Social History

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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
  • Date: 1837-01-01


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
  • Date: 1838


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
  • Date: 1838-04-27



Account with F.W. Ridley for Malaga Inhabitants
  • Type: OBJECT
  • Collection: Pauper Accounts
  • Date: 1905-12-02


Eben Blunt, to Gov. Morrill, recommending Albert Richardson as Penobscot Agent
  • Type: OBJECT
  • Collection: Wabanaki Nations Petitions and Correspondence
  • Date: 1859-05-02


Samuel W. Hoskins's 1859 Report of Transactions, in his capacity as Penobscot Agent
  • Type: OBJECT
  • Collection: Wabanaki Nations Petitions and Correspondence
  • Date: 1859-12-16


Frederic H. Dillingham, to Gov. Morrill, further justifying why he should be considered for the position of Penobscot Agent
  • Type: OBJECT
  • Collection: Wabanaki Nations Petitions and Correspondence
  • Date: 1859-05-03


George H. Thatcher, to Gov. Morrill, recommending appointment of Frederic H. Dillingham as Penobscot Agent
  • Type: OBJECT
  • Collection: Wabanaki Nations Petitions and Correspondence
  • Date: 1859-04-28


Franklin Muzzy, to Gov. Morrill, recommending Albert Richardson as Penobscot Agent
  • Type: OBJECT
  • Collection: Wabanaki Nations Petitions and Correspondence
  • Date: 1859-04-29