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Templar's Lodge Charter for Cranberry Isles Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Document, Certificate	Organizations, Civic People	1866	No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Templar's Lodge Charter for Cranberry Isles Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2018.416.2789 Type: Document, Certificate Subject: Organizations, Civic People Date: 1866 Description: Charter document: Grand Lodge of North America (State of Maine) Independent Order of Good Templars, organized May 16, 1855, grant unto G. H. Pressey, C. H. Bulger, L. H. Bracy, A. M. Spurling, G. H. Spurling, Wm. P. Preble, H. A. Preble, L. G. Stanley, C. G. Kimball, A. Bunker, J. M. Bunker, S. A. Bunker and their associates this Charter for a Lodge to be known as Ocean Echo Lodge No. 157 located at Cranberry Isles… signed July 4, 1866. Wikipedia: "The IOGT originated as one of a number of fraternal organizations for temperance or total abstinence founded in the 19th century and with a structure modeled on Freemasonry, using similar ritual and regalia. Unlike many, however, it admitted men and women equally, and also made no distinction by race." According to a local 1888 newspaper article they met Tuesday evenings each week at Norwood's Cove School House. [show more]
Appointment of Postmaster Joseph S. Spurling Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Document, Certificate	Organizations, Civic People	1862	No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Appointment of Postmaster Joseph S. Spurling Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-1000.0.70 Type: Document, Certificate Subject: Organizations, Civic People Date: 1862 Description: Certificate, Appointment of Postmaster Joseph S. Spurling, 29 Apr 1862
Speech to Ladies Benevolent Society Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Publication, Literary, Speech	Organizations, Civic	1864	No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Speech to Ladies Benevolent Society Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-1000.0.51 Type: Publication, Literary, Speech Subject: Organizations, Civic Date: 1864 Description: Speech, to Ladies Benevolent Society, by A.C. Preble, President, 1864
Certificate for William Preble as Notary Public Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Document, Certificate	Organizations, Civic People	1860	No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Certificate for William Preble as Notary Public Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2013.246.1944 Type: Document, Certificate Subject: Organizations, Civic People Date: 1860 Description: Document. Certificate: Augusta, Maine, 14 March 1860, William P. Preble of Cranberry Isle, State of Maine, as Notary Public for Hancock County for seven years. Signed by Scott M. Morrill, Governor. Certificate has an ivory and pink impressed and raised seal the State of Maine with the signature of the Governor below it and the notation: Commission Recorded Vol. 4, Page 173. Signed at bottom by Noah Smith, Secretary of State.
Civil War draft exemption certificate Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Document, Government, Military Record	Organizations, Civic	1863	No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Civil War draft exemption certificate Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-1000.7.155 Type: Document, Government, Military Record Subject: Organizations, Civic Date: 1863 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	Document, Government, Military Record	Organizations, Civic	1864	No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Invitation to enter military service (Civil War) Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-1000.27.717 Type: Document, Government, Military Record Subject: Organizations, Civic Date: 1864 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	Document, Government, Military Record	Organizations, Civic	1864	No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Civil War recruitment announcement Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-1000.0.465 Type: Document, Government, Military Record Subject: Organizations, Civic Date: 1864 Description: Document, 1 page, Civil War announcement aimed to encourage recruitment into Maine Sharpshooter's Battalion, 26 Sep 1864
Brochures Civil War Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Publication, Booklet	Businesses, Medical Business Organizations, Civic	1862	No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Brochures Civil War Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2018.416.2778 Type: Publication, Booklet Subject: Businesses, Medical Business Organizations, Civic Date: 1862 Description: Three booklets: (A) Typhoid Fever Its Prevention and Restriction, Issued by the State of Maine (Form 25) undated, 4 pages. (B) Circular No. 54 State of Health of Maine, On the Prevention of Consumption undated, 4 pages. (C) What they have to do who State at Home issued by Fred. Law Olmstead, General Secretary, Washington DC 1862 (Civil War), 4 pages.
Postmaster Joseph S. Spurling, Esq. appointed Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Document, Certificate	Organizations, Civic People	1862	No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Postmaster Joseph S. Spurling, Esq. appointed Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-1000.0.165 Type: Document, Certificate Subject: Organizations, Civic People Date: 1862 Description: Certificate, Post Office Appointment as postmaster of Joseph S. Spurling, Esq., 29 Apr 1862
Journal with transcriptions of protestations of ships Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Document, Other Documents	Businesses, Store Business Events Organizations, Civic Organizations, School Institution People	1867	No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Journal with transcriptions of protestations of ships Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-1000.116.1080 Type: Document, Other Documents Subject: Businesses, Store Business Events Organizations, Civic Organizations, School Institution People Date: 1867 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]
Overseers of the Poor 1867 report Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Document, Government, Government Records	Organizations, Civic	1867	No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Overseers of the Poor 1867 report Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2003.71.616 Type: Document, Government, Government Records Subject: Organizations, Civic Date: 1867 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	Document, Legal, Deed	Organizations, Religious	1866	No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Deed for Pew 19 Union Meeting House to Mary L. Bulger Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-1000.27.719 Type: Document, Legal, Deed Subject: Organizations, Religious Date: 1866 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.
Speech to Ladies Benevolent Society Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Publication, Literary, Speech	Organizations, Civic	1863	No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Speech to Ladies Benevolent Society Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-1000.0.50 Type: Publication, Literary, Speech Subject: Organizations, Civic Date: 1863 Description: Speech, to Ladies Benevolent Society, by A.C. Preble, President, 1863 (first draft)
Speech to Ladies Benevolent Society Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Publication, Literary, Speech	Organizations, Civic	1865	No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Speech to Ladies Benevolent Society Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-1000.0.52 Type: Publication, Literary, Speech Subject: Organizations, Civic Date: 1865 Description: Speech, to Ladies Benevolent Society, by A.C. Preble, President, 1865
Ladies Benevolent Society speech Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Publication, Literary, Speech	Organizations, Civic	1863	No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Ladies Benevolent Society speech Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-1000.0.154 Type: Publication, Literary, Speech Subject: Organizations, Civic Date: 1863 Description: Speech to Ladies Benevolent Society by A.C. Preble, President, 1863 (revised version)
Early church documents Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Document, Financial, Receipt	Organizations, Religious People	1866	No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Early church documents Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2018.416.2774 Type: Document, Financial, Receipt Subject: Organizations, Religious People Date: 1866 Description: Five documents related to the Church: (A-C)=Three receipts February to July 1866 total $950: Money received by J. W. Osgood from the Cranberry Isles Union Benevolent Sewing Circle for J. W. Osgood to build the church; payments made ‘by the honor of A. C. Preble’ [Abigail Cobb Preble], signed by J. W. Osgood, and attested to by William P. Preble. (D)= an undated and unsigned (difficult to decipher) ledger page with note: To Whom it Does or May Concern, We the undersigned active and honorary members of Cranberry Isles Benevolent Sewing Circle respectively [represent?] that we are not willing to have the money [divided but want?] the money [kept for the purpose] in which we have agreed in and are satisfied if once divided it will be the means of destroying our fund and a waste of the money. Active members/Honorary members. (E)=Poem by William P. Preble undated, honoring the dead. [show more]
Town of Cranberry Isles records - 1864 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Document, Government, Government Records	Organizations, Civic	1864	No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Town of Cranberry Isles records - 1864 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2016.334.2228 Type: Document, Government, Government Records Subject: Organizations, Civic Date: 1864 Description: Documents. Scans of Town of Cranberry Isles records from 1864 (part of 2016.334.2100)
Town of Cranberry Isles records - 1865 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Document, Government, Government Records	Organizations, Civic	1865	No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Town of Cranberry Isles records - 1865 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2016.334.2229 Type: Document, Government, Government Records Subject: Organizations, Civic Date: 1865 Description: Documents. Scans of Town of Cranberry Isles records from 1865 (part of 2016.334.2100)
Town of Cranberry Isles records - 1866 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Document, Government, Government Records	Organizations, Civic	1866	No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Town of Cranberry Isles records - 1866 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2016.334.2231 Type: Document, Government, Government Records Subject: Organizations, Civic Date: 1866 Description: Documents. Scans of Town of Cranberry Isles records from 1866 (part of 2016.334.2100)
Town of Cranberry Isles records - 1867 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Document, Government, Government Records	Organizations, Civic	1867	No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Town of Cranberry Isles records - 1867 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2016.334.2232 Type: Document, Government, Government Records Subject: Organizations, Civic Date: 1867 Description: Documents. Scans of Town of Cranberry Isles records from 1867 (part of 2016.334.2100)
Town of Cranberry Isles records - 1868 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Document, Government, Government Records	Organizations, Civic	1868	No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Town of Cranberry Isles records - 1868 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2016.334.2233 Type: Document, Government, Government Records Subject: Organizations, Civic Date: 1868 Description: Documents. Scans of Town of Cranberry Isles records from 1868 (part of 2016.334.2100)
Town of Cranberry Isles records - 1869-1903 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Document, Government, Government Records	Organizations, Civic	1869	No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Town of Cranberry Isles records - 1869-1903 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2016.334.2234 Type: Document, Government, Government Records Subject: Organizations, Civic Date: 1869 Description: Documents. No scans of Town of Cranberry Isles records for 1869-1903 have been made as of 2018 (part of 2016.334.2100). Paper documents are in files.
Town of Cranberry Isles records - 1860 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Document, Government, Government Records	Organizations, Civic	1860	No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Town of Cranberry Isles records - 1860 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2016.334.2224 Type: Document, Government, Government Records Subject: Organizations, Civic Date: 1860 Description: Documents. Scans of Town of Cranberry Isles records from 1860 (part of 2016.334.2100)
Town of Cranberry Isles records - 1861 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Document, Government, Government Records	Organizations, Civic	1861	No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Town of Cranberry Isles records - 1861 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2016.334.2225 Type: Document, Government, Government Records Subject: Organizations, Civic Date: 1861 Description: Documents. Scans of Town of Cranberry Isles records from 1861 (part of 2016.334.2100)
Town of Cranberry Isles records - 1862 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Document, Government, Government Records	Organizations, Civic	1862	No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Town of Cranberry Isles records - 1862 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2016.334.2226 Type: Document, Government, Government Records Subject: Organizations, Civic Date: 1862 Description: Documents. Scans of Town of Cranberry Isles records from 1862 (part of 2016.334.2100)

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