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Papers and Receipts William P. Preble Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Document, Other Documents	People Places		1854		No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Papers and Receipts William P. Preble Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2019.427.2812 Type: Document, Other Documents Subject: People Places Date: 1854 Description: Miscellaneous documents and receipts. A= 1866 document Moses S. Bunker master of Schooner Sea Flower of Cranberry Isles protest of disaster. B=1854 Schooner Seaflower Bound for England. C=1854 Life insurance policy for William P. Preble from Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance. D, E, & F =1854 Life insurance policy for William P. Preble additional papers. G= 1872 appointment of William Prebble (sic) as Commissioner of Wrecks and Lost Goods. H=Miscellaneous tattered receipts. I=Preble appointed Commissioner of Wrecks and Lost Goods 1864. [show more]
Ledgers from Lewis Stanley boatyard, 19th century Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Document, Financial, Bookkeeping Record, Account Book, Ledger	Businesses, Boatbuilding Business People		1855		No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Ledgers from Lewis Stanley boatyard, 19th century Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2015.316.2077 Type: Document, Financial, Bookkeeping Record, Account Book, Ledger Subject: Businesses, Boatbuilding Business People Date: 1855 Description: Collection of three scanned ledger account books originally from the Lewis Stanley boatyard. Ledgers were inherited by donor from his great uncle Lewis Stanley. (See scans on gcihs-nas\photo\Museum Photos\2015.316.2077_SchmidtLedgers and on DVD; ledgers were originally returned to donor August 2015; then all were donated to museum June 2017). Ledger A1: Measures 8.25H x 7: W x .5” thick. First page: George N. Spurling, Cranberry Isles; and [unreadable name below Spurling] Machias Port. Entries run from 1855-1870, with the last four pages dated 1855 pertaining to WatterWitch (Water Witch, Waterwitch, spelling and capitalization varies) stocks and specifics. Account entries recorded for the WatterWitch, Schooner Rozella, and Schooner Caressa. Names mentioned: Walton, Guptill, Haynes, Stanley, Spurling, Ferrin, Wentworth, Young, Saddler, Ladd. Commodities: fish and oil mostly; stocks and figuring notations in pen and pencil by different hands. First page states Schooner Hannah & Abigail bought in Boston May 6th, 1849. First entry is “E.B. Stanley, Cranberry Isles Oct. 9th, 1858 for $21 dollars on account of my share of fish bought on board Sch. WatterWitch this season. Asa [D?] Stanley.”Ledger B2: Measures 8”H x 6.75” W x .5” thick. Inside front cover is written: “Jonas Blood born April 15th, 1774.” First page begins with January 1st 1859 listing sale of butter, pork, and eggs. Ledger records expenses and sales of produce and other items through April 1862 and appears to be written by all the same hand. [For some info on Jonas Blood: probably born New Hampshire. http://gen.plagge.org/individual.php?pid=I16094&ged=plagge.ged Jonas Blood:b..c1774 d.5/21/1870, age 96 By genealogy.com.] Ledger C3: 14" H x 3.75" W x 1" thick. Label on front cover: Sanborn & Carter, Publishers, Booksellers and Blank Book Manufacturers, No. 55 Exchange Street, Portland, Maine. Small envelope and letter addressed to Mrs. E. B. Stanley, Cranberry Isles, Maine, postmarked Waltham MA, Nov 17/12M/1908 (03?) with 2 cent stamp. Reverse postmark is Cranberry Isles 1908(3)? Begins "North East Harbor, Lindsay,” ends: "Hastily, Carol(?)" Many pages have been cut out from the beginning of this ledger. First entry, is on page 85 and starts: “Boston Dec. 6th 1879 Sch. S.L. Foster. Page 93 is “Boston Dec 14, 1885.” Page 98 deals with the estate of Enoch B. Stanley and Lewis B. Stanley 1903 and continues with various documents and deeds to 1908 (to page 151). Then returns to accounts for the S. L. Foster 1889. Page 176 begins accounts for the Schooner Rozella 1882, then to 1881, and goes back to deeds and correspondence p. 196 for 1908. P. 198 goes back to the Sch. Foster and alternates between accounts re: Foster and Rozella. Two small loose account papers between p. 212 and 213. The ledger goes back and forth between years and schooners and deeds throughout the book. Last pages of ledger date Jan 18, 1913 and begin with “I expressly forbade Lewis to connect the new building with the original fish house of the heirs of E. B. Stanley…..” (See also 2017.389.2164 and 2017.388.2163) See also notes from Charles Liebow email 2019 re: boat builders with this ledger. [show more]
Last will and testament of Thomas Manchester Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Document, Legal, Will	People		1851		No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Last will and testament of Thomas Manchester Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2002.47.283 Type: Document, Legal, Will Subject: People Date: 1851 Description: Document, 6 May 1851, last will and testament of Thomas Manchester, signed X, giving all real estate, buildings, cattle, sheep, farming tools to Jonathan Stanley, except "the point" going to Thomas M. Stanley, & assorted household goods to Mary Moore
Letter to President Franklin Pierce Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Document, Correspondence	Other, Government - Municipal Other, History - Ellsworth People		1853			Letter to President Franklin Pierce Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-4299 Type: Document, Correspondence Subject: Other, Government - Municipal Other, History - Ellsworth People Date: 1853 Description: Duplicate record of 011.FIC. 29.76 Hand-written letter to President Franklin Pierce from Daniel Somes Jr. (1803-1883) submitting Thomas Jones's name to be considered for office of Collector of the Customs for the District of Frenchmen’s Bay from Mount Desert, March 1853.
The Tracy Diary Jesup Memorial Library	Document, Other Documents	People	Tracy	1855	Mount Desert Island	Copyright Not Evaluated	The Tracy Diary Jesup Memorial Library Identifier: jml-8382 Type: Document, Other Documents Subject: People Creator: Tracy Date: 1855 Place: Mount Desert Island Description: A log of the Tracy visit from New York to Mount Desert island from July 30th - September 4th of 1855. Includes commentary by George B Dorr. Three documents.
Notice served on Mr. Shepley Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Document, Correspondence, Letter	People		1854		No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Notice served on Mr. Shepley Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2018.421.2294 Type: Document, Correspondence, Letter Subject: People Date: 1854 Description: Letter explaining Notice served on Mr. Shepley explaining depositions taken by a Justice of the Peace cannot be used in a court case, signed by Deblois Jackson 1854
Insurance policies for schooners and home Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Document, Certificate	People Structures, Dwellings, House Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner		1850		No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Insurance policies for schooners and home Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2018.416.2779 Type: Document, Certificate Subject: People Structures, Dwellings, House Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner Date: 1850 Description: Four insurance policies 1850-1860s.[See web link below for info on Schooners mentioned in policies.] Policy 1 = 1850 Lexington Fire, Life and Marine Insurance for William P. Preble $1500 on Schooner Zulma for six months from October 26, 1850 at noon, vessel valued at $3,000. [Zulma was the name of one of Preble's adopted daughters.] Policy 2 = 1854 Hancock Mutual Insurance Company William P. Preble $400 on Schooner Sea Flower and $700 on outfits for a fishing voyage from Tremont to the Magdalen Islands [Quebec] and back to port of discharge commencing the week May 2, 1854. Policy 3 = 1864 Penobscot Mutual Fire Insurance Company Joseph Bunker dwelling house for $250. Policy 4 = 1867 Ocean Insurance Company Perley S. Russell $1200 on charter of Schooner Transfer at and from Boston to one or more ports in the Bahama Isles and from thence to Port of discharge in the United States. [show more]
Letter from Samuel Spurling to mother Abigail [Spurling] Preble Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Document, Correspondence, Letter	People		1850		No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Letter from Samuel Spurling to mother Abigail [Spurling] Preble Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2001.111.831 Type: Document, Correspondence, Letter Subject: People Date: 1850 Description: Letter from Samuel E. Spurling to Mrs. Abigail C. (Spurling) Preble (son to mother), 30 Jun 1850. In this letter, Samuel writes from San Francisco, California. He had moved out west (at about age 23) to work in the gold mines about a year earlier and intends to stay 4 or 5 years before returning home to visit. Samuel mentions that when he arrived, part of San Francisco was in ashes but being rebuilt; gambling houses were open Sundays; as many boats in the harbor as Boston and NYC; fair prospects; and asks if Father Preble will cover his insurance payment if necessary. He mentions an Enoch working at the mines, and a Mr. Davis who sounds like a new friend. (Seems like Enoch may be a fellow Cranberry Islander, perhaps a Spurling or a Stanley, TBD.) [show more]
Receipt for sale of Richardson estate to Preble Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Document, Financial, Receipt	People		1859		No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Receipt for sale of Richardson estate to Preble Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2001.111.827 Type: Document, Financial, Receipt Subject: People Date: 1859 Description: Receipt: 23 Apr 1859, Sarah H. Richardson sells her father's estate to William P. Preble for $25 plus all debts and demands. Transcribed.

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