Keywords: treasury
Item 31859
Shep Hurd Letter To U.S. Treasury Department, Bangor, 1938
Contributed by: Bangor Historical Society Date: 1938 Location: Bangor Media: Ink on paper
Item 31863
Shep Hurd reward, Bangor, 1938
Contributed by: Bangor Historical Society Date: 1937-11-24 Location: Bangor; Washington Media: Ink on paper
Item 116451
U.S. Courthouse alterations, Portland, 1930-1931
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1930–1931 Location: Portland; Portland Client: United States Treasury Department Architect: J. A. Wetmore
Exhibit
Port of Portland's Custom House and Collectors of Customs
The collector of Portland was the key to federal patronage in Maine, though other ports and towns had collectors. Through the 19th century, the revenue was the major source of Federal Government income. As in Colonial times, the person appointed to head the custom House in Casco Bay was almost always a leading community figure, or a well-connected political personage.
Exhibit
When America entered the Great War in 1917, the government sent out pleas for help from American women, many of whom responded at the battle front and on the home front.
Site Page
Maine's Road to Statehood - The Final Vote
"… King's brother Rufus, along with the Secretary of Treasury William Crawford, passed a revised Coasting Law through Congress, which turned the…"
Site Page
Early Maine Photography - Famous People - Page 2 of 3
"… Lincoln to appoint him as Secretary of the Treasury, a post he held for a year before returning to the Senate for the balance of his life."
