McGill letter regarding John B. Russwurm's death, Yarmouth, 1851
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1851-09-19 Location: Cape Palmas; North Yarmouth; Yarmouth Media: Ink on paper
Item 7483
Invitation to American Anti-Slavery Society anniversary, 1863
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1863-12-03 Location: Boston; Portland Media: Ink on paper
Item 7484
Maine Anti-Slavery Society request, 1836
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1836 Location: Portland Media: Ink on paper
Item 9216
Letter to George Richardson from Fessenden & Deblois, 1845
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1845-07-26 Location: Portland; Rio de Janeiro; Portland; Rio de Janeiro Media: Ink on paper
Item 10224
Letter from Samuel J. May to Elizabeth Mountfort, May 10, 1850
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1850-05-10 Location: Portland; Syracuse; Portland; Syracuse Media: Ink on paper
Item 11865
Gen. Samuel Fessenden, Portland, ca. 1830
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1830 Location: Portland Media: Paint, wood
Item 16520
Harriet Beecher Stowe, ca. 1875
Contributed by: Pejepscot History Center Date: circa 1875 Location: Brunswick Media: Print
Item 29372
Pavilion Congregational Church, Biddeford, ca. 1875
Contributed by: McArthur Public Library Date: circa 1875 Location: Biddeford Media: Stereograph
Item 36927
Map of underground routes to Canada, 1898
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1780–1865 Media: Ink on paper
Item 60176
Receipt for Contraband Camp donation, Washington, 1863
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1863 Location: Washington Media: Ink on paper
Item 99018
Lizzie Howard on wedding of former slaves, Leeds, 1864
Contributed by: Bowdoin College Library Date: 1864 Location: Augusta Media: Ink on paper
Item 103262
Allocation of money for the children of the late John B. Russwurm, Yarmouth, 1852
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1852-07-06 Location: Yarmouth Media: Ink on paper
