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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 33706

Letter to George Thacher, 1789

Contributed by: McArthur Public Library Date: 1789 Location: Biddeford Media: Ink on paper

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Item 17383

Continental Congress resolution, 1776

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1776 Media: Ink on paper

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Item 25959

Horace M. Jordan appointment to Library of Congress, 1897

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1897-09-15 Location: Washington; New York Media: Ink on paper

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Item 102190

Benjamin Harrison requesting an audience of the House, Williamsburg, 1776

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1776-06-12 Location: Williamsburg Media: Ink on paper

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Item 102180

George Ross asking special permission from Congress, 1776

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1776-10-26 Media: Ink on paper

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Item 12474

Boris Yeltsin visits U.S. Congress, Washington D.C., 1991

Contributed by: Raymond H. Fogler Library Date: 1991-06-19 Location: Washington Media: Photographic print

Item 102193

Resolution in Congress by Charles Thomson, 1779

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1779-09-20 Location: Philadelphia Media: Ink on paper

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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

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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

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Item 101273

Caesar Rodney on Revolutionary War, Philadelphia, 1776

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1776-08-03 Location: Philadelphia Media: Ink on paper

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Item 26622

O'Brien and Ruggles Houses, Thomaston, ca. 1960

Contributed by: Thomaston Historical Society Date: circa 1960 Location: Thomaston Media: Photographic print

Item 102167

Francis Lewis on the actions of the militia relayed to Congress, Yorktown, 1778

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1778-03-30 Location: Yorktown Media: Ink on paper

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Item 102183

James Smith on his feelings at the Second Continental Congress to his wife, Baltimore, 1776

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1776-12-31 Location: Baltimore; York; Shippensburg Media: Ink on paper

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Item 101277

James Wilson on troop readiness, Carlisle, Pennsylvania, 1775

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1775-05-09 Location: Carlisle; Lancaster Media: Ink on paper

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Item 148615

Congress Street on D-Day, Portland, 1944

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1944-06-06 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print

Item 67667

Black troops in camp, ca. 1863

Contributed by: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division through Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1863 Media: Digital image of stereograph

Item 101275

Matthew Thornton on congressional activity, Philadelphia, 1776

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1776-11-12 Location: Philadelphia Media: Ink on paper

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Item 6425

William Pitt Fessenden, 1869

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1869 Location: Bridgton; Washington Media: Ink on paper

Item 102178

William Paca on state of the militia, 1777

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1777-05-13 Media: Ink on paper

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Item 101271

Robert Paine on manufacturing saltpeter and gunpowder, Philadelphia, 1776

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1776-03-16 Location: Philadelphia Media: Ink on paper

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Item 102172

Robert Morris on the state of the war, Philadelphia, 1776

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1776-12-24 Location: Philadelphia; Boston Media: Ink on paper

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Item 6427

Hon. James G. Blaine, Speaker of the House, 1869

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1869 Location: Washington Media: Ink on paper

Item 102170

Thomas McKean to Benjamin Franklin regarding Fontaine de Brassine, Philadelphia, 1786

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1786-12-09 Location: Philadelphia Media: Ink on paper

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Item 148425

Thomas Brackett Reed monument, Portland, ca. 1910

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