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An Appeal for the Protectionof the Town of Mount Desert Against Automobiles Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Document, Correspondence		1915	An Appeal for the Protectionof the Town of Mount Desert Against Automobiles Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-19220 Type: Document, Correspondence Date: 1915 Description: Collection consists of three boxes of archival files donated by the Seal Harbor Library pertaining to the history of Seal Harbor village and Acadia National Park. An itemized summary of each boxes' contents is enclosed in each box. Photocopy of an appeal to those in favor of keeping automobiles off the roads to send money to help offset the costs of those committie members traveling to Augusta to argue against automobiles infront of the State Legislature ahead of the vote. [show more]
Letter to Mrs. L.E. Holmes Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Document, Correspondence	NEH Golf Club	5/12/1918	Letter to Mrs. L.E. Holmes Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-19203 Type: Document, Correspondence Creator: NEH Golf Club Date: 5/12/1918 Description: Letter written to L.E. Holmes from Laurie Holmes. Laurie writting to his mother on American YMCA paper. Letter inclues an insert titled Mother's Day 1918 with poems and remberences created by the American YMCA.
Letter to the Bar Harbor Board of Trade, May 15,1908 regarding an advertisement for Bar Harbor to be published in the Yale Weekly Review. Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Document, Correspondence	Yale Alumni Weekly	1908	Letter to the Bar Harbor Board of Trade, May 15,1908 regarding an advertisement for Bar Harbor to be published in the Yale Weekly Review. Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-5325 Type: Document, Correspondence Creator: Yale Alumni Weekly Date: 1908 Description: Letter to the Bar Harbor Board of Trade, May 15,1908 regarding an advertisement for Bar Harbor to be published in the Yale Weekly Review. Signed by George Strader or Stander (?). Signature is not very legible. Paper is damaged by what looks like fire, and the bottom inch or so is missing, along with the bottom right corner.
Personal correspondence of Somesville residents Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Document, Correspondence, Letter			Personal correspondence of Somesville residents Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-16969 Type: Document, Correspondence, Letter Description: -Letters re death of John Higgins, son of Elliot Higgins, killed in NYC by runaway horses (1844); -"old-timers" in Somesville (1940); -from Daniel Somes to unknown woman, perhaps his later wife (1827); -Wm. Hamor to Mr. Somes re disapproval of dancing school (184?) & another re deaths of Lot and Paul Somes from scarlet fever (1853?); -from Susan Trask to "child" re death of "litell Harry [?], 1842; -from Andrew J. Frisbee, adopted son of Abraham Somes, re death of first wife(1851?), and to Mr. Somes re death of Billy (1852); -from Hattie Somes to Grandpa (1877); -from Mr. Heath to Rev. George E. Street (1903); -from Harriet Somes to Aunt Mary re baby sister Blanche (18?9); -from Dell to Hattie (1921) and to Harriet (1928); -to Harriet from Harry S. re selling privilege on land (1944); about Ed, brought home from Boston, by Florence Gray (1959); -from Jacob Somes to brother re legislative session concering railroad (1842). [show more]
Letter from MDI Historical Society to Virginia Somes Sanderson Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Document, Correspondence, Letter	Mount Desert Island Historical Society	1979	Letter from MDI Historical Society to Virginia Somes Sanderson Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-14769 Type: Document, Correspondence, Letter Creator: Mount Desert Island Historical Society Date: 1979 Description: Letter from MDI Historical Society secretary, Chadbourne Gilpatric, to Virginia Somes Sanderson, notifying her of her election as Honorary Director of the Society.
Letter regarding Somesville Bridge load capacity Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Document, Correspondence, Letter		2003	Letter regarding Somesville Bridge load capacity Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-11555 Type: Document, Correspondence, Letter Date: 2003 Description: Letter from Harris Hyman to the MDI Historical Society regarding the load capacity of the Somesville bridge 06 October 2003. Addressing a concern from the community about the weight capacity for the bridge, Hyman assures the society that the bridge can sustain the weight of fornicating couples and drunk local gentlemen.
Letter from Edwin Mead to Rev. Samuel Eliot Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Document, Correspondence, Letter	S.A. Eliot	1897	Letter from Edwin Mead to Rev. Samuel Eliot Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-18803 Type: Document, Correspondence, Letter Creator: S.A. Eliot Date: 1897 Description: Letter from Edwin Mead at New England Magazine to Rev. Samuel Eliot about comisioning an article on early explorers of the New England Coast.
Letter from Edwin Mead to Rev. Samuel Eliot Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Document, Correspondence, Letter	S.A.Eliot	1897	Letter from Edwin Mead to Rev. Samuel Eliot Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-18802 Type: Document, Correspondence, Letter Creator: S.A.Eliot Date: 1897 Description: Letter from Edwin Mead at New England Magazine to Rev. Samuel Eliot about his article on the historical assiciations of Mount Desert.
Letter from Franklin W. Hooper to Rev. Samuel Eliot Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Document, Correspondence, Letter	S.A. Eliot	1896	Letter from Franklin W. Hooper to Rev. Samuel Eliot Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-18801 Type: Document, Correspondence, Letter Creator: S.A. Eliot Date: 1896 Description: Letter from Franklin W. Hooper at the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Science to Rev. Samuel Eliot about his lecture the evening before. Inviting him to give him a lecture the following year to a group of Harvard men.
Letter from Professor Sawtelle to Dr. Eliot Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Document, Correspondence, Letter	William O. Sawtelle	12/17/1924	Letter from Professor Sawtelle to Dr. Eliot Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-18794 Type: Document, Correspondence, Letter Creator: William O. Sawtelle Date: 12/17/1924 Description: 1 typed page. Letter looking forward to their meeting in person at his house and that he is currently writing the bibliography. He also suggest a correction to page 19.
Letter from Professor Sawtelle to Dr. Eliot Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Document, Correspondence, Letter	William O. Sawtelle	12/17/1924	Letter from Professor Sawtelle to Dr. Eliot Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-18793 Type: Document, Correspondence, Letter Creator: William O. Sawtelle Date: 12/17/1924 Description: 3 typed pages. Letter suggest ways to make changes be to Street's original book. He also makes mention that he feels a bibliography might be included at the end of the new edition. He also responds to Eliot's suggestion that he himself publishes a book on Mount Desert Island's history.
Letter from Professor Sawtelle to Dr. Eliot Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Document, Correspondence, Letter	William O. Sawtelle	12/22/1924	Letter from Professor Sawtelle to Dr. Eliot Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-18792 Type: Document, Correspondence, Letter Creator: William O. Sawtelle Date: 12/22/1924 Description: 1 typed pages. Letter suggest changes be made to Street's account of Bernard's grant of Mount Desert. He also makes mention that he can send Eliot information on the original families that settled Somes Sound.
Letter from Eliot to George H. Street Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Document, Correspondence, Letter	S. A. Eliot	10/9/1924	Letter from Eliot to George H. Street Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-18791 Type: Document, Correspondence, Letter Creator: S. A. Eliot Date: 10/9/1924 Description: 2 typed pages Letter about the upcoming publishing of a new edtion of the History of Mount Desert along with a form for George to sign transfering the rights to the plates of the origional book to Houghton Mifflin & Co.
Letter from a representative of Houghton Mifflin Company to Eliot Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Document, Correspondence, Letter	Houghton Mifflin & Co.	10/3/1924	Letter from a representative of Houghton Mifflin Company to Eliot Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-18790 Type: Document, Correspondence, Letter Creator: Houghton Mifflin & Co. Date: 10/3/1924 Description: 2 typed pages Letter restating of the point of coversation that morning: -need to transfer the copyright. -chapters to be added and removed from the next edition -set up of royalties for Eliot and later George Street's heirs. -anticipated publishing date.
Letter from George (?) H Street to Eliot Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Document, Correspondence, Letter	George H. Street	6/30/1924	Letter from George (?) H Street to Eliot Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-18789 Type: Document, Correspondence, Letter Creator: George H. Street Date: 6/30/1924 Description: 1 handwritten page Letter in which he relinquishes his rights to the plates for the book History of Mount Desert published by his late father.
Letter from George H. Street to Eliot Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Document, Correspondence, Letter	George H. Street	10/11/1924	Letter from George H. Street to Eliot Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-18788 Type: Document, Correspondence, Letter Creator: George H. Street Date: 10/11/1924 Description: 1 Handwritten page Letter transfering the rights to the plates and offering support to Eliot in publishing another edition.
Letter from Helen Street Ranney to Eliot Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Document, Correspondence, Letter	Helen Street Ranney	10/11/1924	Letter from Helen Street Ranney to Eliot Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-18787 Type: Document, Correspondence, Letter Creator: Helen Street Ranney Date: 10/11/1924 Description: 1 Handwritten page Letter expressing grattitude and excitement over the upcomming new edition to her father's History of Mount Desert.
Letter from Houghton Mifflin Co. to S.A. Eliot Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Document, Correspondence, Letter	Houghton Mifflin Co.	12-9-1924	Letter from Houghton Mifflin Co. to S.A. Eliot Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-18784 Type: Document, Correspondence, Letter Creator: Houghton Mifflin Co. Date: 12-9-1924 Description: 1 typed page Letter from Houghton Mifflin Co to Eliot about a letter to Mrs. Hinckley about the need to correct errors in the origional History of Mount Desert before a new edition is published. Letter was sent from William O. Sawtelle to Mrs. Hinckley.
Letter from S.A. Eliot to Professor Sawtelle Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Document, Correspondence, Letter	S.A. Eliot	12/16/1924	Letter from S.A. Eliot to Professor Sawtelle Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-18782 Type: Document, Correspondence, Letter Creator: S.A. Eliot Date: 12/16/1924 Description: 2 typed pages. This is a copy of a letter from S. A. Eliot to Sawtelle about Houghton Mifflin Company wanting to publish another edition of History of Mount Desert. The author of the letter is writing to see if Sawtelle feels there are any corrections or additions he fells should be added to another edition.
Letter from Helen Street Ranney to Eliot Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Document, Correspondence, Letter	S.A. Eliot	1924	Letter from Helen Street Ranney to Eliot Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-18781 Type: Document, Correspondence, Letter Creator: S.A. Eliot Date: 1924 Description: 2 handwritten pages. Response to his letter to her about the possibility of printing another edition of The History Of Mount Desert and her transferral the copyright to Eliot. Discussion of her urging her brother to also forfeit the copyright of the book.
Letter between S.A. Eliot and Ferris Greenslot Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Document, Correspondence, Letter	S.A. Eliot	8/24/1925	Letter between S.A. Eliot and Ferris Greenslot Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-18780 Type: Document, Correspondence, Letter Creator: S.A. Eliot Date: 8/24/1925 Description: 2 typed pages Copy of a letter from S.A. Eliot, to Ferris Greenslot discussing the errors he feel are in the contract between Houghton Mifflin & Co and himself. He acknowledges he has the chapter and bibliography finished and has consulted with Sawtelle on needed changes. Eliot is waiting a response from Greenslot about the contract and copyright before he sends the new material.
Letter between Ferris Greenslot and S.A. Eliot Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Document, Correspondence, Letter	Houghton Mifflin & Co.	3/31/1925	Letter between Ferris Greenslot and S.A. Eliot Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-18779 Type: Document, Correspondence, Letter Creator: Houghton Mifflin & Co. Date: 3/31/1925 Description: 1 typed page Letter from Ferris Greenslot outlining their aceptance of Eliot's changes to the book and suggesting some changes to make the new text fit the size of the origional pages. There maybe a page missing from this letter.
Letter between Ferris Greenslot and S.A. Eliot Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Document, Correspondence, Letter	Houghton Mifflin & Co.	8/26/1925	Letter between Ferris Greenslot and S.A. Eliot Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-18778 Type: Document, Correspondence, Letter Creator: Houghton Mifflin & Co. Date: 8/26/1925 Description: 1 typed page Letter Ferris Greenslot stating that he feels S.A. Eliot could sign the orgional contract and that he would be happy to send a new contract to Eliot once he is back in Boston.
Letter between Ferris Greenslot and S.A. Eliot Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Document, Correspondence, Letter	S.A. Eliot	4/6/1926	Letter between Ferris Greenslot and S.A. Eliot Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-18776 Type: Document, Correspondence, Letter Creator: S.A. Eliot Date: 4/6/1926 Description: 1 typed page Copy of a letter from S.A. Eliot and Greenslot covering the necessary changes to the new edition of the book: typo corrections, addition of an updated map, combination of chapters 7 & 8 into one, and renumbering of pages.
Letter between Eben M. Hannors and Rev. George E. Street Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Document, Correspondence, Letter	Eben M. Hannors	unknown	Letter between Eben M. Hannors and Rev. George E. Street Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-18775 Type: Document, Correspondence, Letter Creator: Eben M. Hannors Date: unknown Description: 1 handwritten page Letter from Eben M. Hannors to Rev. George E. Street offering to send genealogies of some of the early families of Mount Desert. These will not include the Abraham and John Somes' families. He will also furnish, if needed, a biographical sketch of himself along with a photograph.

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