Social History
Showing 401 - 410 of 1728 Records
Record of Hearing at Indian Island, primarily regarding lumber and stumpage
- Type: OBJECT
- Collection: Wabanaki Nations Petitions and Correspondence
Description of Gusta Neptune's Land Parcel on [Olamon?] Island
- Type: OBJECT
- Collection: Wabanaki Nations Petitions and Correspondence
Penobscot petition in favor of Leo Shay
- Type: OBJECT
- Collection: Wabanaki Nations Petitions and Correspondence
Letter to selectmen of Dennysville regarding surplus revenue
- Letter to the Selectmen of Dennysville regarding surplus revenue.
- Type: OBJECT
- Collection: State Census 1837
Correspondence Between Maine Treasury Department and US Treasury Regarding Surplus Revenue
- Correspondence between Maine Treasury Department and US Treasury regarding surplus revenue.
- Type: OBJECT
- Collection: State Census 1837
Amount of Surplus Revenue Belonging to the Several Towns
- List of the amount of surplus revenue belonging to several towns.
- Type: OBJECT
- Collection: State Census 1837
Letter re Death of Rep Jonathan Cilley, 1838
- An undated letter discussing the death of United States Representative Jonathan Cilley from Thomaston. The author is unknown, but they may have been J.A. Chandler, the clerk of the Maine Supreme Judicial Court. Before his election to Congress, Cilley served as the Speaker of the Maine House of Representatives. He was the son-in-law of Hezekiah Prince, a merchant from Thomaston.Jonathan Cilley, an abolitionist, was challenged to a duel by James Watson Webb, a newspaper editor from New York, after Cilley accused him of corruption. William Graves, a legislator from Kentucky, served as Webb's stand-in and killed Cilley on February 24, 1838.
- Type: OBJECT
- Collection: Letter Regarding the Death of U.S. Representative Jonathan Cilley
Letter from Governor Gilmer to Governor Dunlap Enclosing Indictment and Requesting Extradition of Philbrook and Kellerun
- Letter from Governor Gilmer to Governor Dunlap enclosing indictment and requesting extradition of Captain Daniel Philbrook and Edward Kellerun of the Schooner Susan.
- Type: OBJECT
- Collection: Extradition Papers
[Copy] Letter from Sheriff Thomas Jones, Charlotte County NB, regarding the case of Alfred Wood with enclosed affidavits
- Type: OBJECT
- Collection: Extradition Papers