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Memories of 1841 visit to Duck and Baker Island Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Document, Correspondence, Letter	People Places, Island	Rufus George Frederick Candage		No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Memories of 1841 visit to Duck and Baker Island Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-1000.34.954 Type: Document, Correspondence, Letter Subject: People Places, Island Creator: Rufus George Frederick Candage Description: Memories of Duck and Bakers Island circa 1891. Gifted by Hugh Dwelley in Summer 2007. The bulk of the document is a copy of a letter to the Ellsworth American written by Rufus George Frederick Candage. The letter was written in 1891, but in the letter he is reminiscing about a two-week vacation to the Duck and Bakers Island in 1841. He writes about a barn, cattle, vegetables, hay, butter, cheese, eggs, fowls on Great Duck, and sheep on Little Duck. At that time the family of John Bartlett was living on Duck Island, although the Duck Islands were claimed by Mr. Gilley. Candage also remembers a trip to see the Bakers Island lighthouse. The letter is preceded by an excerpt from the book "The Descendants of James Candage/Cavendish of Blue Hill, Maine" and some notes on the Bartlett family and the letter made by Ralph W. Stanley. The document also includes a letter from Hugh Dwelley as President of the Islesford Historical Society to Mr. Gil Bunker in reference to a visit that the Bunker Family Association of America planned to make to the Cranberry Islands. [show more]
Letter from Robert Peabody to family Northeast Harbor Library	Document, Correspondence, Letter	People Places, Island		8-2-1865		Letter from Robert Peabody to family Northeast Harbor Library Identifier: nehl-1842 Type: Document, Correspondence, Letter Subject: People Places, Island Date: 8-2-1865 Description: Letter from Robert S. Peabody (of Peabody & Stearns) written from Eden to his family in Boston. He describes his trip to Mt. Desert Island, his accommodations, and includes transportation fares.
Letters to Rosamond & Aimee Lamb from Rachel Field Northeast Harbor Library	Document, Correspondence	People Places, Island		1935-1940		Letters to Rosamond & Aimee Lamb from Rachel Field Northeast Harbor Library Identifier: nehl-1828 Type: Document, Correspondence Subject: People Places, Island Date: 1935-1940 Description: Copies of Rachel Field's letters to Rosamond Lamb - one included Aimee Lamb - her Sutton Island friends from Milton, MA. Sent from Maine & California, the letters are about her marriage to Authur Pederson, her writing, the involvement with movie studios, etc. Introduction by Robert R. Pyle.

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