Keywords: Independence
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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 34722
Dunlap Declaration of Independence, 1776
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1776-07-04 Location: Philadelphia Media: Ink on paper
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
Item 6049
North Yarmouth Copy of the Declaration of Independence, 1776
Contributed by: Maine State Archives Date: 1776-07-04 Location: Philadelphia Media: Paper
Item 102197
Moses S. Judkins to William King regarding Maine statehood, Castine, 1819
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1819-06-05 Location: Castine 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 101268
John Hancock on the expansion of military authority, Baltimore, Maryland, 1776
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1776-12-30 Location: Baltimore Media: Ink on paper
Item 101269
Richard Henry Lee on status of Revolutionary War, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1776
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1776-04-01 Location: Philadelphia Media: Ink on paper
Item 102243
Portrait of John Hancock, 1765
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1765 Media: Ink on paper, engraving
Item 101266
Franklin, Harrison, and Morris on Revolutionary War, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1776
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1776-08-07 Location: Philadelphia Media: Ink on paper
Item 101267
Button Gwinnet sale of Saint Catherine's Island, Georgia, 1773
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1773-02-05 Location: St. Catherine's Island; Beaufort Media: Ink on paper
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
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
Item 101265
William Ellery on shipping fees, Newport, Rhode Island, 1789
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1789-08-29 Location: Newport Media: Ink on paper
Item 102196
Abijah Smith to John Chandler regarding Maine statehood, Waterville, 1819
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1819-01-29 Location: Waterville Media: Ink on paper
Item 103678
Orchard Cook on his frustration with Maine's separation movement, Washington DC, 1806
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1806-07-27 Location: Washington; Boston Media: Ink on paper
Item 10352
Staff of Independent Reporter, 1925
Contributed by: Margaret Chase Smith Library Date: 1925 Location: Skowhegan Media: Photographic print
Item 20136
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1862 Location: Portland Media: Ink on paper
Item 103128
Pour La Liberté, Fête De L'Indépendance, 1918
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1918 Media: Ink on paper
Item 104989
Vote for statehood, Baldwin, 1819
Contributed by: Baldwin Historical Society Date: 1819-07-12 Location: Baldwin; Sebago Media: Ink on paper
Item 31097
Odd Fellows Poster/Broadside, Biddeford, ca. 1855
Contributed by: McArthur Public Library Date: circa 1855 Location: Biddeford Media: Ink on paper
Item 101258
Samuel Adams to James Warren, Springfield, Massachusetts, 1776
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1776-10-17 Location: Springfield; Watertown Media: Ink on paper
Item 101272
Penn, Hill, and Burke to the Delegates of South Carolina, 1779
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1779-04-02 Media: Ink on paper
Item 101274
Edward Rutledge on Revolutionary War in southern colonies, Philadelphia, 1781
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1781-08-14 Location: Philadelphia Media: Ink on paper
Item 101273
Caesar Rodney on Revolutionary War, Philadelphia, 1776
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1776-08-03 Location: Philadelphia Media: Ink on paper
