Maine Memory Network

Life on a Tidal River - Dick Shaw, Historian

"… X X X Dick Shaw is an avid collector of Brady Gang paraphernalia and history."

Bath's Historic Downtown - The Customs House

"The job of the Customs Collector was to collect taxes on goods imported from other countries. Also, the building contained a room for federal judges…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - Shipbuilding in Biddeford: Lore, Leaders, and Legacy

"… Cape Porpoise, as ports of delivery only; and a collector for the district shall be appointed, to reside at Biddeford.” In 1807 the district was…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Lincoln Block

"One of those customs collectors was William King, also the first governor of Maine. A customs collector has an office at a frontier where the customs…"

Bowdoin College Library

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Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Kennebec Proprietors Biographies

"… Justice of Peace for Plymouth, and Deputy Collector for Port of Boston. Winslow resigned quickly from his moderator duties and was not very in the…"

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - Olof Nylander, 1864-1943

"… by the United States Geological Survey as a field collector. He was also employed by the Canadian government and several colleges and universities…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - V. A Cascade of Booms & Busts (1790-1865) - Page 1 of 3

"There was no customs collector on the Saco River until 1789, when Jeremiah Hill, Esquire was appointed to the post."

Lubec, Maine - Lubec's 1911 Centennial Celebration - Page 1 of 2

"… and the Program As a seaman and also Customs Collector, the personal diary of sardine mogul Jacob C. Pike contains daily weather commentary."

Bowdoin College Museum of Art

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William Fogg Public Library

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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Running the Town

"In 1953, Irene Kent was tax collector and was followed by Phyllis Staples. In 1961 Amy Staples became our first female town clerk."

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Pejepscot Proprietors Biographies - Page 2 of 2

"… he served as its clerk, secretary, treasurer, and collector of taxes. Noyes is responsible for the creation of the majority of proprietor records…"

Lincoln, Maine - Jeremy Nelson

"In 1849, Jeremy was a collector of taxes and a constable. Jeremy died in Lincoln, Maine at the age of 80."

Lincoln, Maine - Mills & Paper Industry - Page 1 of 2

"… Enthusiast Magazine: Steam Traction - Farm Collector. Web. 6 Apr. 2010…"

Abbe Museum

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Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield - Page 2 of 5

"Selectmen, Town Clerk, and Tax Collector, Bondsmen, Road Surveyors, Hog Reaves and other positions were elected to see that the town would be on…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Prominent Women

"… a state representative, town treasurer, and tax collector. Dorothy and Hervey never had any children, but Dorothy gave many local children piano…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Mexico - Page 3 of 3

"… with five selectmen, town clerk, treasurer, tax collector, budget committee, a police force, fire department, highway department, water district…"

Early Maine Photography - The Vickery-Shettleworth Collection

"… permanent home for the images gathered by the two collectors. The collection was again featured within MHS' 2015 exhibition Early Maine…"

Lubec, Maine - Timeline

"… Paris 1789 • Louis Delesdernier appointed first collector for customs District of Passamaquoddy, office at Flagg’s Point (Lubec) • John Allan…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Aroostook Valley Railroad

"The engines and passenger cars were sold to collectors and the track lanes are now snowmobile trails."

Guilford, Maine - Modern History: 1966 to Present

"… Most Outstanding, the town took on the Tax Collector and Treasurer duties for neighboring Willimantic, and road work was undertaken in the…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Skyline Farm - Making and Preserving History

"Hundreds of local school children, collectors, and other interested people visited the farm and its well-known carriage collection to hear Ken…"