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Letter to city clerks regarding enrollment into the Militia
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  • Collection: Halifax Explosion


Memorandum regarding a patriotic meeting in Bangor
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  • Collection: Halifax Explosion







Memorandum regarding attending the Governor
  • Type: OBJECT
  • Collection: Halifax Explosion



An Act of Admission of the State of Maine into the Union, March 3, 1820
The Act of Admission of the State of Maine into the Union, passed by the U.S. Congress on March 3, 1820, officially established it as the 23rd state. This Act formalized Maine's transition from a district of Massachusetts to a sovereign state within the United States. The Act of Admission was passed as part of the Missouri Compromise, which also admitted Missouri as a slave state.