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| Certificate of British Registry for schooner Alice T Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Certificate of British Registry for schooner Alice T Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: 1867 Certificate of British Registry for the Schooner Alice T, built 1861 (too large to scan entire document). Official #42664, Port Number 46 Built at Dipper Harbor, Saint John, New Brunswick 1861, launched 10 Sept 1861. Length: 82 ft, 2 tenths, Breadth: 23 feet, 6 tenths, Depth: 9 feet. Built by James Thomson Dipper Harbor County of Saint John, NB. Tonnage 106 tons, 62 tenths. Owners: James Thomson of Dipper Harbour, Mariner, 22 shares, Master of the ship. James Edwards Hamm of Carleton, Loader?, 21 shares. William Henry Harding of Carleton, Surveyor, 21 shares. The Alice T wrecked off the Cranberry Isles in a snow storm January 18, 1867 with a load of lumber. William P. Preble was likely the Surveyor of Wrecks for that year as he was for many years. See below for further information on the Alice T from GCIHS ledgers kept by William P. Preble. See weblink for transcription of PROTEST OF CAPT WM. CLARK OF THE BRITISH SCHR ALICE T OF ST JOHNS N B ENTERED JAN 18TH. 1867. [show more] | ||
| Templar's Lodge Charter for Cranberry Isles Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Templar's Lodge Charter for Cranberry Isles Great Cranberry Island Historical Society 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 |
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|  Appointment of Postmaster Joseph S. Spurling Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Certificate, Appointment of Postmaster Joseph S. Spurling, 29 Apr 1862 | ||
| Certificate for William Preble as Notary Public Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Certificate for William Preble as Notary Public Great Cranberry Island Historical Society 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. | ||
| Masons Certificate Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Masons Certificate Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Certificate of membership in Masons for Emmons Pray; signed by Eben Higgins, Lyman Somes, O. Allen. | ||||
| Postmaster Joseph S. Spurling, Esq. appointed Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Postmaster Joseph S. Spurling, Esq. appointed Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Certificate, Post Office Appointment as postmaster of Joseph S. Spurling, Esq., 29 Apr 1862 |