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LC Subject Heading: Politics & 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 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 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 20609

Edward W. Wheeler, Brunswick, ca. 1920

Contributed by: Pejepscot History Center Date: circa 1920 Location: Brunswick Media: Photographic print

Item 21254

Charles Hunt to Josiah Pierce, 1837

Contributed by: Pierce Family Collection through Maine Historical Society Date: 1837 Location: Augusta Media: Ink on paper

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Item 36019

Officers of Somerset County, 1895

Contributed by: Skowhegan History House Date: 1895 Media: Photographic print

Item 102199

William Pitt Preble to William King regarding Maine constitution, Portland, 1819

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1819-08-05 Location: Portland Media: Ink on paper

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Item 15714

Letter of thanks to John Lynch, 1865

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1864 Location: Washington Media: Ink on paper

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Item 34230

Sumner Pike, Lubec, ca. 1940

Contributed by: Lubec Historical Society Date: circa 1940 Location: Lubec Media: Photographic print

Item 10596

William King, Bath, ca. 1806

Contributed by: Patten Free Library Date: circa 1806 Location: Bath; Augusta Media: Oil on Canvas

Item 75057

Gen. Banks on putting slaves to work, New Orleans, 1863

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1863 Location: New Orleans 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 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 100646

Israel Washburn Jr. on Lincoln's inauguration, Augusta, 1861, 1861

Contributed by: Washburn Norlands Living History Center Date: 1861-01-21 Location: Augusta Media: Ink on paper

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Item 100649

Israel Washburn to Elihu Washburne about Civil War policies, Augusta, 1862

Contributed by: Washburn Norlands Living History Center Date: 1862-07-12 Location: Augusta Media: Ink on paper

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Item 100654

Israel Washburn Jr. on Civil War challenges, Augusta, 1861

Contributed by: Washburn Norlands Living History Center Date: 1861-05-04 Location: Augusta Media: Paper and ink

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Item 100696

Israel Washburn on Civil War compromises, Orono, 1861

Contributed by: Washburn Norlands Living History Center Date: 1861-06-27 Location: Orono Media: Ink on paper

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Item 71044

Horatio Jose to Gen. George F. Shepley, 1862

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

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Item 100655

Israel Washburn on battle of Malvern Hills, Portland, 1864

Contributed by: Washburn Norlands Living History Center Date: 1864-05-21 Location: Portland Media: Ink on paper

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Item 100681

Israel Washburn on Republicanism, Augusta, 1862

Contributed by: Washburn Norlands Living History Center Date: 1862-01-28 Location: Augusta Media: Ink on paper

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Item 101032

Israel Washburn on prohibition of inter-state slave trade, Portland, 1864

Contributed by: Washburn Norlands Living History Center Date: 1864-07-27 Location: Portland Media: Ink on paper

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