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Portland (Me.) Voter Registration Records circa 1880s-1890s 0.05

Portland (Me.) arrangement

The following information was provided by the seller:"Contains information pertaining to the "Ward 3" voting district of the city of Portland, Maine. Volume contains about 133 pages of handwritten entries giving the name, address and occupation of hundreds of Portland's registered voters. Names are listed alphabetically and are organized by lettered tabs." "Several occupations relate to Portland's coastal environment [lobster dealer, sea captain, naval architect, seaman, sail maker, fish inspector, fisherman, fish packer, boat builder, etc.] while many others are relevant to the period [blacksmith, carriage maker, stove cutter, cooper, peddler, telegraph office, etc]. Additional notations include "blind", "sick", etc., along with penciled notations accompanying each voter denoting "D" for Democrat and "R" for Republican. Also included is a section titled "Aliens"."

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