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From Means & Clark Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Document, Correspondence, Letter	Other, Insurance Other, Sailing ships		1851	From Means & Clark Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-16802 Type: Document, Correspondence, Letter Subject: Other, Insurance Other, Sailing ships Date: 1851 Description: Re insurance on "Emma Francis". Later note at bottom by Virginia Somes Sanderson.
From Means & Clark Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Document, Correspondence, Letter	Other, Sailing ships Other, Schooners		1852	From Means & Clark Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-16798 Type: Document, Correspondence, Letter Subject: Other, Sailing ships Other, Schooners Date: 1852 Description: Concerning amounts received / owed for various ships.
From A.E. Milliken Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Document, Correspondence, Letter	Other, Sailing ships		1853	From A.E. Milliken Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-16797 Type: Document, Correspondence, Letter Subject: Other, Sailing ships Date: 1853 Description: Re passage from Boston to Jacksonville, need for new sails, running rigging, painting, rats damaging sails
From A.C. Milliken Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Document, Correspondence, Letter	Other, Sailing ships		1854	From A.C. Milliken Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-16796 Type: Document, Correspondence, Letter Subject: Other, Sailing ships Date: 1854 Description: Written from Campeachy re sickness (fever) among men, perhaps from drinking too many "spirits", and delay caused by a "norther."
Captain William Wells wage ledger, October 1852 and other years Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Document, Financial, Bookkeeping Record, Account Book, Ledger			1852	Captain William Wells wage ledger, October 1852 and other years Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-16778 Type: Document, Financial, Bookkeeping Record, Account Book, Ledger Date: 1852 Description: Captain William Wells wage ledger, October 1852 and other years, for Schooners H.W. Wellington and Ambassador and Brig J. Means
Isaac Somes' ledger of items purchased in Boston Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Document, Financial, Bookkeeping Record, Account Book, Ledger			Begins in 1850	Isaac Somes' ledger of items purchased in Boston Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-16759 Type: Document, Financial, Bookkeeping Record, Account Book, Ledger Date: Begins in 1850 Description: Isaac Somes' ledger of items he bought in Boston and probably brought back to sell on Mount Desert Island. Reference on back pages to Somes' leasing of woolen mill to Richard Nanson (?) in 1879 -1883. Nanson was to agree to prohibit smoking on premises. May be a draft of a leasing agreement between Somes and Nanson (?) for operation of the woolen mill. Ledger begins in 1850 and continues to 1857. The draft fo the agreement with Nanson was written in 1878. [show more]
Copy of the sketch showing division of the Reuben, Jr. and Daniel Freeman house in Pretty Marsh Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Map, Land Survey			March 8, 1853	Copy of the sketch showing division of the Reuben, Jr. and Daniel Freeman house in Pretty Marsh Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-16740 Type: Map, Land Survey Date: March 8, 1853 Description: Copy of the sketch showing division of the Reuben, Jr. and Daniel Freeman house in Pretty Marsh. In 1808, settlers Reuben and George Freeman together purchased 200 acres in Pretty Marsh for $145. When George died, the property became Reuben's. Reuben in turn left it to his two sons, Reuben, Jr. and Daniel. However, there were bad feelings between Reuben, Jr. and Daniel, and they "agreed to settle" the property, dividing everything -- the house, the barns, pasturage and farm implements -- into two parts. Each family lived in a half of the house, and the kitchen was shared between the two families. [show more]
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
Colton's Railroad and Township Map of Maine, 1854 Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Map			1854	Colton's Railroad and Township Map of Maine, 1854 Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-14045 Type: Map Date: 1854 Description: Colton's Railroad and Township Map of Maine, 1854
US Coast Survey Map of Baker's Island Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Map	Other, Baker's Island Other, Barns Other, Boathouses Other, Lighthouses		1854?	US Coast Survey Map of Baker's Island Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-14034 Type: Map Subject: Other, Baker's Island Other, Barns Other, Boathouses Other, Lighthouses Date: 1854? Description: 1854, 1864, or 1884 Map by W. E. Greenwell, Assistant USCS Date unclear. Photocopies only.
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.
Poem: Life of Nicholas Thomas Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Document, Manuscript		Thomas, Nicholas	1857	Poem: Life of Nicholas Thomas Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-13893 Type: Document, Manuscript Creator: Thomas, Nicholas Date: 1857 Description: Photocopy of handwritten poem about Nicholas Thomas of Eden "written by himself in the 78th year of his age." Donor was given this personally by Augustus Phillips 25 years or so ago when he (donor) was researching doggerel by Bill Ayles. The poem was printed in Vol. VI 2004 issue of Chebacco.
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
The Practical Arithmetic, Designed for the Use of Schools and Academies... Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Document, Instructional, Instruction Book	Other, Education Other, Elementary school teaching Other, Mathematics	Stoddard, John F.	1852	The Practical Arithmetic, Designed for the Use of Schools and Academies... Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-13857 Type: Document, Instructional, Instruction Book Subject: Other, Education Other, Elementary school teaching Other, Mathematics Creator: Stoddard, John F. Publisher: Sheldon & Company Date: 1852
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.
Cradle Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Object, Furnishings, Bed, Child's Bed, Cradle			1858	Cradle Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-13172 Type: Object, Furnishings, Bed, Child's Bed, Cradle Date: 1858 Description: Made of walnut; shaped like a small boat. Sits in frame and rocks. Cradle has swan head and end like a ship’s stern. Frame is carved with flowers on each end and underneath. Donor info - made for Olive Perkins (Mrs. S.W. Smith, Jr.) of Warren, Ohio born August 17, 1858. Mattress made in 1924 for Samuel Smith Wilson. Following info from Samuel Smith Wilson who visited Museum in 1997. Olive Perkins married Judge Smith who rented the house between the Mount Desert Tavern and the Abraham Somes III house in Somesville. This house is no longer standing. She died near 1930. Her grandfather was Brig. General Simon Perkins, an Ohio land surveyor and speculator. [show more]
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

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