Description: Description of the history of Swans Island, County of Hancock, State of Maibne - aborigines, discovery, purchase by Col. James Swan, sketch of his life, settlement,biographical sketches of early settlers, sketch of the early history of the neiughboring Gotts Island, County of Hancock, State of Maine and biographical skethces of its early settlers. Swans Island municipal records and fishing industry.
Description: "A veritable epicurean dictionary." Alphabetical list of "new and popular dishes to serve"..."what the dishes are composed of and what they look like." Includes a pronouncing dictionary. Inscribed inside front "G. Cookson [donor's great great uncle] St. George Bermuda Banquet Jan (?) June (?) 1907. Moved to Portland Sept 27
Description: Including statistics and descriptions of its history, educational system, geology, rail roads, natural resources, summer resorts and manufacturing interests, compile and drawn from official plans and actual surveys.
Description: ...on the condition of the Savings Banks, Trust and Banking Companies, Loan and Building Associations and Foreign Banking Companies Having License to do Business in the State
Description: Monograph: Fort Pentagoet and the French Occupation of Castine. "Read before the Maine Historical Society on December 9, 1892". Includes maps of site.
Description: Originally an article in the Century Magazine, published 50 years prior. this work tells the story of John Gilley, who " by hard toil cleared fields, built dwellings, fished on forgotten waters, reared families and...managed schools and churches and administered self-governing communities." Gilley was born on Cranberry Island and lived most of his life on Baker's Island.