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1931 E. S. Dana speech on Seal Harbor history to Seal Harbor Village Improvement Society
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
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  • 1931
1931 E. S. Dana speech on Seal Harbor history to Seal Harbor Village Improvement Society
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Identifier:
  • mdihs-12037
Type:
  • Publication, Literary, Speech
Subject:
  • Organizations
  • Other, Civic leaders
  • Other, Historic parks
  • Other, Historic sites
  • Other, History
  • Other, Seal Harbor Village Improvement Society
  • Other, Speechwriting
  • Other, Villages
Date:
  • 1931
Description:
Envelope addressed to Mrs. A.C. Brown of Cleveland, Ohio, and an enclosed typewritten copy of a speech (6 pages) by E.S. Dana which was delivered at a meeting of the Seal Harbor Village Improvement Society in 1931. Discusses the early history of the village and includes references to John Clement (first settler of the village in 1809), Charles Clement, Edward Dunham, George Stebbins, George Cooksey, Mr. Dane, Mr. Griswold, Glencove Hotel, John Rockefeller, Professor Rowland, Seaside Casino, Presidents Eliot and Gilman. Describes the development plans of and subsequent breakdown of George Cooksey; the efforts of George Stebbins to carry out Cooksey's plans. paths and roads of Seal Harbor, Jordan Pond House and Thomas MacIntire. [show more]