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Journal 1878-1881 voyages of schooner Carrie M. Richardson Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Publication, Book, Journal	People Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner	1878	No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Journal 1878-1881 voyages of schooner Carrie M. Richardson Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2016.375.2138 Type: Publication, Book, Journal Subject: People Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner Date: 1878 Description: Journal, leather and paper, wallet style, with entries for years 1878, 1879, 1881. Pertains to nautical voyages of Meltiah Richardson aboard the Carrie M. Richardson and perhaps others. It is an extremely valuable resource for interpretation of annotated Nautical Chart 1 and other charts in GCIHS 2015.315.2076. Journal entries corroborate plot markings on nautical chart 1. All pages with handwritten text scanned (48 scans) at 600 dpi July 27, 2016. Complete transcription made Feb. 2017. (Pages with newspaper clippings glued to them were not scanned - most clippings were poetry. Note: Meltiah's wife, Carrie (Mary Catherine Stanley Richardson), wrote and saved poetry.) In several instances, a page had been cut out and/or a portion of a page had been cut out. The journal is not always chronological; entries switch around various years 1878,1879, and 1881. Some highlights are listed below.Scan no.9 Sailed from Cardenas for NY 260 lbs Manello(?) Rope, 178 shakers, 78 canvas10 Arrived at NY from Cardenas, list of perhaps cod caught per person by name and weight and $. Left for….11 Arrived at NY from C. Isles settled with mate $37.1614 Rec from M.P Richardson the sum of $70 wages up to Date Nov 19th 1881 William Brandt15 Arrived Cadiz…16 M. P Richardson mentioned17 M. P. Richardson mentioned and Schooner Carrie M. Richardson 188119 "Cash in Spanish gold 342"23 Mr. Rumill shipped on board Schr C. M. Richardson April 10/79 at 35 $ per xxx24 Antonio Williams on board C. M. Richardson Apr 9th/7925 more re: 187926 more re: 187927 more re: 187942 "cure for chills/fever (?) 2 bitter apples with one pint gin. Let same stand ays. Dose: ½ wine glass full twice a day before meals (R H O (?))43 Bill of sale for 1/32 of Schr CMR Mrs. E B Gregg (interest?) to Joseph W x of Philadelphia44 Name is clearly Joseph W. Willson of Phila45 Port charges list48 Mentions Cadiz [show more]
Receipt for Schooner Sea Bird supplies Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Document, Financial, Receipt	Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner	1878	No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Receipt for Schooner Sea Bird supplies Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2001.39.298 Type: Document, Financial, Receipt Subject: Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner Date: 1878 Description: Receipt, from Perley Russell & Co., Portland, 17 Apr 1878, to Schooner Sea Bird, for food and other items, $345.95
Cargo Manifest for Schooner Rozella Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Document, List, Inventory	Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner	1875	No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Cargo Manifest for Schooner Rozella Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-1000.46.277 Type: Document, List, Inventory Subject: Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner Date: 1875 Description: Cargo Manifest, schooner Rozella, master E.B. Stanley, nav by 4 men and no boys, from Boston to Cranberry Isles, 12 Nov 1875, cargo: 20 bhs salt, 20 brls flour, 24 bshl corn, 2 brls onions, 3 brls apples, 1 brl molasses, 1 brl sugar, 10 oil brls, sundries
Bible (1873) belonging to Carrie Richardson with genealogy. Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Publication, Book	Organizations, Religious People	1873	No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Bible (1873) belonging to Carrie Richardson with genealogy. Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-1000.0.1037 Type: Publication, Book Subject: Organizations, Religious People Date: 1873 Description: Book, The Holy Bible from 1873 in poor condition. Belonged to Carrie Richardson. The GCIHS wrote and directed a play about Carrie Richardson which can be found on DVD in the museum. Carrie Richardson was able to navigate a boat by celestial navigation, she lived down in what is now the Heliker LaHotan foundation. Her husband Meltiah Richardson committed suicide, he tied cod weights around himself and jumped off the dock. Geneaological records that seem to have little relevance can be found tucked into the Bible. [show more]
Letter 7 of group of letters to Frances (Fannie) S. Spurling Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Document, Correspondence, Letter	People	1874	No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Letter 7 of group of letters to Frances (Fannie) S. Spurling Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2013.246.2749 Type: Document, Correspondence, Letter Subject: People Date: 1874 Description: Letter 7 (with transcription) in a collection of letters to Frances (Fannie) S. Spurling. This one is from her older half-brother A. B. Spurling in 1874 Andrew Barclay Spurling writes from New York City and states he learned of their mother’s illness from Fannie’s letter of the 16th, and of her death (January 17, 1874) in a letter from their brother William of the 19th, both of which he received on January 21, 1874. Too late to go home. He reminisces fondly about his mother and offers have Father Preble live with him now if he wishes to. A.B. Spurling (Civil War General Andrew Barclay) who wrote letter 7 is one of Samuel E. Spurling’s younger brothers (Samuel wrote letters 1-6 to Fannie). Frances (Fannie) A. Preble was Samuel and Andrew’s half-sister, the daughter of the widowed Abigail Cobb Hadlock Spurling and her second husband William P. Preble. [show more]
Letter 6 of 6 from Samuel Spurling to Fannie Preble Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Document, Correspondence, Letter	People	1874	No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Letter 6 of 6 from Samuel Spurling to Fannie Preble Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2013.246.2748 Type: Document, Correspondence, Letter Subject: People Date: 1874 Description: Letter 6 of 6 letters (with transcriptions) written 1865-1874 from Samuel E. Spurling (1827-1895) to his much younger half-sister Frances (Fannie) A. Preble (b. 1849). Samuel moved from Great Cranberry to California about age 23 ca.1850. In these six letters, he writes from Gold Hill, Nevada, where he works in gold mines. This letter #6 is from Gold Hill Nevada. Jan 11th 1874 to My dear Sister Fannie from S.C. or S.E Spurling. Samuel learns from Mr. or Wm Henry that his mother is ill. He’s having a brutal winter, Samuel was ill in Nevada; he’s now working at Crown Point Mine where he worked 7 or 8 years ago; can’t come home at present. Samuel E. Spurling is the eldest son of Abigail Cobb Hadlock Spurling and Samuel Spurling. A.B. Spurling (likely Civil War General Andrew Barclay) who wrote letter 7 is one of Samuel’s younger brothers. Frances (Fannie) A. Preble was Samuel and Andrew’s half-sister, the daughter of the widowed Abigail Cobb Hadlock Spurling and her second husband William P. Preble. [show more]
Receipt for Preble's taxes paid in full Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Document, Financial, Receipt	Organizations, Civic People	1873	No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Receipt for Preble's taxes paid in full Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2001.111.822 Type: Document, Financial, Receipt Subject: Organizations, Civic People Date: 1873 Description: Receipt: William P. Preble paid in full $31.22 for state, county, town, and highway taxes for 1873; William H. Preble paid $3.76 for same. Dated 5 Jan 1874; signed William P. Bunker, Collector. Transcribed.
Payments made for service to Town of Cranberry Isles Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Document, Other Documents	Organizations, Civic Organizations, School Institution People	1876	No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Payments made for service to Town of Cranberry Isles Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2018.416.2776 Type: Document, Other Documents Subject: Organizations, Civic Organizations, School Institution People Date: 1876 Description: Nine documents. Eight Town of Cranberry Isles payment receipts (1876-1877), one 1885 Town of CI Schools ledger page, and one 1887 Town of Tremont receipt. Payments involve individuals including: Hadlock, Gilley, Preble, Stanley, Wayland, Hamor, Fernald, schools. See description of each document.
Nautical Almanac 1876 for schooner Carrie M. Richardson Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Publication, Book	Places Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner	1876	No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Nautical Almanac 1876 for schooner Carrie M. Richardson Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2017.389.2164 Type: Publication, Book Subject: Places Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner Date: 1876 Description: Journal. Nautical Almanac 1876 containing tables of sun's declination and equation of time and tide by D. Eggert's sons, 23 pages, annotated by Carrie M. Richardson aboard the schooner Carrie M. Richardson. Recording the sun sightings for navigating voyages using dead reckoning; transatlantic journeys are plotted on nautical chart 1 and possibly others of 2015.315.2076. .) From the Lewis Stanley descendants collection. (See also 2015.316.2077 and 2017.388.2163 Initial review of the annotated Nautical Almanac of 1876 indicates that it records the Carrie M. Richardson's journey east from New York starting June 23, 1876; arriving Seville July 22, and departing Seville August 3. She arrived at Cadiz August 5 and left for Boston August 12. A wonderful addition as Nautical Chart 1 (2017.315.2076) only plots the west to east legs of two 1877 and 1878 Spain-to-Cranberry Isles voyages. Decipher the chronometer dead reckoning entries in this Almanac should enableus to plot the route she sailed to reach Spain. (Scanned July 2017) [show more]
Ten Town of Cranberry Isles documents 1876-1877 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Document, Other Documents	Organizations, Civic People Places, Town	1876	No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Ten Town of Cranberry Isles documents 1876-1877 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2018.416.2775 Type: Document, Other Documents Subject: Organizations, Civic People Places, Town Date: 1876 Description: Ten Town of Cranberry Isles documents 1876-1877, with summary of each item. Includes receipts for tax assessors; Perley and Russell v. Bunker; Gilley; Schooner Wayland; Leonard Holmes; and mention of a ship attacking a vessel, among other things.
Telegram Benj Spurling to Perley Russell Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Document, Correspondence, Telegram	Businesses, Store Business	1877	In Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Permitted	Telegram Benj Spurling to Perley Russell Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2001.39.182 Type: Document, Correspondence, Telegram Subject: Businesses, Store Business Date: 1877 Description: Telegram, from Benj. Spurling, Somesville, Maine ?Apr 4? 1877, to Perley Russell, Portland Me, "Send by boat to SW Harbor Friday three lbs each no eighteen twelve and six and four of nine seine twine" (found in Bob LaHotan's barn when he cleaned it 2001)
Shoemaker's hammer patent Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Document, Government, Government Records	Businesses, Other Business	1878	No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Shoemaker's hammer patent Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2002.20.42 Type: Document, Government, Government Records Subject: Businesses, Other Business Date: 1878 Description: Document, 2 sheets, Patent, #199,568, "Lasting-Hammer", 1878. Mickey Macfarlan wrote on it "A shoemaker's hammer found in Capt. Bert's house" (See hammer item 2002.20.1241) (See also items 1240-1245.)
Telegram, blank, for use in the 1870s Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Document, Correspondence, Telegram	Businesses, Service Business	1870	No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Telegram, blank, for use in the 1870s Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2001.39.183 Type: Document, Correspondence, Telegram Subject: Businesses, Service Business Date: 1870 Description: Telegram, blank, for use in the 1870s, dated 187_ (found in Bob LaHotan's barn when he cleaned it 2001)
Sale of real estate to John E. Bunker 1874 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Document, Financial, Sales Record	Businesses, Service Business	1874	No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Sale of real estate to John E. Bunker 1874 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2003.71.608 Type: Document, Financial, Sales Record Subject: Businesses, Service Business Date: 1874 Description: Document, 1 sheet, legal contract dated 27 Mar 1874, by Joseph Perley and John Russell, partners in "Perley & Russell", to sell "certain real estate" on Cranberry Island to John E. Bunker for $525, payable in two notes of $262.50 each, at 7.5% interest, one payable in 1 year, the other in 2 years. The land was previously sold to Perley & Russell by Bunker himself. Transcribed.
School Agent's Census Return 1878 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Document, Student Record	Organizations, School Institution	1878	No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	School Agent's Census Return 1878 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2003.71.612 Type: Document, Student Record Subject: Organizations, School Institution Date: 1878 Description: Document, 1 sheet, 2 sides, "School Agent's Census Return, 1878" for Cranberry Isles District 4, filled out by William A Rice, witnessed by William P Preble, 19 students' names and ages listed: Loring E Rice, 16; Carrie E Rice, 18; Sophia A Rice, 13; Herbert A Rice, 9; Seth H Rice, 6; Walter L Fernald, 20; R H B Fernald, 18; A C Fernald, Jr, 17; Cora M Fernald, 8; Gilbert A Rice, 7; Cora A Richardson, 9; Eugene P Stanley, 19; Hettie M Gilley, 18; Laura A Gilley, 15; Mary E Gilley, 11; John Pung, 19; Sarah P Smallidge, 8; Ida K Smallidge, 7; Augusta A Smallidge, 4. Transcribed. [show more]
Ledger sheets Capt. Charles E. Bunker, Schooner Como, 1879 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Document, Other Documents	People Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner	1879	No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Ledger sheets Capt. Charles E. Bunker, Schooner Como, 1879 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2019.445.2827 Type: Document, Other Documents Subject: People Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner Date: 1879 Description: This group of five ledger sheets tally Charles E. Bunker’s debits and credits for voyage on Schooner “Como” with cargo "cocoanuts, mahogany, and cedars in account with Odio & Perozo of New York". Loose ledger pages are dated February 6-21, 1879. There are 34,505 cocoanuts; 4 logs mahogany; 4 logs cedar; and 8 logs cedar. No ports or destinations discernible. Documents are signed in New York. (Only Page A transcribed.) The Schooner Como was built in Cherryfield 1873; No.125172; 133 tons. Charles E Bunker was master 1877. These ledgers are part of collection of Clara Rice items (Clara Adeline Richardson Bunker Rice (1847-1923). (Charles Bunker was Clara's second husband of three. Clara Rice was postmistress on Sutton Island in the Cranberry Isles. She may have married a Fernald, then Charles Edward Bunker, and then wed Wilbert Augustus Rice in 1893. ) [show more]
Letter from William H. Preble to his father Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Document, Correspondence, Letter	People	1874	No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Letter from William H. Preble to his father Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2018.416.2767 Type: Document, Correspondence, Letter Subject: People Date: 1874 Description: Letter is from William H. Preble to his father William P. Preble, written in Portland, about his mother (Abigail Preble) ill-health, herring, and brother Andrew. Transcribed.
School expenses 1876-1877 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Document, Financial, Receipt	Organizations, School Institution People	1876	No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	School expenses 1876-1877 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2018.416.2773 Type: Document, Financial, Receipt Subject: Organizations, School Institution People Date: 1876 Description: Town of Cranberry Isles school payments made to teachers and other school expenses 1876-1877, with teachers names and school agent names, 27 total.
School Agent's Return District 2, 1878 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Document, Government, Government Records	Organizations, School Institution People	1878	No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	School Agent's Return District 2, 1878 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2003.71.613 Type: Document, Government, Government Records Subject: Organizations, School Institution People Date: 1878 Description: Document, 1 sheet, 2 sides, "School Agent's Return, No. 2" for Cranberry Isles District 2, 1878, filled out by Asa D Stanley, 45 students' names and ages listed: Frank L Stanley, 12; May F Stanley, 10; Josie L Stanley, 7; Flevie? L Stanley, 6; John M Bunker, 9; Charles A Bunker, 7; Leander R Bunker, 5; Frances J Jarvis, 10; Oscar E Jarvis, 8; Charles S Jarvis, 4; Rose P Stanley, 15; Smith S Stanley, 14; Albion M Stanley, 16; Arno P Stanley, 12; Lewis W Stanley, 8; Emery W Richardson, 4; Etta Richardson, 14; W P Richardson, 17; Carrie E Stanley, 17; Gilman J Stanley, 13; Gilbert M Stanley, 9; Maggie M Harding, 6; Edwin H Harding, 15; George H Bunker, 7; Charles H L Harding, 18; Willie P Harding, 11; Samuel D Harding, 4; Oscar S Bulger, 5; Mary E Rosebrook, 14; Gilbert M Rosebrook, 11; Everett L Spurling, 19; Archie S Spurling, 16; Edward A Spurling, 14; Freddie R Spurling, 9; Sarah A Spurling, 6; Nettie A Spurling, 16; Henry E Spurling, 6; Grace M Spurling, 6; Cora L Spurling, 14; George W Spurling, 8; ??? S Trussell, 9; Charles W Trussell, 7; Francis E Trussell, 5; Dorothea R Trussell, 15; George H Ceitahell?, 17. Transcribed. [show more]
Receipt for paint and other items Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Document, Financial, Receipt	Businesses, Other Business	1876	No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Receipt for paint and other items Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2001.39.299 Type: Document, Financial, Receipt Subject: Businesses, Other Business Date: 1876 Description: Receipt, from Sargent Lord & Co., Portland, 22 Apr 1876, to Capt. E.B. Stanley, for paint and other items, $59.66
Receipt for stove parts Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Document, Financial, Receipt	Businesses, Store Business	1876	In Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Permitted	Receipt for stove parts Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2001.39.301 Type: Document, Financial, Receipt Subject: Businesses, Store Business Date: 1876 Description: Receipt, from O.M. & D.W. Nash, Portland, 29 Nov 1876, to E.B. Stanley, for stove parts, $5.25
Receipt for Schooner S. L. Foster supplies Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Document, Financial, Receipt	Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner	1879	No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Receipt for Schooner S. L. Foster supplies Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2001.39.303 Type: Document, Financial, Receipt Subject: Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner Date: 1879 Description: Receipt, handwritten, Perley Russell & Co., Portland, 8 Apr 1879, sold to Freeman Stanley, Schooner S.L Foster, flour, beef, molasses, $15.80
Receipt for Schooner S. L. Foster supplies Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Document, Financial, Receipt	Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner	1879	No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Receipt for Schooner S. L. Foster supplies Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2001.39.305 Type: Document, Financial, Receipt Subject: Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner Date: 1879 Description: Receipt, Perley Russell & Co., Portland, 8 Apr 1879, sold to schooner S.L. Foster, food & supplies, $393.78
Letter arranging sale of vessel and coal Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Document, Correspondence, Letter	Vessels, Boat	1876	No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Letter arranging sale of vessel and coal Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2001.39.307 Type: Document, Correspondence, Letter Subject: Vessels, Boat Date: 1876 Description: Letter from Ben Spurling, Cranberry Isles, 17 Dec 1876 to Capt. Stanley, making arrangements to sell part of Spurling's vessel and to order coal
Letter from Hamor to Stanley re: bill settlement Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Document, Correspondence, Letter	Businesses, Other Business	1876	No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Letter from Hamor to Stanley re: bill settlement Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2001.39.309 Type: Document, Correspondence, Letter Subject: Businesses, Other Business Date: 1876 Description: Letter from J.R. Hamor, CI, 1 Nov 1876, to Capt. Stanley, asking Capt. to pay and settle bills and fetch items

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