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Schedule of Treasury Drafts for Two Installments Surplus Revenue
Schedule of Treasury drafts for two installments surplus revenue. Lists names of banks and locations within Maine, payment due dates, and amounts.
  • Type: OBJECT
  • Collection: State Census 1837


Bangor, 2nd Ward
Census of Bangor, 2nd Ward.
  • Type: OBJECT
  • Collection: State Census 1837


Dennysville
Census of Dennysville.
  • Type: OBJECT
  • Collection: State Census 1837


Account with F.W. Ridley for Malaga Inhabitants
  • Type: OBJECT
  • Collection: Pauper Accounts


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