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Keywords: Politics and government

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 23781

Hannah Pierce on politics, 1833

Contributed by: Pierce Family Collection through Maine Historical Society Date: 1833 Location: Baldwin Media: Ink on paper

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Item 101558

The Constitution of the State of Maine and that of the United States, Portland, 1825

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1825 Location: Portland Media: Ink on paper

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Item 102207

William Moody to William King regarding issues surrounding new statehood, Saco, 1820

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1820-04-13 Location: Saco Media: Ink on paper

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Item 6776

Thomas Jefferson letter to William King, 1819

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1819-11-19 Location: Monticello Media: Ink on paper

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Item 100578

Israel Washburn Jr. on integrity of government, Augusta, 1861

Contributed by: Washburn Norlands Living History Center Date: 1861-02-04 Location: Augusta Media: Ink on paper

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Item 28285

G.W. Pierce on Washington politics, 1828

Contributed by: Pierce Family Collection through Maine Historical Society Date: 1828 Location: Washington; Gorham Media: Ink on paper

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Item 21063

Franklin Pierce on Maine, New Hampshire politics, 1834

Contributed by: Pierce Family Collection through Maine Historical Society Date: 1834 Location: Hillsborough; Portland Media: Ink on paper

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Item 15556

Cartoon about 1926 politics by W. Norman Ritchie of the Boston Post, 1926

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1926 Media: Ink on paper

Item 100618

Israel Washburn on President Lincoln and politics, Boston, 1861

Contributed by: Washburn Norlands Living History Center Date: 1861-02-09 Location: Boston Media: Ink on paper

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Item 21062

Franklin Pierce letter on Maine politics, 1843

Contributed by: Pierce Family Collection through Maine Historical Society Date: 1834 Location: Hillsborough; Portland Media: Ink on paper

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Item 15538

Prohibition cartoon, ca. 1851

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1851 Media: Drawing

Item 29135

Solon Chase and "Them Steers," Turner, ca. 1873

Contributed by: Turner Museum and Historical Society Date: circa 1873 Location: Turner Media: Photographic print

Item 103653

"An address to the inhabitants of the District of Maine upon the subject of their separation," Portland, 1791

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1791 Location: Portland Media: Ink on paper

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Item 99435

Civil War veterans at Memorial Hall, Belfast, ca. 1890

Contributed by: Belfast Free Library Date: circa 1890 Location: Belfast Media: Photograph on card

Item 6678

Gov. Garcelon and Legislature, Augusta, 1880

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1880 Location: Augusta Media: Ink on paper

Item 18161

Canadian Customs, Woodstock, N.B., ca. 1920

Contributed by: Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum Date: circa 1920 Location: Woodstock; Houlton Media: Postcard

Item 7846

Report of the Selectmen of the Town of Dover, 1866-1867

Contributed by: Dover-Foxcroft Historical Society Date: 1867 Location: Dover-Foxcroft Media: Paper

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Item 23303

Governor Kenneth Curtis, Augusta, ca. 1967

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1967 Location: Augusta Media: Photographic print

Item 10526

Governor King monument, Bath, ca. 1903

Contributed by: Patten Free Library Date: circa 1903 Location: Bath Media: Photographic print

Item 23103

James Foss Davis, Ellsworth, ca. 1875

Contributed by: Ellsworth Public Library Date: circa 1875 Location: Ellsworth Media: Photographic print

Item 101745

Elihu Washburne on clothing and politics, Hallowell, 1837

Contributed by: Washburn Norlands Living History Center Date: 1837-05-26 Location: Hallowell; Hampden Media: Ink on paper

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Item 101419

Portland City Council, 1981

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1981 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print

Item 7194

Nathan Cutler, Farmington, ca. 1860

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1860 Media: Photographic print

Item 15541

Political cartoon on lobbying, 1907

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1907 Location: Augusta; Augusta Media: Ink on paper