Showing 6321 - 6330 of +10000 Records
Maine Constitutional Convention
- After a vote was held in July 1819, the Act of Separation was approved. Subsequently, a constitutional convention took place in Portland, starting on October 11, 1819. Delegates from across the state gathered in Portland to work on the new Constitution, which was completed later that month. Once the draft was approved by the delegates, it required a vote from the people of Maine. In December, the citizens of Maine approved the Constitution.
Maine Volunteer Militia (Post-Civil War)
- Correspondence and other records of Maine’s militia in the years after the Civil War. Much of the collection includes requests for aid in obtaining veteran pensions.
BMC 62B--L'Acadia, le Provincie di Sagadahook e Main, la Nuova Hampshire, la Rhode Island, e parte di Massachusset e Connceticut, 1778
- Map of Acadia, the provinces of Sagadahoc and Maine, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and part of Massachusetts and Connecticut. Depicts the Northeastern coast, extending from the Hamptons on Long Island and the Connecticut River and showing all of New England, the Bay of Fundy and Acadia. The map, while issued separately as part of Zatta's Atlante Novissimo, is one of 12 sections comprising the Italian edition of Mitchell's map of North America. John Mitchell's map of North America was one of the most important American maps of the 18th Century and is the foundation for virtually all boundary disputes and treaties beginning with the French & Indian War. It was drawn from the first available English and Indigenous surveys and includes detail regarding towns, roads, rivers, mountains and other regional features.
- Type: OBJECT
- Collection: Baxter Rare Maps
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