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Item 104250

A petition against dividing the town of Berwick, 1799

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1792 Location: Berwick Media: Ink on paper

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Item 13253

Temperance petition, 1845

Contributed by: Maine State Archives Date: 1845 Location: Portland Media: Ink on paper

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Item 13251

Maine woman suffrage petition, 1858

Contributed by: Maine State Archives Date: 1858 Media: Ink on paper

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Item 7310

Petition to Parliament by George Cleeve, 1642

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1642 Media: Ink on paper

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Item 68807

Petition to Governor Enoch Lincoln, Baldwin, 1827

Contributed by: Baldwin Historical Society Date: 1827-05-07 Location: Baldwin Media: Ink on paper

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Item 31080

Petition regarding the will of Rishworth Jordan, Biddeford, 1808

Contributed by: McArthur Public Library Date: 1808-05-12 Location: Biddeford Media: Ink on paper

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Item 22547

York settlers' petition, 1711

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1711 Location: York Media: Ink on paper

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Item 12578

Anti-Slavery Society of Waterville College petition, 1833

Contributed by: Colby College Special Collections Date: 1833-09-23 Location: Waterville Media: Ink on paper

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Item 33688

Luther Cary petition for bounty on mulberry trees and silk manufacturing, Turner, 1841

Contributed by: Maine State Archives Date: 1841 Location: Turner Media: Silk, ink on paper

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Item 17660

John Pyles land petition, ca. 1675

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1675 Media: Ink on paper

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Item 108848

Map and petition, Sandy River, 1798

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1798 Location: New Vineyard; Farmington Media: Ink on paper

Item 9220

Response to petition for relief from burning of Falmouth, 1775

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1791-03-02 Location: Freeman Media: Ink on paper

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Item 66933

François Savoie petition to Union army, Bonnet Carre, LA, 1864

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1864 Location: La Place; Castine Media: Ink on paper

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Item 101753

Deborah Gannett petition for increase of pension, 1820

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1820 Media: Ink on paper

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Item 21390

Loammi Baldwin on Flintstown road petition, 1798

Contributed by: Pierce Family Collection through Maine Historical Society Date: 1798 Location: Baldwin; Woburn Media: Ink on paper

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Item 10954

Nuclear referendum petitions, Augusta, 1980

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1980-02-12 Location: Augusta Media: Photographic print

Item 102504

Letter to Woodrow Wilson regarding Prohibition during WWI, Bangor, ca. 1916

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1916 Location: Bangor Media: Ink on paper

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Item 108961

Women's Christian Temperance Union auto parade, Portland, 1910

Courtesy of Henry Gartley, an individual partner Date: 1910-09-29 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print

Item 73960

Petition for return of possessions, New Orleans, 1862

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

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Item 33691

Committee on Manufacturing report on silk bounties, Augusta, 1841

Contributed by: Maine State Archives Date: 1841 Location: Augusta Media: Ink on paper

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Item 7474

Penobscot Tribal petitions about encroachment and timber industry, Stockton Springs, 1772

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1772-10-12 Location: Stockton Springs Media: Ink on paper

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Item 11434

Report on Baxter School, Augusta, 1982

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1982-07-14 Location: Augusta Media: Photographic print

Item 67727

Petits Chanteurs de Saint Pierre, Poland Spring, 1954

Contributed by: Franco-American Collection, University of Southern Maine Libraries Date: 1954 Location: Poland; Lewiston Media: Photographic print

Item 33273

St. Joseph's School students and teachers, Biddeford, 1910

Contributed by: McArthur Public Library Date: 1910-03-30 Location: Biddeford Media: Photographic print