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Journal 1878-1881 voyages of schooner Carrie M. Richardson
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
  • Publication, Book, Journal
  • People
  • Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner
  • 1878
  • No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
Journal 1878-1881 voyages of schooner Carrie M. Richardson
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
Description:
Journal, leather and paper, wallet style, with entries for years 1878, 1879, 1881. Pertains to nautical voyages of Meltiah Richardson aboard the Carrie M. Richardson and perhaps others. It is an extremely valuable resource for interpretation of annotated Nautical Chart 1 and other charts in GCIHS 2015.315.2076. Journal entries corroborate plot markings on nautical chart 1. All pages with handwritten text scanned (48 scans) at 600 dpi July 27, 2016. Complete transcription made Feb. 2017. (Pages with newspaper clippings glued to them were not scanned - most clippings were poetry. Note: Meltiah's wife, Carrie (Mary Catherine Stanley Richardson), wrote and saved poetry.) In several instances, a page had been cut out and/or a portion of a page had been cut out. The journal is not always chronological; entries switch around various years 1878,1879, and 1881. Some highlights are listed below. Scan no. 9 Sailed from Cardenas for NY 260 lbs Manello(?) Rope, 178 shakers, 78 canvas 10 Arrived at NY from Cardenas, list of perhaps cod caught per person by name and weight and $. Left for…. 11 Arrived at NY from C. Isles settled with mate $37.16 14 Rec from M.P Richardson the sum of $70 wages up to Date Nov 19th 1881 William Brandt 15 Arrived Cadiz… 16 M. P Richardson mentioned 17 M. P. Richardson mentioned and Schooner Carrie M. Richardson 1881 19 "Cash in Spanish gold 342" 23 Mr. Rumill shipped on board Schr C. M. Richardson April 10/79 at 35 $ per xxx 24 Antonio Williams on board C. M. Richardson Apr 9th/79 25 more re: 1879 26 more re: 1879 27 more re: 1879 42 "cure for chills/fever (?) 2 bitter apples with one pint gin. Let same stand ays. Dose: ½ wine glass full twice a day before meals (R H O (?)) 43 Bill of sale for 1/32 of Schr CMR Mrs. E B Gregg (interest?) to Joseph W x of Philadelphia 44 Name is clearly Joseph W. Willson of Phila 45 Port charges list 48 Mentions Cadiz [show more]
Bible (1873) belonging to Carrie Richardson with genealogy.
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
  • Publication, Book
  • Organizations, Religious
  • People
  • 1873
  • No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
Bible (1873) belonging to Carrie Richardson with genealogy.
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
Description:
Book, The Holy Bible from 1873 in poor condition. Belonged to Carrie Richardson. The GCIHS wrote and directed a play about Carrie Richardson which can be found on DVD in the museum. Carrie Richardson was able to navigate a boat by celestial navigation, she lived down in what is now the Heliker LaHotan foundation. Her husband Meltiah Richardson committed suicide, he tied cod weights around himself and jumped off the dock. Geneaological records that seem to have little relevance can be found tucked into the Bible. [show more]
Letter 7 of group of letters to Frances (Fannie) S. Spurling
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
  • People
  • 1874
  • No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
Letter 7 of group of letters to Frances (Fannie) S. Spurling
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
Description:
Letter 7 (with transcription) in a collection of letters to Frances (Fannie) S. Spurling. This one is from her older half-brother A. B. Spurling in 1874 Andrew Barclay Spurling writes from New York City and states he learned of their mother’s illness from Fannie’s letter of the 16th, and of her death (January 17, 1874) in a letter from their brother William of the 19th, both of which he received on January 21, 1874. Too late to go home. He reminisces fondly about his mother and offers have Father Preble live with him now if he wishes to. A.B. Spurling (Civil War General Andrew Barclay) who wrote letter 7 is one of Samuel E. Spurling’s younger brothers (Samuel wrote letters 1-6 to Fannie). Frances (Fannie) A. Preble was Samuel and Andrew’s half-sister, the daughter of the widowed Abigail Cobb Hadlock Spurling and her second husband William P. Preble. [show more]
Letter 6 of 6 from Samuel Spurling to Fannie Preble
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
  • People
  • 1874
  • No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
Letter 6 of 6 from Samuel Spurling to Fannie Preble
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
Description:
Letter 6 of 6 letters (with transcriptions) written 1865-1874 from Samuel E. Spurling (1827-1895) to his much younger half-sister Frances (Fannie) A. Preble (b. 1849). Samuel moved from Great Cranberry to California about age 23 ca.1850. In these six letters, he writes from Gold Hill, Nevada, where he works in gold mines. This letter #6 is from Gold Hill Nevada. Jan 11th 1874 to My dear Sister Fannie from S.C. or S.E Spurling. Samuel learns from Mr. or Wm Henry that his mother is ill. He’s having a brutal winter, Samuel was ill in Nevada; he’s now working at Crown Point Mine where he worked 7 or 8 years ago; can’t come home at present. Samuel E. Spurling is the eldest son of Abigail Cobb Hadlock Spurling and Samuel Spurling. A.B. Spurling (likely Civil War General Andrew Barclay) who wrote letter 7 is one of Samuel’s younger brothers. Frances (Fannie) A. Preble was Samuel and Andrew’s half-sister, the daughter of the widowed Abigail Cobb Hadlock Spurling and her second husband William P. Preble. [show more]
Keepsake Autograph Album
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, History - Seal Cove
  • People
  • 1879
Keepsake Autograph Album
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Tiny red autograph/keepsake album with silver writing and many local Seal Cove names including Heath, Minnie Fuller, Rachel Fuller, Belle Salisbury, Wilhemena Sprague, Flora Reed, Becky Greene, May Dodge, Deacon Stubbs, Vildie Robbins, John Knowlton, Laurie Stickney, Billings, Delhi Harper, Albert Carver, Bertha Hinkley, Amanda and Charlie Sawyer, Florence Drummond, Almira Barlett, Whitmore, Ober. Appears to have belonged to Willie Heath.
Child seated in wooden chair
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Direct Positive, Tintype
  • People
  • Unknown
  • 1860-1870
Child seated in wooden chair
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
tintype of child seated in wooden chair. Wears hair parted down center, cut very short. Also wears light colored blouse--could be very long blouse, could be dress. Also wears string of beads around neck. Is looking down and to the right of camera. Top left hand and bottom corners of tintype have been clipped off.
Man seated with arm resting on back of chair
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Direct Positive, Tintype
  • People
  • Unknown
  • 1860-1870
Man seated with arm resting on back of chair
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
tintype of man seated, one arm resting on armrest of chair, the other hand resting on knee. Wears dark suit, white shirt, striped bow tie. Has dark hair, widow’s peak, dark drooping mustache, and slight goatee. Lots of marks on front of tintype.
Paul Bener and Peter Bener
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Direct Positive, Tintype
  • People
  • Unknwon
  • 1860-1870
Paul Bener and Peter Bener
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Tintype of two men in front of studio backdrop of winter scene. They both wear very simple white pullover shirts (don’t seem to be button up) and dark trousers; their suspenders have been pulled down and hang loose. Both have mustaches and dark hair that has been shaved on the sides. They stand apart, but reach out towards one another with their left fists clenched, their left wrists touch. They pull their right hands across their chests, right fists also clenched. Look like mirror images of one another. Inscription on back reads Paul Bener at top, Peter Bener at bottom (name could also be Bever). Left hand corners have been cut. [show more]
Man seated in long duster with man standing hand on seated man's shoulder
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Direct Positive, Tintype
  • People
  • Unknown
  • 1860-1870
Description:
tintype of two men, one standing, one sitting next to him. The seated man wears a white shirt, dark trousers, and a long duster coat, as well as a plaid newsboy-style cap. The man standing next to him has his right hand on the shoulder of the other man, and is wearing a white shirt covered by a long duster, also wears a cap in the same newsboy style. Backdrop of flowers, even looks to be grass underfoot.
Unknown Young Man
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Direct Positive, Daguerreotype
  • People
  • 1850-1870
Unknown Young Man
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Daguerreotype, taken from the neck up, of an unknown young man wearing a formal dark suit with white shirt and large dark bow tie. Wavy dark hair parted on right and combed over. Lots of spotting on face of daguerreotype.
Unknown Man
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Direct Positive, Daguerreotype
  • People
  • 1850-1870
Unknown Man
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Daguerreotype of unknown older man wearing dark suit with vest, white shirt, dark bow tie. Dark hair thinning in front, but worn long over ears.
Unknown Young Man
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Direct Positive, Daguerreotype
  • People
  • 1850-1870
Unknown Young Man
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Daguerreotype of unknown young man with bushy dark hair, wearng dark suit with dark jacket, vest with type of paisley print, white shirt, and large dark bow tie.
Unknown Woman
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Direct Positive, Daguerreotype
  • People
  • 1850-1870
Unknown Woman
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Daguerreotype of unknown woman wearing dark dress with two buttons on bodice, white collar secured with brooch. Has dark hair parted in middle; wears large bonnet with white ruffles around face, flower trim around chin.
Unknown Woman
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Direct Positive, Daguerreotype
  • People
  • 1850-1870
Unknown Woman
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Daguerreotype of unknown woman wearing dark dress with white lace collar, with brooch at collar. Has dark hair parted in middle and combed down, wears white ruffly bonnet to cover hair. Significant deterioration on face of photo; spot obscurring woman’s face.
Woman seated with book
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Direct Positive, Tintype
  • People
  • unknown
  • 1850-1870
Woman seated with book
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Photo within album: page 34. Portrait of unknown woman sitting next to small table, book open on table. Woman wears dark dress with large sleeves, lots of detailing at collar. White collar covered by large brooch. Hair worn long, curly, fastened with bow on top of head.
Unknown woman wearing dark dress
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Direct Positive, Tintype
  • People
  • 1850-1870
Unknown woman wearing dark dress
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Photo within album: page 46. Portrait of unknown woman wearing dark dress with white buttons up placket, small white lace collar. Hair parted in center, pulled back, some curls loose around face. Cheeks hand tinted pink, also seems to be a tiny fleck of gold leaf affixed to indentation at throat.
Receipt for Preble's taxes paid in full
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
  • Document, Financial, Receipt
  • Organizations, Civic
  • People
  • 1873
  • No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
Receipt for Preble's taxes paid in full
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
Description:
Receipt: William P. Preble paid in full $31.22 for state, county, town, and highway taxes for 1873; William H. Preble paid $3.76 for same. Dated 5 Jan 1874; signed William P. Bunker, Collector. Transcribed.
Payments made for service to Town of Cranberry Isles
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
  • Document, Other Documents
  • Organizations, Civic
  • Organizations, School Institution
  • People
  • 1876
  • No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
Payments made for service to Town of Cranberry Isles
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
Description:
Nine documents. Eight Town of Cranberry Isles payment receipts (1876-1877), one 1885 Town of CI Schools ledger page, and one 1887 Town of Tremont receipt. Payments involve individuals including: Hadlock, Gilley, Preble, Stanley, Wayland, Hamor, Fernald, schools. See description of each document.
Ten Town of Cranberry Isles documents 1876-1877
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
  • Document, Other Documents
  • Organizations, Civic
  • People
  • Places, Town
  • 1876
  • No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
Ten Town of Cranberry Isles documents 1876-1877
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
Description:
Ten Town of Cranberry Isles documents 1876-1877, with summary of each item. Includes receipts for tax assessors; Perley and Russell v. Bunker; Gilley; Schooner Wayland; Leonard Holmes; and mention of a ship attacking a vessel, among other things.
Portrait of Abraham Lincoln with Flower Arrangment Stereograph, 1874
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • Object, Art, Floral Piece
  • People
  • 1874
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
Description:
Photograph of a portrait of President Abraham Lincoln surrounded by a flower arrangement. People Depicted: Abraham Lincoln Black and white
George Gibson McMurtry
Great Harbor Maritime Museum
  • Reference
  • People
  • 1876
George Gibson McMurtry
Great Harbor Maritime Museum
Description:
George Gibson McMurtry (November 6, 1876 – November 22, 1958) was a United States Army officer, a Medal of Honor recipient and a Harvard Law-educated Wall Street lawyer. He first served in the Army as a member of the Rough Riders during the Spanish–American War. He received the Medal of Honor as the executive officer of the Lost Battalion during World War I. December 16, 1903, he married Mabel C. Post on Long Island. He was a member of Bar Harbor Club, Pot & Kettle Club. Tombstone in Ledgelawn Cemetery. [show more]
Ledger sheets Capt. Charles E. Bunker, Schooner Como, 1879
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
  • Document, Other Documents
  • People
  • Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner
  • 1879
  • No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
Ledger sheets Capt. Charles E. Bunker, Schooner Como, 1879
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
Description:
This group of five ledger sheets tally Charles E. Bunker’s debits and credits for voyage on Schooner “Como” with cargo "cocoanuts, mahogany, and cedars in account with Odio & Perozo of New York". Loose ledger pages are dated February 6-21, 1879. There are 34,505 cocoanuts; 4 logs mahogany; 4 logs cedar; and 8 logs cedar. No ports or destinations discernible. Documents are signed in New York. (Only Page A transcribed.) The Schooner Como was built in Cherryfield 1873; No.125172; 133 tons. Charles E Bunker was master 1877. These ledgers are part of collection of Clara Rice items (Clara Adeline Richardson Bunker Rice (1847-1923). (Charles Bunker was Clara's second husband of three. Clara Rice was postmistress on Sutton Island in the Cranberry Isles. She may have married a Fernald, then Charles Edward Bunker, and then wed Wilbert Augustus Rice in 1893. ) [show more]
Letter from William H. Preble to his father
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
  • People
  • 1874
  • No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
Letter from William H. Preble to his father
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
Description:
Letter is from William H. Preble to his father William P. Preble, written in Portland, about his mother (Abigail Preble) ill-health, herring, and brother Andrew. Transcribed.
School expenses 1876-1877
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
  • Document, Financial, Receipt
  • Organizations, School Institution
  • People
  • 1876
  • No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
School expenses 1876-1877
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
Description:
Town of Cranberry Isles school payments made to teachers and other school expenses 1876-1877, with teachers names and school agent names, 27 total.
School Agent's Return District 2, 1878
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
  • Document, Government, Government Records
  • Organizations, School Institution
  • People
  • 1878
  • No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
School Agent's Return District 2, 1878
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
Description:
Document, 1 sheet, 2 sides, "School Agent's Return, No. 2" for Cranberry Isles District 2, 1878, filled out by Asa D Stanley, 45 students' names and ages listed: Frank L Stanley, 12; May F Stanley, 10; Josie L Stanley, 7; Flevie? L Stanley, 6; John M Bunker, 9; Charles A Bunker, 7; Leander R Bunker, 5; Frances J Jarvis, 10; Oscar E Jarvis, 8; Charles S Jarvis, 4; Rose P Stanley, 15; Smith S Stanley, 14; Albion M Stanley, 16; Arno P Stanley, 12; Lewis W Stanley, 8; Emery W Richardson, 4; Etta Richardson, 14; W P Richardson, 17; Carrie E Stanley, 17; Gilman J Stanley, 13; Gilbert M Stanley, 9; Maggie M Harding, 6; Edwin H Harding, 15; George H Bunker, 7; Charles H L Harding, 18; Willie P Harding, 11; Samuel D Harding, 4; Oscar S Bulger, 5; Mary E Rosebrook, 14; Gilbert M Rosebrook, 11; Everett L Spurling, 19; Archie S Spurling, 16; Edward A Spurling, 14; Freddie R Spurling, 9; Sarah A Spurling, 6; Nettie A Spurling, 16; Henry E Spurling, 6; Grace M Spurling, 6; Cora L Spurling, 14; George W Spurling, 8; ??? S Trussell, 9; Charles W Trussell, 7; Francis E Trussell, 5; Dorothea R Trussell, 15; George H Ceitahell?, 17. Transcribed. [show more]