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| George W Newmen appears to owe money Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  George W Newmen appears to owe money Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Feb 1869 Dear Mr Newmen from George W. Newmen Spelled Newmen rather than Newman I have not dun so well. I expect to and am very sorry I have had some disipointmen on the money but shall do the best i can for you. Appears to owe money | |||
| To Mary Newman, East Eden from Nellie M Newman, Winter Habor, June 20, 1868 Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| To Mary Newman, East Eden from Nellie M Newman, Winter Habor, June 20, 1868 Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: To Mary Newman, East Eden from Nellie M Newman, Winter Habor, June 20, 1868 envelope. Letter dated June 16, 1868 Letter before her marriage in 1870 Jane's health is poor Mentions Enoch. ...."He would give the world to see father and you." Says she will pay for something when she comes over | |||
| Aid for dependents of those who served in military Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| Aid for dependents of those who served in military Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Payment from Treasurer of State of Maine for "aid in support of the wife, or dependent mother, father or sister, or minor children..." of soldiers sailors or marines engaged in military service "during the present rebellion." Names of service-persons, dependents and their ages, amount paid listed. Signed by Treasurer of Mount Desert (name of J.S. Somes added). | |||
| Sale of vessel "Romp" of Tremont by Joshua S. Moore to Sallie Somes Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| Sale of vessel "Romp" of Tremont by Joshua S. Moore to Sallie Somes Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Sale of 1/8th share of schooner Romp to Sallie S. Somes from Joshua S. Moore. The schooner Romp was built in Tremont in 1852. | |||
| List of Scholars, Mt. Desert, April 1st, 1862 Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| List of Scholars, Mt. Desert, April 1st, 1862 Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Note, "Oak Hill", District 2 | |||
| Receipt for sale from Thompson to Mayo Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| Receipt for sale from Thompson to Mayo Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: 1864 receipt for payment of $50.00 from William Thompson to Moses Mayo for +/- 10 acres. | ||||
| List of men furnished by the Town of Mt. Desert under the several calls... Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| List of men furnished by the Town of Mt. Desert under the several calls... Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Civil War soldiers. Photocopied list; difficult to read. | |||
| Certification of people liable to perform military duty Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| Certification of people liable to perform military duty Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Photocopy, signed by John W. Somes, difficult to tell which papers in the Folder this goes to. | |||
| List of Persons living in Town of Mt. Desert, 1865 Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| List of Persons living in Town of Mt. Desert, 1865 Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Photocopy, pages cut apart, hard to read. Shows ages, occupations. | |||
| Court Record of sale of estate of Joshua F. Moore Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| Court Record of sale of estate of Joshua F. Moore Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Agreement for Caroline Moore to hold sale of Joshua S. Moore's estate to pay debts of $500 | |||
| Administration of Estate of Joshua Moore Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| Administration of Estate of Joshua Moore Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: 3 documents appointment Caroline F. Moore as administrator of Joshua S. Moore's estate, payments of the estate | |||
| Permission for "Romp" to navigate Chesapeake Bay Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| Permission for "Romp" to navigate Chesapeake Bay Mount Desert Island Historical Society | |||
| Civil War draft exemption certificate Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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| Civil War draft exemption certificate Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: "Certificate of exemption for a drafted person on account of disability" for Asa D. Stanley due to disease of the right lung 28 Aug 1863 | ||
| Invitation to enter military service (Civil War) Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Invitation to enter military service (Civil War) Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: A Proclamation issued by Samuel Cony, Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the State of Maine, 13 Jul 1864, inviting men to enter military service and promising extra pay for those who leave the state in order to drive back the rebel hordes from Washington. Item given to Komusin by Dot & Andy McSorley, when he bought his land from them. | ||
| Civil War recruitment announcement Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Civil War recruitment announcement Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Document, 1 page, Civil War announcement aimed to encourage recruitment into Maine Sharpshooter's Battalion, 26 Sep 1864 | ||
| Postmaster Joseph S. Spurling, Esq. appointed Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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| Postmaster Joseph S. Spurling, Esq. appointed Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Certificate, Post Office Appointment as postmaster of Joseph S. Spurling, Esq., 29 Apr 1862 | ||
| William P. Preble Ledgers (1860-1870s) Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  William P. Preble Ledgers (1860-1870s) Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Eleven ledgers (A-K) with two inserts, 1860-1870s of a collection of 18 small, 19th-century ledgers or account journals belonging to William P. Preble; very difficult to decipher, many entries not in chronological order, often several years of entries not made in sequential order. (Only exterior and one page of each ledger scanned. ) A= Black leather journal with leather clasp. Property of William P. Preble, Cranberry Isles. 1862 Boston entries payments to individuals, mentions Schooner Commerce, etc. Letter tucked into this notebook in the pocket in the rear of the notebook. Bangor Dec. 20, 1860 to Wm. P. Preble Esq. from Abner Knowles about a balance of $40 he owes the Town of Cranberry Isles. B= Black leather journal with leather clasp. Property of William P. Preble, Cranberry Isles. No dates. Payments for work in Boston [undated]. Mentions Schooners Express and Sea Flower. Expenses and provisions, individual accounts. Tucked into the rear pocket of this notebook are two receipts make out to William Preble for $18.00 each for 1862 and 1863 pertaining to his handling of the estate of Sans Stanley. C= 1864-1867-1877 (various years) small ledger begins with Schooner Sea Flower expenses. Schooner Quickstep expenses. Includes payments to sailors/fishermen.1872 Preble as highway Surveyor. 1872 and 1873 School Committee expenses. D= 1865 small ledger Wm. P. Preble begins with Accounts of Sales Daily starting November 1 running for several months….“Amount of sales for the year 1866 $5,542.58, tax collected 798.97” Note: One large loose ledger sheet folded and stored inside this small ledger D with header WP Preble to Clark & Parker November 18th 1879 lists supplies and hardware of various kinds. E= 1867-1871 small ledger begins with “Wrecked Schooner”, then Schooner von Buren & Owners, information pertaining to the Owners of Quickstep (fractions of ownership by each man?), herring for E. B. Stanley and others, fishing tallies, Schooner Sea Queen, 1871 H. Gilley, 1871 and 1873 Town of CI expenses for Preble services, 1873-1874 miscellaneous and expenses Perley and Russell, 1874 Preble’s expenses for Town of CI business, Accounts of sales to various individuals, with various notations on the front and rear flaps of the ledger. F= 1867 long narrow store ledger with list of cash and credit, tallies of purchases by individuals. G= 1869-1872 long narrow store ledger with list of cash and credit for various dates, and purchases by individuals. H= 1867 & 1878 small narrow tan leather journal. 1867 Schooner C.D. Horton, expenses, sailors/fishermen. Schooner Alice P [or T?]. expenses, sailors. Cranberry Isles Wrecking Company meeting notes January and February 1867. Ledgers of accounts for various individuals. Also a couple of notations re: 1878 & 1879 matters, and 1873 on the last page. Inserted in this ledger H is a Lime Rock Insurance Company policy for $3,000 on the schooner Sea Queen for one year from March 1, 1866 at noon. I= 1877 Collector’s Tax List book – William P. Preble, Esq. Treasurer and Collector of Taxes of the Town of Cranberry Isles, County of Hancock aforesaid. Assessors: A. C. Fernald, J. S. Spurling, and N. S. Spurling. With notes after tax lists: June 5th 1879 sold house of Moses D. Haynes to Leonard Holmes at auction for the full xxx of eight dollars at 2 oclock pm [etc] J= Small tan narrow leather journal Date? Undated first half - list of various cargoes, expenses to Belfast, Schooner Alice T [or J?]. Several entries for 1879. 1867 two Schooner Sea Queen entries. Last two pages: List of articles saved from wreck of the Schooner Zulma [no date]. K= Small tan narrow leather journal “W.P. and W. H. Preble book” 1865 lists of expenses. 1874 Entry Boards for meeting house [church] 1249 feet. 1875 list of fish shipped. 1879 entries. 1866 entries cash sent to Portland. Lobsters tallies. 1866 entries for lawyers and Gilley. 1865 entry for Schooner C. Hood[?] [show more] | ||
| Journal with transcriptions of protestations of ships Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Journal with transcriptions of protestations of ships Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Journal with transcription. 38-page typed transcription of protestations of ships wrecked on the Cranberry Isles from an original 19th-century ledger/journal kept by William P. Preble 1867-1879. Journal transcribed by Michael Macfarlan c. 2002. One loose page partial protestation for 1893. The back of the journal also contains pages for the accounts pertaining to School district No. 2, the Post Office, and for various islanders (not transcribed). (See also 1000.0.934: selections from 1080 - sea captain's transcribed broadcasts for possible video production. (See also June 2018 Cranberry Chronicle, pages 20-13 - link below) [show more] | ||
| Receipts for fishing and vessel expenses Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Receipts for fishing and vessel expenses Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Three recipts: 1. 1866 (Dec. to July) ledger page with header “W.P. and W. H. Preble” to Lyman Son & Tobey, itemized expenses for oil, paints, rope, lead, etc. “Please remit and much oblige LS&T” 2. 1867 (Sept 13) statement. Schooner Intreped (sic Intrepid?) & Owners bought of Richards, Adams & Co. Boston, pounds of manila [rope], wormline, rattine, springyarn, marlin spike, etc. With a 2-cent stamp date/stamped affixed. 3. 1867 (Dec. 6): Receipt for Schooner Transfer and owners to A T Hayden for half pilotage out. [show more] | ||
| Promisory note to Alfred Gilley Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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| Promisory note to Alfred Gilley Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Document, promisary note with stamps, William P. Preble, William H. Preble, Charles Guptill, and Enoch B. Stanley promise to pay Alfred H. Gilley $150 on 1 Jan 1870, signed 1869 | ||
| Overseers of the Poor 1867 report Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Overseers of the Poor 1867 report Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Document, 1 sheet with 1 small slip glued onto it, handwritten, "Report of the Overseers of the Poor of the Town of Cranberry Isles for the current year or 1867", detailing the sad case of William P Pung and family, and the efforts of the overseers of the poor to supply food for them and place the children in other homes. Transcribed. | ||
| Deed for Pew 19 Union Meeting House to Mary L. Bulger Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Deed for Pew 19 Union Meeting House to Mary L. Bulger Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Document, 1 handwritten sheet, 2 sides, side 1 is copy of original deed giving pew #19 in Union Meeting House to Mary L. Bulger, 25 Aug 1866. Side 2 is assigning Mary bulger 1/44 share of proceeds of sale of Meeting House, 26 Feb 1897. | ||
| Deed, Joseph S. Spurling to Asa D. Stanley Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Deed, Joseph S. Spurling to Asa D. Stanley Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Deed, Joseph S. Spurling to Asa D. Stanley, 20 Mar 1866, with stamps (probably the land on which A.D. Stanley built his house, currently occupied by Omer & Annette Mountain) | ||
| Letters to Ada Emerson Northeast Harbor Library |
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|  Letters to Ada Emerson Northeast Harbor Library Description: Letters from Henry Kelley (Emerson?) to his mother, Ada Emerson, in Indian River, ME describing his Civil War encampment with the Maine 10th Regiment at Camp Washburn, MD & Harper's Ferry, VA. Given to library by Carl Kelley. | ||
| James Parker to Letitia A. Parker Letter and Envelope, August 10, 1862 Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  James Parker to Letitia A. Parker Letter and Envelope, August 10, 1862 Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: James Parker writes to his sister, Letita A. Parker, from Camp Roberts near Bangor. He wishes for new food, thanks her for a letter, asks for advice about purchasing a revolver, and describes his life at camp. The original envelope is included as well. People Mentioned: Lizzie Young |