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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 29422

Brooks' Patent writing case, ca. 1864

Contributed by: McArthur Public Library Date: circa 1864 Location: Biddeford Media: Leather, cotton, glass, metal

Item 1464

Letter from Elizabeth Chase to Rebecca Usher, New York, 1865

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1865 Media: Ink on paper

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Item 1451

Rebecca Usher diary, 1865

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1865 Location: City Point Media: Ink on paper

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Item 5715

Abner Small to Luther Emerson, Sept. 21, 1862

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1862-09-21 Location: Sharpsburg; Waterville Media: Ink on paper

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Item 5716

Abner Small to the Emersons, Nov. 20, 1861

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1861 Location: Waterville Media: Ink on paper

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Item 4130

Soule fabric valentine, ca. 1882

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1882 Location: Portland Media: Textile

Item 5714

Abner Small letter to mother and sister, 1865

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1865-01-24 Location: Danville Media: Ink on paper

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Item 5504

Meshach P. Larry on events of the Battle of Fredericksburg, Dec. 18, 1862

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1862 Location: Falmouth Media: Ink on paper

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Item 7065

Letter regarding Hermann Kotzschmar's music, ca. 1890

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1890 Location: Portland Media: Ink on paper, manuscript

Item 5481

Rebecca Usher on trip to begin nursing work, 1862

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1862 Location: Chester Media: Ink on paper

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Item 6241

Indenture agreement between John Foss and John Lewis, 1757

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1757-05-27 Location: North Yarmouth; North Yarmouth Media: Pen on paper

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Item 5505

Meshach P. Larry letter, Dec. 21, 1862

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1862 Location: Falmouth Media: Ink on paper

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Item 6306

Danforth Pond, Skowhegan, 1910

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1910-10-23 Location: Skowhegan Media: Postcard

Item 6952

Sprig of Green poem, 1862

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1862 Location: Fredericksburg Media: Ink on paper

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Item 5486

Rebecca Usher account of Abraham Lincoln visit, Virginia, ca. 1870

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1865 Location: City Point; Hollis Center Media: Paper

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Item 5507

Meshach P. Larry letter, Nov. 7, 1862

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1862 Location: Warrenton Junction Media: Ink on paper

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Item 5506

Meshach P. Larry letter, Oct. 18, 1863

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1863 Location: Fairfax Station Media: Ink on paper

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Item 64613

Lt. John P. Sheahan on writing to him in prison, South Carolina, 1864

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1864 Location: Columbia Media: Pencil on paper

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Item 1323

Stephen Hall on Penobscot Expedition, 1779

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1779-08-29 Location: Falmouth Media: Ink on paper

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Item 6309

Skowhegan Catholic Church, 1908

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1908-08-27 Location: Skowhegan; Norridgewock Media: Postcard

Item 6333

Haydn Association membership ticket, Portland, 1871

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1871 Location: Portland Media: Ink on paper

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Item 6675

O cushlamachree My heart beats for thee, ca. 1910

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1910 Location: Portland Media: Postcard

Item 1283

Letter describing burning of Falmouth, 1775

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1775 Location: Portland Media: Ink on paper

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Item 9200

Abner Small prison diary, 1864-1865

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1864–1865 Location: Petersburg Media: Ink on paper

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