Search Results

Keywords: early settlers

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 11734

Hugh Wilson property, Topsham, 1762

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1762-03-04 Location: Topsham Media: Ink on paper

Item 11735

Samuel Wilson lot, Topsham, 1762

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1762 Location: Topsham Media: Ink on paper

Item 11714

Map of Brunswick, 1725

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1725-04-08 Location: Brunswick Media: Ink on paper

Item 105301

Haying on the Ingraham farm, Hodgdon, ca. 1900

Contributed by: Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum Date: circa 1900 Location: Hodgdon Media: Glass plate negative

Item 18448

B. B. Chandler, Aroostook County, ca. 1888

Contributed by: Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum Date: 1888 Media: Photographic print

Item 11927

Thomas Wilson lot, Topsham, 1764

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1764 Location: Topsham Media: Ink on paper

Item 11749

"Royalston," Durham, ca. 1760

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1760 Location: Durham Media: Ink on paper

Item 6883

St. John and Penobscot Rivers map, 1798

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1798-05-08 Location: Pleasant Point Media: Ink on paper

  view a full transcription

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

  view a full transcription

Item 31696

Kennebec Proprietors map, Hallowell, April 1771

Contributed by: Hubbard Free Library Date: 1761-06-17 Location: Hallowell Media: Ink on paper

Item 5749

John Sawyer letter to Rev. William Jenks about Penobscot agriculture, 1810

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1810-11-30 Location: Bangor Media: Paper

  view a full transcription

Item 20613

Capitol Hill Cemetery, New Sweden, 1938

Contributed by: New Sweden Historical Society Date: 1938 Location: New Sweden Media: Photographic print

Item 1474

Birch bark box by Mali Agat, ca. 1770

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1770 Media: Birchbark

Item 16474

Mortar and Pestle, Houlton, ca. 1830

Contributed by: Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum Date: circa 1830 Location: Houlton Media: Wood

Item 31596

Oscar Whitman Farm, Turner, ca. 1890

Contributed by: Turner Museum and Historical Society Date: circa 1890 Location: Turner Media: Photographic print

Item 108846

Land request, West Bath, 1760

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1760-04-08 Location: West Bath Media: Ink on paper

Item 84

Plate depicting the landing of the Pilgrims at Plymouth, ca. 1820

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1620 Location: Plymouth Media: Earthenware

Item 21215

Josiah Pierce essay on happiness, ca. 1825

Contributed by: Pierce Family Collection through Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1825 Location: Baldwin Media: Ink on paper

  view a full transcription

Item 122953

Plymouth Company Records, box 10/9, 1804–1811

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1804–1811 Location: Albion; Belgrade; Canaan; China; Hallowell; Mount Vernon; Norridgewock; Sidney; Vassalboro; Washington Media: Ink on Paper

Item 10019

Sheep shears, Van Buren, ca. 1900

Contributed by: L'Heritage Vivant Living Heritage Date: circa 1900 Location: Van Buren Media: metal

Item 18509

Elizabeth and John Crawford, Littleton, ca. 1890

Contributed by: Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum Date: circa 1890 Location: Littleton Media: Photograph

Item 22789

First Frame House in Hermon, ca. 1914

Contributed by: Hermon Historical Society Date: circa 1914 Location: Hermon Media: Print from slide

Item 40455

Maine Centennial parade, Parade of Horribles and Antiques, Portland, 1920

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Date: 1920-07-05 Location: Portland Media: Glass Negative

Item 99326

Greenleaf Walton's apple crop, East Dixfield, ca. 1890

Contributed by: Dixfield Historical Society Date: circa 1890 Location: Dixfield Media: Photographic print