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Maine State Fish Inspector Certificate 1854 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Document, Government, Government Records	Businesses, Fishery Business	1854	No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Maine State Fish Inspector Certificate 1854 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2002.20.38 Type: Document, Government, Government Records Subject: Businesses, Fishery Business Date: 1854 Description: Certificate, Appointment as State of Maine Fish Inspector, of William P. Preble, 26 June 1854 with transcription
Ledgers from Lewis Stanley boatyard, 19th century Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Document, Financial, Bookkeeping Record, Account Book, Ledger	Businesses, Boatbuilding Business People	1855	No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Ledgers from Lewis Stanley boatyard, 19th century Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2015.316.2077 Type: Document, Financial, Bookkeeping Record, Account Book, Ledger Subject: Businesses, Boatbuilding Business People Date: 1855 Description: Collection of three scanned ledger account books originally from the Lewis Stanley boatyard. Ledgers were inherited by donor from his great uncle Lewis Stanley. (See scans on gcihs-nas\photo\Museum Photos\2015.316.2077_SchmidtLedgers and on DVD; ledgers were originally returned to donor August 2015; then all were donated to museum June 2017). Ledger A1: Measures 8.25H x 7: W x .5” thick. First page: George N. Spurling, Cranberry Isles; and [unreadable name below Spurling] Machias Port. Entries run from 1855-1870, with the last four pages dated 1855 pertaining to WatterWitch (Water Witch, Waterwitch, spelling and capitalization varies) stocks and specifics. Account entries recorded for the WatterWitch, Schooner Rozella, and Schooner Caressa. Names mentioned: Walton, Guptill, Haynes, Stanley, Spurling, Ferrin, Wentworth, Young, Saddler, Ladd. Commodities: fish and oil mostly; stocks and figuring notations in pen and pencil by different hands. First page states Schooner Hannah & Abigail bought in Boston May 6th, 1849. First entry is “E.B. Stanley, Cranberry Isles Oct. 9th, 1858 for $21 dollars on account of my share of fish bought on board Sch. WatterWitch this season. Asa [D?] Stanley.”Ledger B2: Measures 8”H x 6.75” W x .5” thick. Inside front cover is written: “Jonas Blood born April 15th, 1774.” First page begins with January 1st 1859 listing sale of butter, pork, and eggs. Ledger records expenses and sales of produce and other items through April 1862 and appears to be written by all the same hand. [For some info on Jonas Blood: probably born New Hampshire. http://gen.plagge.org/individual.php?pid=I16094&ged=plagge.ged Jonas Blood:b..c1774 d.5/21/1870, age 96 By genealogy.com.] Ledger C3: 14" H x 3.75" W x 1" thick. Label on front cover: Sanborn & Carter, Publishers, Booksellers and Blank Book Manufacturers, No. 55 Exchange Street, Portland, Maine. Small envelope and letter addressed to Mrs. E. B. Stanley, Cranberry Isles, Maine, postmarked Waltham MA, Nov 17/12M/1908 (03?) with 2 cent stamp. Reverse postmark is Cranberry Isles 1908(3)? Begins "North East Harbor, Lindsay,” ends: "Hastily, Carol(?)" Many pages have been cut out from the beginning of this ledger. First entry, is on page 85 and starts: “Boston Dec. 6th 1879 Sch. S.L. Foster. Page 93 is “Boston Dec 14, 1885.” Page 98 deals with the estate of Enoch B. Stanley and Lewis B. Stanley 1903 and continues with various documents and deeds to 1908 (to page 151). Then returns to accounts for the S. L. Foster 1889. Page 176 begins accounts for the Schooner Rozella 1882, then to 1881, and goes back to deeds and correspondence p. 196 for 1908. P. 198 goes back to the Sch. Foster and alternates between accounts re: Foster and Rozella. Two small loose account papers between p. 212 and 213. The ledger goes back and forth between years and schooners and deeds throughout the book. Last pages of ledger date Jan 18, 1913 and begin with “I expressly forbade Lewis to connect the new building with the original fish house of the heirs of E. B. Stanley…..” (See also 2017.389.2164 and 2017.388.2163) See also notes from Charles Liebow email 2019 re: boat builders with this ledger. [show more]
Store Ledger 1853-1857 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Document, Financial, Bookkeeping Record, Account Book, Ledger	Businesses, Store Business	1853	No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Store Ledger 1853-1857 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2003.71.676 Type: Document, Financial, Bookkeeping Record, Account Book, Ledger Subject: Businesses, Store Business Date: 1853 Description: Ledger, handwritten, probably by William Preble, mostly running expenses and payments, apparently at a store, for various people, 1853-1857
Store Ledger 1857-1862 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Document, Financial, Bookkeeping Record, Account Book, Ledger	Businesses, Store Business	1857	No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Store Ledger 1857-1862 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2003.71.678 Type: Document, Financial, Bookkeeping Record, Account Book, Ledger Subject: Businesses, Store Business Date: 1857 Description: Ledger, handwritten, inscribed "Property of William P. Preble", mostly running expenses and payments, apparently at a store, for various people, 1857-1862
William P. Preble receipts Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Document, Financial, Receipt	Businesses, Boatbuilding Business Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner	1852	No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	William P. Preble receipts Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2013.246.2757 Type: Document, Financial, Receipt Subject: Businesses, Boatbuilding Business Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner Date: 1852 Description: Two receipts: (A) Tremont March 10th, 1852, Received of William P. Preble seventy three dollars 80/100 in full payment for ballance doo me for wooden materials to build new Brig Abigail Maria of, furnished by me the last season as per agreement dated at Tremont December 5th, 1850. Signed by Henry W. [xxxx?]. And (B): William P. Preble's taxes 1878 = $1.10.
Repairs to the Brig Factor March 13, 1854 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Document, Administrative Records	Businesses, Boatbuilding Business Vessels, Merchant Vessel	1854	No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Repairs to the Brig Factor March 13, 1854 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2018.424.2342 Type: Document, Administrative Records Subject: Businesses, Boatbuilding Business Vessels, Merchant Vessel Date: 1854 Description: Certificate for repairs to the Factor (three pages), a ship built on GCI 1832, in for repairs in South Carolina in 1854, with cargo of molasses and other items, with transcription by donor.
Receipt for food Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Document, Financial, Receipt	Businesses, Store Business	1851	No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Receipt for food Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-1000.3.233 Type: Document, Financial, Receipt Subject: Businesses, Store Business Date: 1851 Description: Business receipt from Symmes Eaton to Enoch Stanley, Boston 7 May 1851, food, $2.11
Note from Enoch Stanley re: selling oil Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Document, Correspondence, Letter	Businesses, Other Business	1855	No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Note from Enoch Stanley re: selling oil Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-1000.3.248 Type: Document, Correspondence, Letter Subject: Businesses, Other Business Date: 1855 Description: Note, from Enoch Stanley to Garent, asking to sell 5 barrels of oil and keep the account of the barrels separate, 5 Sep 1855

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