Description: Letter 1 of 3 from William H. Preble to his father William P. Preble on Chicago Rawhide MFG Co. (Chicago) letterhead, discussing GCI Church matters. Two pages with transcription.
Description: Two receipts received of Capt. Benj Spurling Dec 18, 1888 for Ac Div Schr Lizzie Maude. A: in the amount of $220 signed by Lincoln Allen; B: in the amount of $40 signed by Mrs. Ellen Lincoln.
Description: 1881 bound book with illustrated embossed cover of cat with parrot and decoration. INcludes newsclippings of local interest, poetry and obituaries from early Somesville and Mount Desert Residents: Somes, Pineo, Parker, Whiting etc.
Description: portrait of young girl with corkscrew curls sitting on knee of elderly man with long beard. Girl holds some sort of stick-like object in her right hand (possibly gun), her left hand rests on the older man’s left arm. Her dress is light-colored with dark velvety trim at wrists and collar. The older man is wearing a dark suit with a white handkerchief.
Description: carte de visite of a man with dark hair parted on the right side, combed over to other side. Wears long dark beard. Wears dark suit with jacket and vest, white shirt, striped bow tie. Inscription on bottom reads “Capt. Nash”; inscription on back reads “Capt. Edgar Nash.”
Description: 1875-1885 (after 1876) Carte de visite of man wearing double breasted dark jacket, dark bow tie, white shirt. Dark hair parted on left. Facing to the right of the camera. Inscription on back of photo reads “Will Emery.”
Description: Carte de visite of a man with striking dark hair, parted on right and swept over to other side. Wears wool suit, very fine plaid print, jacket and vest, with striped long tie and white shirt. Inscription on back reads “Leo Somes.”
Description: Carte de visite of young man wearing dark suit, two wide lapels, dark bow tie, white shirt. Hair parted on left and combed over to right side. Two inscriptions, on the top and bottom of the back of the card, read “Wallis Clark.”
Description: Carte de visite of young man wearing a woolen suit, fine plaid or houndstooth print, and dark bow tie and white shirt. Curly dark hair parted on left side. Inscription on back reads “Dr. Frank Lyman.”
Description: Carte de visite of man wearing dark houndstooth/plaid wool suit, with dark tie, white collared shirt. Has very short dark hair, dark mustache. Coat buttoned only at top bottom (second button unbuttoned).
Description: Carte de visite of a man with straight, thick dark hair parted on left. Wears dark suit jacket, vest, white shirt, dark thick bow tie. Inscription on back reads ”Geo Joy.”
Description: A receipt for received rent money from Ben Spurling. This note says " Rec'd from B.H Spurling fifty dollars for rent of house in full to May 1st, 1886." The name of the person who signed the paper cannot be read.
Description: Four documnts 1880-1892. 1. 1880 (Dec. 13) Receipt on store ledger page. Samuel Sanford paid $1.65 to Sargent, Lord & Skillin, Ship Chandlery, Groceries, Fishermen’s outfits and Fishing Supplies, Nos. 8 & 12 Commercial Wharf, Portland, for an illegible item. 2. [undated] Handwritten description of area near Stanley weir, paper was torn and mended at some point. “54 running yards between [Mayos?] and [J. G.?] Stanleys weir. Commencing at J. G. Stanley’s [Bxxxx Pxxx?] or weir and run E. by North 175 yards leaving a boat way between the Thumb and suitable for boats passage in towards the shore and not to extend over 1/3 of the width of passage between the Thrumb Cap & May Pole Point.” Reverse side shows calculations. 3. 1881 (August 16- September 24) handwritten list of quantities [barrels?] of mackerel, herring, and other fish. Reverse shows Graham Co received payment from William Preble Nov. 18, 1881. 4. 1889 (Sept 1889-Oct1890). Handwritten notebook page with header: Estate of Thomas Stanley to William Preble. Lists expenses incurred managing Stanley estate, totaling $906.44. On the reverse side are two seemingly unrelated handwritten notes, written in different directions on the paper. One is a statement signed by William P. Preble July 6, 1892 that someone has been trespassing and taking berries without permission; and that after this date, nothing should be removed from his lands or property without consent. The second is a statement listing the value of personal property and homestead for the estate of Thomas Stanley 2nd. [show more]
Description: Three documents and one envelope (1888-1900). Two lists of boats to be taxed, one bill for taxes 1900, and one envelope 1888. See description of each document. Names mentioned include: Bunker, Bracy, Birlem, Campbell, Fernald, Gilley, Hadlock, Howard, Harding, Hamor, Joy, Jordan, Ladd, Lopaus, Main, Preble, Phippin, Pung, Rosebrook, Richardson, Rice, Spurling, Stanley, Sanford, Young, Mayo, Fernald, and Hadlock. One handwritten list of boats to be taxed 1885. [show more]
Description: Two ledgers (A-B) 1873-1890s of a collection of 18 small, 19th-century ledgers or account journals belonging to William P. Preble; very difficult to decipher, many entries not in chronological order, often several years of entries not made in sequential order. (Only exterior and one page of each ledger scanned. ) A= 1873-1893 long narrow store ledger with a general mish-mash of stuff…some in chronological order some not. 1873 list of cash and credit, purchases, school items. 1872 herring shipped, 1890, 1893. Small folded note inserted in middle of this ledger signed by William P. Preble, dated Jan 23rd 1891 that “parties having friends buried in the Burying Yard [cemetery] that they are requested to contribute towards the bill for labor and materials for fencing and painting the same”. Charges for services to the Town of CI [no year]. 1876 Town of CI charges, 1877 Charges for handling the estate of G. H. Gilley, 1878 and 1880 Meeting House expenses [church?], various 1881 records, 1881-1886 various entries. B= Small tan notebook “Pierce’s memorandum and Account Book designed for Farmers, Mechanics and all people”. 1893 January expenses for various jobs including “hauling weir stuff”. List of payments to S.C. Sanford (“Sammy” Samuel Sanford, Preble’s step son), and others. [show more]
Description: Certificate, Intention of Marriage, Gillman J. Stanley & May Florence Stanley, both of Cranberry Isles, 7 Nov 1885, Charles E. Spurling, Town Clerk. On back, "Married by me 17 Nov 1885" William P. Preble
Description: Wedding Certificate, with engraved wedding scene and 2 cutouts for photos but no photos, George W. Douglass (Eden, Maine) to Lucy R. Spurling (Eden, Maine) 15 Dec 1882, married by J.H. Mooers, witness E.C. Mooers
Description: Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR), born 1/30/1882, served as the 32nd president of the United States from 1933 until his death on 4/12/1945. He wrote letters now in the collection of the Great Harbor Maritime Museum about a pair of binoculars, also in the collection at GHMM.