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Personal Bible Bar Harbor Historical Society	Publication, Book	People		1853	Copyright Undetermined	Personal Bible Bar Harbor Historical Society Identifier: bhhs-21 Type: Publication, Book Subject: People Date: 1853 Description: Brown leather cover with embossed design and gold metal trim with clasp initialed with "MGWD". Page edges are gilded. Owned by Mary Gray Ward Dorr, George B. Dorr's mother.
American Coast Pilot book 1854 purchased by Meltiah Richardson 1866 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Publication, Book	Places		1854	No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	American Coast Pilot book 1854 purchased by Meltiah Richardson 1866 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2016.349.2114 Type: Publication, Book Subject: Places Date: 1854 Description: Book. The American Coast Pilot containing directions for the Principal Harbors, Capes and Headlands on the Coasts of North and South America, etc. by Edmund M. Blunt, Seventeenth Edition by E. & G. W. Blunt, New York, May 1854. 678 pages including fold-out charts. Size: 6" x 9.75" x 3.5". Book is covered with loose tan canvas cloth hand stitched to keep it on the front and back covers. Inside the front cover, under the cloth cover flap is written: "Capt Nathan King 1854 bought book of East Trenton Maine." With several other pencil notations on first four pages. First one states: "Purchased this book from the Lewis Stanley Estate (Less White S. West Harbor) and paid $1.00 for same - Mrs. Mary Alice White, Cranberry Isles, ME June 18th, 1957." Second states: "Purchased of Capt. Nathan King Dec 20th 1866, M. J. Richardson." Third states: "This book belonged to Carrie (Stanley) Richardson daughter of Enoch B. Stanley and her son was Charles (Peter) Richardson Cranberry Isles, Maine." (This third note seems to be in the same handwriting as the first note by Mary Alice White.) There are several other notations, calculations, and also newspaper clippings pertaining to new lighthouses on the first several pages and the last two pages. Other notations:" Feb 23 1867 6 days out from NY bound for [Goanives?] St. Demingo Latt 27.45." "26th Jan 1867, 4 days out from Boston made Bermuda." "Wreck bears from Light Boat on [Cifs?] Rip WNW dist 3 or 4 miles." "May 5th 1872: Passed Hole in the Wall Fourteen days out from Portland. Made Moro Light Havana Sixteen days out from Portland." "Jan 25th [18]77, five days out from NY Latt 31:20 71:47 bound to [Havana?] made [Abeo?] light [five?] days out from NY." One newspaper clipping with header "Exports" includes mention of the schooner C. F. Young -449 box shooks. (GCIHS has a receipt for Meltiah carrying sugar aboard the Young.) Scans of notations made. [show more]
"Rab and his Friends" by John Brown Bar Harbor Historical Society	Publication, Book	People		1859	Copyright Undetermined	"Rab and his Friends" by John Brown Bar Harbor Historical Society Identifier: bhhs-1109 Type: Publication, Book Subject: People Date: 1859 Description: From the library of Beatrix Farrand.
Old Farmer’s Almanac Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Publication, Almanac	Other, Agriculture Other, History - Bar Harbor		1852		Old Farmer’s Almanac Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-19168 Type: Publication, Almanac Subject: Other, Agriculture Other, History - Bar Harbor Date: 1852 Description: Old Farmer’s Almanac 1865 tied together with string, yellow cover Previously archived as object id 013.FIC.31.08
The Holy Bible Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Publication, Book	Other, Bibles		1857		The Holy Bible Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-17073 Type: Publication, Book Subject: Other, Bibles Publisher: American Bible Society Date: 1857 Description: 1857 Holy Bible with a sticker inside cover which reads" Issued by the Maryland State Bible Society from their depository.....". Faded writing on inside cover: 'Lettie A. Smith, Pretty Marsh, Maine"
Progressive Parsing Book Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Publication, Book	Other, Grammar	Weld, Allen H.	1859		Progressive Parsing Book Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-14622 Type: Publication, Book Subject: Other, Grammar Creator: Weld, Allen H. Publisher: Bailey and Noyes. Date: 1859 Description: Parsing and Syntax Prose and Poetry
Weld's English Grammar Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Publication, Book	Other, Grammar Other, Textbook	Weld, Allen H.	1854		Weld's English Grammar Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-14621 Type: Publication, Book Subject: Other, Grammar Other, Textbook Creator: Weld, Allen H. Publisher: Sanborn & Carter Date: 1854 Description: Composition, Analyzing, and Parsing
The Intermediate Standard Speaker containing pieces for declamation... Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Publication, Book	Other, Public Speaking	Sargent, Epes	1857.		The Intermediate Standard Speaker containing pieces for declamation... Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-14168 Type: Publication, Book Subject: Other, Public Speaking Creator: Sargent, Epes Publisher: Charles Desilver Date: 1857.
The Young Reporter or How to Write Shorthand Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Publication, Book	Other, Phonography Other, Shorthand	Webster, E.	1855		The Young Reporter or How to Write Shorthand Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-14159 Type: Publication, Book Subject: Other, Phonography Other, Shorthand Creator: Webster, E. Publisher: Dick and Fitzgerald Publishers Date: 1855 Description: Shorthand exercises
Cosmopolitan Art Journal Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Publication, Periodical, Magazine			1857		Cosmopolitan Art Journal Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-13911 Type: Publication, Periodical, Magazine Date: 1857 Description: Selected pages; note,"copy for Thaddeus Somes" and "see page 124 for Elizabeth Barrett Browning", which is an essay and "medallion portrait." Other articles on "Dignity of Art," Power of Beauty," sketch of Jerome B. Thompson and sketches of farm life.
[Blue Hill] Academy Journal, vol. 2, no. 3 Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Publication, Periodical, Magazine			1852c.		[Blue Hill] Academy Journal, vol. 2, no. 3 Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-13907 Type: Publication, Periodical, Magazine Date: 1852c. Description: Handwritten journal, E.H. Kimball & F.E. Somes, editors. Editorial, poems, and more. Note on blue cover says, "Garpa went to Blue Hill Academy when he was 16 years olf-1852.) Don't know who wrote this note.
True Stories from Modern History. Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Publication, Book	Other, History		1859.		True Stories from Modern History. Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-13879 Type: Publication, Book Subject: Other, History Publisher: C.S. Francis and Co. Date: 1859. Description: Short historical stories. gift of Abbie Thomas Richardson
A Key to the National Arithmetic Exhibiting the Operation of the More Difficult Questions in that Work: For the Use of Teachers Only Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Publication, Book	Other, Arithmetic Other, Mathematics Other, Textbook	Greenleaf, Benjamin	1854		A Key to the National Arithmetic Exhibiting the Operation of the More Difficult Questions in that Work: For the Use of Teachers Only Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-13852 Type: Publication, Book Subject: Other, Arithmetic Other, Mathematics Other, Textbook Creator: Greenleaf, Benjamin Publisher: Robert S. Davis & Co. Date: 1854 Description: Guide for teachers; appears to cover almost all grades, but method also seems obscure. Inscribed on front cover, Lyman Smith.
The Life and Times of Aaron Burr. Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Publication, Book	Other, Burr, Aaron	Parton, J.	1859.		The Life and Times of Aaron Burr. Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-13826 Type: Publication, Book Subject: Other, Burr, Aaron Creator: Parton, J. Publisher: Mason Brothers Date: 1859.
The three eras of a woman's life: The maiden, the wife, and the mother. Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Publication, Book		Arthur, T.S.	1858		The three eras of a woman's life: The maiden, the wife, and the mother. Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-13779 Type: Publication, Book Creator: Arthur, T.S. Publisher: J.W. Bradley Date: 1858 Description: Novel includes chapters illustrating the heroine's duty before pleasure and a woman's goodcharacter, trials, disappointments, love, beauty, courting, marriage.
Popular Legends of Brittany Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Publication, Book		Bode, Heinrich	1854		Popular Legends of Brittany Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-12911 Type: Publication, Book Creator: Bode, Heinrich Publisher: Crosby, Nichols and Company Date: 1854 Description: English version of Sonvestre's "Foyer Breton" translated by "a lady." Inscribed Edith E. Salisbury, Mt. Desert, Maine Dec.1878.
Little Kitty Brown and Her Bible Verses Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Publication, Book			1851		Little Kitty Brown and Her Bible Verses Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-12796 Type: Publication, Book Publisher: American Sunday School Union Date: 1851 Description: Written for the American Sunday School Union, this little book contains stories about a little girl learning Bible verses, one per day.
The Visit; or, the Difference Between Being a Good Child and Being Like a Good Chile Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Publication, Book			1853		The Visit; or, the Difference Between Being a Good Child and Being Like a Good Chile Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-12780 Type: Publication, Book Publisher: American Sunday-School Union Date: 1853 Description: One of the books in a series of Sunday School Union publications. Inscribed Sound Sabbath School No. 10
The Swiss Pastor Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Publication, Book		Vulliemin, L. and C.	1850		The Swiss Pastor Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-12777 Type: Publication, Book Creator: Vulliemin, L. and C. Publisher: American Sunday School Union Date: 1850 Description: Note on title page indicates this is "the life of the Rev. F.A.A. Gonthier". Inscribed "No. 58 Sound Sabbath School."
Stories for Village Lads Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Publication, Book			1856		Stories for Village Lads Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-12773 Type: Publication, Book Date: 1856 Description: Fictional stories for Sunday School. Inscription says, "????have you got a slate pencil that you would let me have. Yes.
O Novo Testamento Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Publication, Book	Other, Bibles Other, Religion		1857		O Novo Testamento Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-12695 Type: Publication, Book Subject: Other, Bibles Other, Religion Publisher: American Bible Society Date: 1857 Description: "de Nosso Senhor E Salvador Jesus Christo" New Testament translated into Portuguese. Handwritten inside front cover: "Loaned by Kate Richardson."
Thoughts upon Thought for Young Men Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Publication, Book	Other, Moral & ethical aspects Other, Philosophy Other, Religion		1855.		Thoughts upon Thought for Young Men Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-12692 Type: Publication, Book Subject: Other, Moral & ethical aspects Other, Philosophy Other, Religion Publisher: Free Will Baptist Printing Establishment Date: 1855. Description: "In Three Parts. From the Second London Edition."
Margaret and Henrietta Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Publication, Book	Other, Moral & ethical aspects	Sigourney, Mrs. L.H.	1852.		Margaret and Henrietta Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-12679 Type: Publication, Book Subject: Other, Moral & ethical aspects Creator: Sigourney, Mrs. L.H. Publisher: American Tract Society Date: 1852. Description: Decorative, embossed cloth cover.
The Village Blacksmith Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Publication, Book	Other, Fiction?	Everett, James	1853.		The Village Blacksmith Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-12664 Type: Publication, Book Subject: Other, Fiction? Creator: Everett, James Publisher: Carlton and Phillips Date: 1853. Description: From title page: piety and usefulness exemplified in a memoir of the life of Samuel Hick, late of Micklefield, Yorkshire From the Seventh london Edition.
Hymns for the Use of the Methodist Episcopal Church Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Publication, Book	Other, Hymn Books		1852		Hymns for the Use of the Methodist Episcopal Church Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-12643 Type: Publication, Book Subject: Other, Hymn Books Publisher: Lane and Scott Date: 1852 Description: Revised Edition. Inscribed in front: Melissa D. Higgins. Includes first line and verse indices.

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