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Receipts, Invoice, Bills/Dry Goods stores Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Document, Financial, Bookkeeping Record	Other, Dry goods stores			Receipts, Invoice, Bills/Dry Goods stores Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-3949 Type: Document, Financial, Bookkeeping Record Subject: Other, Dry goods stores Description: A. J. Whiting bill for 1 barrel crackers, 4 eggs; Harrington / Washburn bill for molasses, line, salat, soap, sugar, tea, calico, coffee, silk, oil, etc. 1851 John Somes for plates, tea sets, lamps, etc. 1853 Bill to Isaac Somes from Gardner & Thayer (Boston) for door handles, braces, shoe rasps, chest locks, fish hooks, etc. 1864 bill from Benj. F. Mahan (Boston) to Joshua S. Moore for lard, pork, apples, tea, etc. 1884 bill from AA Smith & Co. to LE Pray (for Library Society): tea plates, spoons, platters, etc. 1874 bill from RH Kittredge to (indecipherable name) for coffee, ham, etc. 1874 bill from J. Hamor to J. Lunt for flour, meal, pork, etc. 1907 bill from R.H. B. Fernald to R. L. Grindle for paint, corn, tea, sugar, etc. Undated letter from The Dryolin Co., Brooklyn, offering trial shipment of pure turpentine and linseed oil. Payment from Abraham Somes to Prudence Reed for 32 weeks work; also bill for shawl, fabric, shoes, etc. 1847 by John Somes Jr. to Hall & Myrick for soap, coffee, tobacco, etc. [show more]
Miscellaneous Bills, Receipts Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Document, Financial, Bookkeeping Record	Other, Taxes			Miscellaneous Bills, Receipts Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-3948 Type: Document, Financial, Bookkeeping Record Subject: Other, Taxes Description: Account book from unidentified Somesville business, possbily Wasgatts, AJ Whiting, or John Somes. Another account book from unidentified business. List of goods sold from [Lond Pond?] cottage by Blanche [Somes Colwell?], Aug. 1925. Mentions giving Ada rose painting of mother's. 1845 receipt for #27.99 from Abraham Somes 2nd. 1878 receipt of payment by Town of Mt. Desert to Daniel Somes $3.00 for aid and refreshment to three wayfaring men. 1868 payment to Robert Grindle from Thadeus Somes for medicine and visits to father and wife. 1868 receipt of payment from Mrs. Caroline F. Moore to L.A. Emery (?) for attendance at probate court and advertising notice. 1868 receipt from Andrew Lopaus (?) to Joshua Moore's widow. 1867 receipt from W.W. Abbott, collector of taxes to heirs of Joshua Moore, payment in full for 1866 taxes. 2866-1867 receipt from firm of Waterhouse & Emery to Mrs. Joshua Moore to legal work. Other receipts related to estate of Joshua Moore (digging grave, coffin, laying out). [show more]
Roads--Somesville and Vicinity Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Document, Document File	Other, Roads Other, Somesville			Roads--Somesville and Vicinity Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-3947 Type: Document, Document File Subject: Other, Roads Other, Somesville Description: 1868 document imposing fine (amount unreadable) on Town of Mt. Desert for failure to repair road. 1869 plan for "town way" as requested by John Richardson, way to cross land owned by David Wasgatt. 1871 request to selectmen for damages from H. Carpenter of Dedham due to his horse and wagon "droping into a hole" [sic] covered with snow. 1871 request to selectmen of town of Mt. Desert for a road to the quarry; approval granted. 1872 request for road from meeting house hill to steam mill; description and plan of same.1871 1873 document about repairing Pretty Marsh road. 1963 correspondence relating to reconstructing route 102 in Somesville area. [show more]
Programs: Mt. Desert H.S. graduation; Somesville Grammar School Anniv. Exercises Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Document, Program	Other, Schools			Programs: Mt. Desert H.S. graduation; Somesville Grammar School Anniv. Exercises Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-3945 Type: Document, Program Subject: Other, Schools Description: Anniversary Exercises lists participants in recitations, readings, flag drill; graduation lists participants in essay, recitations.
Contract betw. Thaddeus Somes and mariners Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Document, Legal, Agreement, Contract	Other, Sailors			Contract betw. Thaddeus Somes and mariners Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-3938 Type: Document, Legal, Agreement, Contract Subject: Other, Sailors Description: Official document indicating the mariners' monthly wages for working on Brig. "Adelma" from Bangor to Washington and back; no date. Mariners were from Trenton, St. Stephens, and Mt. Desert; three on foremast, one mate, and one steward. Verso is copy of "An Act for the Government and Regulation of Seamen in the Merchant's Service..."
Lists of Vessels Built in... Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Document, List	Other, Vessels	Applebee, Robert B.		Lists of Vessels Built in... Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-3933 Type: Document, List Subject: Other, Vessels Creator: Applebee, Robert B. Description: Mt. Desert, Eden [Bar Harbor], Tremont, Lamoine, Cranberry Isles
Lists of ships' provisions Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Document, List	Other, Food Other, Ships			Lists of ships' provisions Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-3930 Type: Document, List Subject: Other, Food Other, Ships Description: Hand- and typewritten lists of provisions; one for ship "Bloomer" for years 1862, 1863, 1864; two other lists do not indicate years or ships.
Customs Collector Records 1856-1860, Southwest Harbor Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Document, Government, Customs Record	Other, Codfish Other, Custom houses			Customs Collector Records 1856-1860, Southwest Harbor Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-3929 Type: Document, Government, Customs Record Subject: Other, Codfish Other, Custom houses Description: Customs Collector Records 1856-1860, Southwest Harbor. Found in Fernald Store, which had been built by A.J. Whiting. Contains cost of fishing licenses, list schooners See article, Natalie Springuel, William Leavenworth, Karen Alexander, "From Wealth to Poverty, the Rise and Fall of Cod around Mount Desert Island, Chebacco, Volume XVI, 2015, This is large, bound volume, the only item in this box.
Scrapbook Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Document, Memorabilia, Album, Scrapbook				Scrapbook Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-3928 Type: Document, Memorabilia, Album, Scrapbook Description: This is a hardcover scrap book measuring 8 x 10 inches. The front cover is embossed with a raised picture with a parrot on a hanging ring, a cat, flowers and 2 borders. The trademark stamped on the inside front cover reads, "Mark Twain's Scrap Book, registered April 23rd, 1878" published by "Daniel Slote & Co." On the next page, is a faded inscription which reads in cursive, "Lucie F. Somes, Mount Desert, Maine, Nov. 1881". Next, there is a four -page index set up alphabetically with several entrees in cursive. Some examples of entrees are: Doctor and Judge 16; Boston Men Killed 5; Captain W. T. Ober 16; and Pillow lace making 18. The rest of this book is a compilation of newspaper clippings from many places. Several of the clippings have information which relates to the Somes family or of Mount Desert Island. For example, "Memorial Day at Somesville"; a column entitled, Then and Now (for the Mount Desert Herald) dated Nov. 2, 1885; and "Death of John W. Somes of Mount Desert". There is a beige grosgrain ribbon inside which is used as a marker. [show more]
Unidentified Hotel Register, 1892-1893 Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Document, List, Guestbook				Unidentified Hotel Register, 1892-1893 Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-3924 Type: Document, List, Guestbook Description: Guests' names include Pray, Stanwood, Blanchard.
Abraham C. Fernald: Other Records Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Document, Financial, Stock Certificate				Abraham C. Fernald: Other Records Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-3919 Type: Document, Financial, Stock Certificate Description: These additional records include: 200 petroleum shares bought (1946) 8 shares of Toledo Edison Co. (1950) Shares of Monsanto Chemical 20 shares Florence Stove Co. (1946) 10 shares Minnesota Power and Light (1945) 50 shares (Keyes Fibre Co. Class A (1945) Bonds, Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad (1946) 20 shares Central Maine Power (1945) Bonds, The Laclede Gas Light Co. (1945) Public Utility Holding Corporation of America, 50 and 10 shares, 1931, 1935 Valley National Bank, 20 shares (1952) Northern Pacific Railway statement (1944) Lincoln Fox Farms, 20 shares (1926) Three First National Bank Deposit slips with notes on stocks and either purchase prices or stock value notes. [show more]
Somes House Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Document, Advertising, Brochure	Other, Hotels Other, National Register			Somes House Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-3917 Type: Document, Advertising, Brochure Subject: Other, Hotels Other, National Register Description: Two brochures about Abraham Somes House, designation of same on National Register, 1975.
Village Improvement Society, Somesville Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Document, Correspondence, Letter	Other, Village Improvement Society			Village Improvement Society, Somesville Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-3902 Type: Document, Correspondence, Letter Subject: Other, Village Improvement Society Description: Letters from students and teachers thanking for money for film; from Mr. Manter of the Somesville and Mount Desert Larger Parish for money to buy record player, fromo Ezra and Myra Richardson for $100.00 check, from Pilgrim Fellowship for repair and tuning of piano at firehouse, dance records, and a blackboard
Mallory to VIS letter re playground boundary Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Document, Correspondence, Letter	Other, Village Improvement Society		n.d.	Mallory to VIS letter re playground boundary Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-3901 Type: Document, Correspondence, Letter Subject: Other, Village Improvement Society Date: n.d. Description: Grading of schoolhouse playground extended into Mallory property.
Somesville School-playground improvements Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Document, Specification	Other, Playgrounds Other, Schools Other, Somesville		n.d.	Somesville School-playground improvements Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-3900 Type: Document, Specification Subject: Other, Playgrounds Other, Schools Other, Somesville Date: n.d. Description: Schedule and estimated cost of Athletic Fields; other needed improvements to grounds in general.
Somesville Village Improvement Society-Committees Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Document, List, Membership List	Other, Long Pond Other, Mill Pond Other, Somesville Other, Traffic signs & signals Other, Village Improvement Society Places, Landscape			Somesville Village Improvement Society-Committees Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-3899 Type: Document, List, Membership List Subject: Other, Long Pond Other, Mill Pond Other, Somesville Other, Traffic signs & signals Other, Village Improvement Society Places, Landscape Description: Names and members and titles of committees: Traffic & Signs, landscape, Membership, Entertainment and Fund Raising.
Water Petition, Bar Harbor; Water Rates, SWH Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Document, Request, Petition	Other, Bar Harbor Other, Petitions Other, Southwest Harbor Other, Water			Water Petition, Bar Harbor; Water Rates, SWH Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-3895 Type: Document, Request, Petition Subject: Other, Bar Harbor Other, Petitions Other, Southwest Harbor Other, Water Description: Rates of Southwest Harbor Water Co. [no date] for faucets, bath tubs, etc. Petition to bring water into Bar Harbor offering to pay expense of survey, to form stock company (1875)
Map & misc. papers about cars on MDI Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Document, Document File	Other, Automobiles Other, Maps			Map & misc. papers about cars on MDI Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-3892 Type: Document, Document File Subject: Other, Automobiles Other, Maps Description: 1. Sketch map showing proposed access road to be used for automobile driving, from BHR, 3/15/11. 2. Photocopy of notes from 1913 meeting about cars on MDI. 3. Handwritten notes and chronology with apparent references to articles in newspaper. 4. Excerpt from page 176 of History of Bar Harbor by Richard Hale concerning "automobile war." 5. Typewritten checklists of newspaper articles.
Mayo Line genealogy Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Document, Chart, Family Tree	Other, Eastham, MA Other, Genealogy		Unknown	Mayo Line genealogy Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-3887 Type: Document, Chart, Family Tree Subject: Other, Eastham, MA Other, Genealogy Date: Unknown Description: Mayo genealogy records from various sources. Includes children of Joseph Mayo and Ruth Snow Mayo, originally of Eastham, MA, and later of Mount Desert, ME.
Mayo ancestry chart Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Document, Chart, Family Tree	Other, Genealogy		Unknown	Mayo ancestry chart Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-3888 Type: Document, Chart, Family Tree Subject: Other, Genealogy Date: Unknown Description: Mayo Ancestry diagram, including Isaac Mayo and Catherine Higgins. 2 photocopies.
Mayo genealogy materials Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Document, Chart, Family Tree	Other, Bar Harbor Other, Cape Cod Other, Civil wars Other, Eastham, MA Other, Mount Desert Island Other, Revolutionary War	Unknown		Mayo genealogy materials Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-3886 Type: Document, Chart, Family Tree Subject: Other, Bar Harbor Other, Cape Cod Other, Civil wars Other, Eastham, MA Other, Mount Desert Island Other, Revolutionary War Creator: Unknown Description: Collection of photocopied materials including: Origin of Mayo name Mayo Family Line, traced to England Revolutionary and Civil War records for Mayos Excerpt from William Bradford's "History of Plymouth Plantation" Excerpt from Ted Spurling's "The Town of Cranberry Isles" Excerpt from Thomas Howes' "Library of Cape Cod History and Genealogy" Cape Cod facts and town descriptions
Bibliography of Hall Quarry Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Document, List, Bibliography	Other, Hall Quarry			Bibliography of Hall Quarry Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-3883 Type: Document, List, Bibliography Subject: Other, Hall Quarry Description: Single page bibliography: Books, Thesis [sic[, Magazines/Papers, Tapes. No date, no indication of compiler.
Excerpt from Louis Barrett's records re William Gilley Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Document, Chart, Family Tree	Other, Baker's Island			Excerpt from Louis Barrett's records re William Gilley Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-3868 Type: Document, Chart, Family Tree Subject: Other, Baker's Island Description: Discussion of genealogy of William Gilley from the Isleford Historical Society
Land transfer Lewis Somes to Daniel Somes Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Document, Legal, Deed	Other, Deed			Land transfer Lewis Somes to Daniel Somes Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-3860 Type: Document, Legal, Deed Subject: Other, Deed Description: Warranty Deeds from 5/21/1833 and 2/27/1837
George William Erving Deed to Daniel Somes Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Document, Legal, Deed	Other, Acadian Shores Other, Deed			George William Erving Deed to Daniel Somes Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-3859 Type: Document, Legal, Deed Subject: Other, Acadian Shores Other, Deed Description: Papers related to the transfer of lands from George Erving to Daniel Somes

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