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Wabanaki Basket Bar Harbor Historical Society	Object, Trinket Basket		1800 - 1830 c	Copyright Undetermined	Wabanaki Basket Bar Harbor Historical Society Identifier: bhhs-1246 Type: Object, Trinket Basket Date: 1800 - 1830 c Description: Woven bark basket with braided sweet grass detail. Dyed green an brown pattern.
Wedding belt Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Object, Clothing, Belt		ca. 1835		Wedding belt Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-11798 Type: Object, Clothing, Belt Date: ca. 1835 Description: Silk wedding belt Belonged to Bethany Oaks who married Nathan Salisbury in 1835
Bill for L. Higgins from Samuel Reed Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Object, Armaments, Bill		June 11, 1833		Bill for L. Higgins from Samuel Reed Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-3459 Type: Object, Armaments, Bill Date: June 11, 1833 Description: This appears to be an account bill for L. Higgins from Samuel Reed. Each item is dated and they appear to be mostly grocery store items.
Desert Rock Light House Print Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Image, Print		1839		Desert Rock Light House Print Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-3376 Type: Image, Print Date: 1839 Description: Desert Rock Light House engraving of rough seas, three men in forground hoisting a log with lighthouse back right, boats back left. Black wooden frame illustration by W. Radclyffe/ Engraving by R. Doughty
Bill-Of-Sale Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Document, Financial, Sales Record, Bill of Sale		1831		Bill-Of-Sale Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-17519 Type: Document, Financial, Sales Record, Bill of Sale Date: 1831 Description: Bill from Military Store in Boston in wooden frame with dark finish. Bill attached to matte. Reads, “Military Store Boston Aug 22, 1831, J. Somes - Bought of John J. Low and Co. at their military rooms, no 19 Washington St. 1 sword [$6] 1 belt 1.02, 1 epaulet $3, sash $7. 1 cockade and eagle 2/3 - totaled 17.99. Rec Payment J.L. and Co. 1 1/4 yd Blue Broad Cloth @ 3.88 - 4.85, 1 fur hat @ 3.50 1 gal gin 1.56 totaled 27.90.
Clock Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Object, Clock		1835 c		Clock Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-13474 Type: Object, Clock Date: 1835 c Description: Clock made by “Boardman and Wells - Forestville, Conn.”. Label inside glass shows eagle with “E Plurubus Unum”. Also marked, “Improved clocks manufactured and sold by Boardman and Wells, Bristol, Conn. Case Tiffany and Co, Printers - Hartford”. Label gives directions to set clock. Glass not original. Probably had reverse painting on glass. Clock face is painted on wood. White in center with strawberries. Gold in corners. “Pillars” carved on each side of clock. Dark wood. Missing weight. The works are still intact. Donor info- came from Gilley house on Baker’s Island. This house was built by William Gilley in 1812. Clock was given to donor by his grandmother, Phoebe Gilley Stanley. [show more]
Request & receipt for payment to Ebenezer Shipey (?) for teaching and repairing chimney Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Document, Manuscript		1838		Request & receipt for payment to Ebenezer Shipey (?) for teaching and repairing chimney Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-13420 Type: Document, Manuscript Date: 1838
Practical and Mental Arithmetic, on a New Plan... Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Publication, Book	Smith, Roswell C.	1835		Practical and Mental Arithmetic, on a New Plan... Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-12795 Type: Publication, Book Creator: Smith, Roswell C. Publisher: Paine & Burgess Date: 1835 Description: "...in which mental arithmetic is combined with the use of the slate; containing a complete system for all practical purposes; being in dollars and cents, stereotype edition, revised and enlarged, with exercises for the slate, in which as added a practical system of book-keeping." Exercises cover compound numbers, fractions, and decimals.
Confession of Faith and Covenant adopted by the 1st Congregational Church, Mount Desert, Maine Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Document, Pamphlet		1834		Confession of Faith and Covenant adopted by the 1st Congregational Church, Mount Desert, Maine Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-12559 Type: Document, Pamphlet Date: 1834 Description: Small pamphlet with Confession of Faith: Christ is God, The Holy Spirit is God, Sacred Trinity, and other Articles including Baptism and the Lord's Supper.
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 Identifier: mdihs-4681 Type: Document, Correspondence, Letter Creator: Josiah Phillips Date: 1830 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]
Ledger Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Document, Financial, Bookkeeping Record, Account Book, Ledger		1833		Ledger Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-3626 Type: Document, Financial, Bookkeeping Record, Account Book, Ledger Date: 1833
Pillowcase Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Object, Furnishings, Pillowcase		c 1835		Pillowcase Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-1618 Type: Object, Furnishings, Pillowcase Date: c 1835 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 Identifier: mdihs-3191 Type: Object, Furnishings, Stove Tool, Stove Lifter Date: c.1830 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

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