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Notice soliciting for building of Toll House with specifications
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Document, Announcement
  • Other, Bridges
  • Other, Buildings
  • 8/14/1837
Description:
Notice soliciting for building of Toll House with specifications. Signed by John Black.
Letter to Capt. W. Thompson from John Black regarding exemption of tolls on sabbath
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
  • Other, Bridges
  • 10/3/1837
Description:
Letter to Capt. W. Thompson from John Black regarding exemption of tolls on sabbath. Copy.
Letter to William Thompson of Mount Desert Bridge Corporation from John Black
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
  • Other, Bridges
  • 1/5/1839
Description:
Letter to William Thompson of Mount Desert Bridge Corporation from John Black, President of the Corporation regarding dividends and notice of such to be posted in Post Office.
Letter to John Black from Joel Emery and John Somes, Jr. of Mount Desert
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
  • Other, Bridges
  • 1/8/1839
Description:
Letter to John Black from Joel Emery and John Somes, Jr. of Mount Desert requesting declaration of dividends.
Letter from Josiah Phillips to Luther A. Phillips
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
  • Josiah Phillips
  • 1830
Letter from Josiah Phillips to Luther A. Phillips
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Photocopy of an 1830 handwritten letter from Josiah Phillips to Luther A. Phillips of Orland, Maine. The letter tells of the death of Josiah's father and Luther's father. The letter fills one-page; a photocopy of the page showing the address has also been copied. The orginal sheet of paper was approx. 15 inches wide and 12' high. It had been folded in half and the address written on the outside. The letter itself was about 7.5" in width and 12" high. [show more]
Treasurer’s Bond - Mount Desert Bridge Company, 1836
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Object, Pay Order, Bond
  • Other, Bridges
  • 10/1/1836
Treasurer’s Bond - Mount Desert Bridge Company, 1836
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Bond of $8000 - Contractors to build a bridge across Mount Desert Narows - to John Black for Mt. Desert Bridge Corporation signed by William Thompson, John M. Noyes, Edward Brewer and Joel Emery.
Sale of land by Salem Towne to Jacob Somes
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Document, Financial, Sales Record, Bill of Sale
  • Other, Land transfer
  • 1835
Sale of land by Salem Towne to Jacob Somes
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Sale of several hundred acres in three separate parcels; however, Salem Towne reserved one half of all rock and minerals or mines on two of the lots.
Sale of Sheep island to John Soames [sic]
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Document, Financial, Sales Record, Bill of Sale
  • Other, Deed
  • Other, Sheep Island
  • 1835
Sale of Sheep island to John Soames [sic]
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Deed for sale of Sheep Island to John Soames [sic] by Alexander Baring, Henry Baring (of London), John Richards of Boston, Joseph Ingersoll and William Miller of Philadelphia, "devisees" in trust for Estate of William Bingham of Philadelphia.
Deed to pew in early Pretty Marsh church
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Document, Legal, Deed
  • Other, Churches
  • Other, Pretty Marsh
  • 1835
Deed to pew in early Pretty Marsh church
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Pew for John Smith
Sale of Thompson Island
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Document, Financial, Sales Record, Bill of Sale
  • Other, Bridges
  • Other, Thompson Island
  • 1835
Sale of Thompson Island
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Document showing sale of Thompson Island, 1835, to William Thompson for $100.00 by Isaac and Emma (9?) Mayo.
Deed, C. Thompson to W. Thompson, of 100-acre farm
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Document, Legal, Deed
  • Other, Farms
  • 1833
Deed, C. Thompson to W. Thompson, of 100-acre farm
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Deed for sale from Cornelius Thompson to William Thompson, 1833, of 100-acre farm;
Deed to John Jacob and Abraham Somes
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Document, Legal, Deed
  • Other, Deed
  • Apr 23, 1831
Deed to John Jacob and Abraham Somes
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Ephraim Higgins conveyance to John Jacob and Abraham Somes
Deed to Jeremiah Moore
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Document, Legal, Deed
  • Other, Deed
  • Sep 9, 1830
Deed to Jeremiah Moore
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Deed conveyed from John Quincy Adama, Nathaniel Curtis, Alicia Boylston (signed by their lawyer) to Jeremiah Moore of land in Mt. Desert
Ledger
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Document, Financial, Bookkeeping Record, Account Book, Ledger
  • 1833
Ledger
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Tax Records
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Document, Financial, Bookkeeping Record
  • Other, Taxes
  • 1830
Tax Records
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Tax Records 1830 Mount Desert Listed as North Parrish by poll tax, estate tax and total
Pillowcase
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Object, Furnishings, Pillowcase
  • c 1835
Pillowcase
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Hand stitched with ruffle on edge. Marked in brown ink “Mary A. Tapley”. Number after name not legible. Donor info - pillow case from Somes family of Gloucester, Massachusetts. From 1835 trousseau of Mary A. Tapley. It appears that there are two identical pillowcases with this ID #.
Stove Lid Lifter
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Object, Furnishings, Stove Tool, Stove Lifter
  • c.1830
Stove Lid Lifter
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
wound iron rod with loop handle and turned end found at kitchen midden of Benjamin and Sophronia Carter home “C” relates to a map that was created by Alice Smith 002.47
Stove Lid Lifter
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Object, Furnishings, Stove Tool, Stove Lifter
  • Other, Kitchens
  • c.1830
Stove Lid Lifter
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
10 “ iron rod with loop handle and hooked end found at kitchen midden of Benjamin and Sophronia Carter home“C” relates to a map that was created by Alice Smith 002.47
The Mount Desert Bridge Corporation
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Document, Bylaws
  • Organizations
  • Other, Bridges
  • Other, Clubs
  • January 1836
The Mount Desert Bridge Corporation
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
The Mount Desert Bridge Corporation. Chartered in January, 1836. Booklet with the bylaws adopted July 13, 1836. Printed by W.H. Sherman, Printer, Bar Harbor, ME. 1900. Previously archived as 016.FIC.00.23
The Holy Bible, containing the old and new testaments
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Bibles
  • Other, Religion
  • 1831
The Holy Bible, containing the old and new testaments
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
The Holy Bible, containing the old and new testaments: Translated out of the original tongues and with the former translations diligently compared and revised. Handwritten notes between Old and New Testaments. Newspaper clippings pasted inside front and back covers.