Description: Reports. Town of Cranberry Isles Annual Reports 1921-2012. These booklets are prepared for the Annual Town Meeting and include information on town officials, taxes, auditors reports, schools, ordinances and regulations, budgets, and the warrant for the Annual Town Meeting. Missing booklets for these years: 1926-27, 1927-28, 1930-31, 1942-43, and 2011. (Box 1 of 2 contains reports for 1921-1998. Box 2 of 2 contains reports for 2000-2014.)
Description: Ledger page, loose, school and property tax info, no date, typical names listed: William Preble, Lew Ladd, Thomas Bunker, Gilbert Family, John Steele, etc.
Description: Ledger sheets, "Records of orders drawn on the treasurer, Town of Cranberry Isles", 1938-1954 (ledger book cover discarded because of rusty hinges)
Description: Ledger, handwritten, probably by William Preble, various records kept 1850s-1900, all 174 pages scanned 2017. Schooner Quickstep business and voyages, 1858-1866. (There is a xerox copy of this Schooner Quickstep ledger made by Omer P. Mountain kept with the ledger.) Town of Cranberry Isles records, 1859-1875. Meeting House 1866-1874. Schooner Circe 1857. Enoch Stanley, W.E. Hadlock, G.L. Hadlock. Cash advances for Wrecks. M.L. Bunker. Schooner Sea Queen 1871. Schooner Intrepid 1871. Schooner Transfer 1867-1870. E.B. Stanley. Meltiah P. Richardson mentioned 1858-1863. Estate of Thomas Stanley 1879. Wrecked Schooner William Hone 1872. Wrecked Schooner Rosilla B. 1871. Wrecked Brig. Edward Delisle 1869. Wrecked Brig. Aerolite 1869. Wrecked Brig. Charlotte 1867. Wrecked Schooner C.D. Horton 1867. Wrecked Schooner Alice T. 1867. Wrecked Schooner Jessie 1867. Post Office Records 1848-1855, 1857-1896. Marriages (weddings) 1880. (Each of the 174 pages of this ledger were scanned and saved to NAS 2017.) [show more]
Description: Birth Certificate of Stuart Smith born on June 27, 1916 in Mount Desert, Maine. This is not an orgional but a new one issued in March 24, 1992.
Description: Customs Collector Records 1856-1860, Southwest Harbor. Found in Fernald Store, which had been built by A.J. Whiting. Contains cost of fishing licenses, list schooners See article, Natalie Springuel, William Leavenworth, Karen Alexander, "From Wealth to Poverty, the Rise and Fall of Cod around Mount Desert Island, Chebacco, Volume XVI, 2015, This is large, bound volume, the only item in this box.
Description: 1. Photocopy of the decision by Justice John Atwood in Northeast Harbor Golf Club v. Nancy Harris, July 23rd, 1999. 2. Photocopy of Agreement (Draft #14) between Nancy G. Harris, Shepard Harris, Melissa Harris & J. Andrews Harris, V and The Northeast Harbor Golf Club, Inc. Includes Exhibit A of the board reorganization plan. July 16th, 1999.
Document, Government, Military Record, Service Record
Description: Hand-written note about Joshua Sawyer (fought English boys at Norwood's Cove), Bery [?] Sawyer volunteered in Aroostook War, William P. Sawyer fought in "the late rebelion[sic]". Note also says that Amanda B. was born Dec. 14, 1822 and married William L. Tinker of Tinker's Isle; William P. born Sept. 23, 1820, married Nancy Newman 1855; and then the name Caleb D. is given without comment or note. Note is undated and unsigned. [show more]
Description: See 011.FIC.14.1 Duplicate of description of location of land -saw mill, grist mill of Estate Abraham Somes Sr. categroized by Abraham Somes II and expenses to administer the estate
Description: A hand written note about the death of a man named Ernie and a woman named Abbie. This note says Ernie G died June 29th at 34 years old. its also says that Abbie died on April 15th, 1878 at 3 years and 11 months old. The author of this note is unknown.
Description: Ledger page, loose, both sides used, school and property tax info, no date, appears to be a working sheet, in pencil, 9 names: Arno P. Stanley, Lewis Ladd, George Bulger, Edwin Spurling, William Bulger, Thomas Bunker, Leonard Holmes, Sam Bunker, William Bunker. Poor condition.
Description: Journal of the board of selectmen for the town of Cranberry Isles from 1935-1970, Mickey was a selectman in the 1960's he said that he was appointed as the sealer of weights and measures, he was supposed to make sure that cords of wood were the correct size and that the scales at stores were correct. However he was never called upon to perform this duty.
Description: Ledger page, loose, both sides used, school and property tax info, no date, appears to be a working sheet, in red pen, 8 names: Arno P. Stanley, Lewis Ladd, George Bulger, Edwin Spurling, Sam Bunker, William Bunker, Thomas Bunker, Leonard Holmes. Poor condition.