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You searched for: Date: 1870sType: Document
Title Type Subject Creator Date Place Rights
Wild Gardens Hayward Lot
Jesup Memorial Library
  • Document, Other Documents
  • 1879-09-23
  • Mount Desert
Wild Gardens Hayward Lot
Jesup Memorial Library
Description:
Hand written descriptions of lots in Mt. Desert
Sarah Bunker Autograph Book
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
  • Document, Memorabilia, Album, Autograph Album
  • People
  • Sarah Bunker
  • 1874
  • Cranberry Isles, Great Cranberry Island
  • No Copyright - United States
Sarah Bunker Autograph Book
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
Description:
An autograph book owned by Sarah Bunker. This book has autographs and notes from Sarah's friends. Most of the book is signed by people living in places like Bangor, Ellsworth and Bangor. Sixty-two double sided sheets. All pages autographed except two at front of book.
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.
Telegram Benj Spurling to Perley Russell
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
  • Document, Correspondence, Telegram
  • Businesses, Store Business
  • 1877
  • In Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Permitted
Telegram Benj Spurling to Perley Russell
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
Description:
Telegram, from Benj. Spurling, Somesville, Maine ?Apr 4? 1877, to Perley Russell, Portland Me, "Send by boat to SW Harbor Friday three lbs each no eighteen twelve and six and four of nine seine twine" (found in Bob LaHotan's barn when he cleaned it 2001)
Shoemaker's hammer patent
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
  • Document, Government, Government Records
  • Businesses, Other Business
  • 1878
  • No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
Shoemaker's hammer patent
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
Description:
Document, 2 sheets, Patent, #199,568, "Lasting-Hammer", 1878. Mickey Macfarlan wrote on it "A shoemaker's hammer found in Capt. Bert's house" (See hammer item 2002.20.1241) (See also items 1240-1245.)
Telegram, blank, for use in the 1870s
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
  • Document, Correspondence, Telegram
  • Businesses, Service Business
  • 1870
  • No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
Telegram, blank, for use in the 1870s
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
Description:
Telegram, blank, for use in the 1870s, dated 187_ (found in Bob LaHotan's barn when he cleaned it 2001)
Sale of real estate to John E. Bunker 1874
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
  • Document, Financial, Sales Record
  • Businesses, Service Business
  • 1874
  • No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
Sale of real estate to John E. Bunker 1874
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
Description:
Document, 1 sheet, legal contract dated 27 Mar 1874, by Joseph Perley and John Russell, partners in "Perley & Russell", to sell "certain real estate" on Cranberry Island to John E. Bunker for $525, payable in two notes of $262.50 each, at 7.5% interest, one payable in 1 year, the other in 2 years. The land was previously sold to Perley & Russell by Bunker himself. Transcribed.
School Agent's Census Return 1878
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
  • Document, Student Record
  • Organizations, School Institution
  • 1878
  • No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
School Agent's Census Return 1878
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
Description:
Document, 1 sheet, 2 sides, "School Agent's Census Return, 1878" for Cranberry Isles District 4, filled out by William A Rice, witnessed by William P Preble, 19 students' names and ages listed: Loring E Rice, 16; Carrie E Rice, 18; Sophia A Rice, 13; Herbert A Rice, 9; Seth H Rice, 6; Walter L Fernald, 20; R H B Fernald, 18; A C Fernald, Jr, 17; Cora M Fernald, 8; Gilbert A Rice, 7; Cora A Richardson, 9; Eugene P Stanley, 19; Hettie M Gilley, 18; Laura A Gilley, 15; Mary E Gilley, 11; John Pung, 19; Sarah P Smallidge, 8; Ida K Smallidge, 7; Augusta A Smallidge, 4. Transcribed. [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]
Receipt for paint and other items
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
  • Document, Financial, Receipt
  • Businesses, Other Business
  • 1876
  • No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
Receipt for paint and other items
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
Description:
Receipt, from Sargent Lord & Co., Portland, 22 Apr 1876, to Capt. E.B. Stanley, for paint and other items, $59.66
Receipt for stove parts
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
  • Document, Financial, Receipt
  • Businesses, Store Business
  • 1876
  • In Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Permitted
Receipt for stove parts
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
Description:
Receipt, from O.M. & D.W. Nash, Portland, 29 Nov 1876, to E.B. Stanley, for stove parts, $5.25
Receipt for Schooner S. L. Foster supplies
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
  • Document, Financial, Receipt
  • Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner
  • 1879
  • No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
Receipt for Schooner S. L. Foster supplies
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
Description:
Receipt, handwritten, Perley Russell & Co., Portland, 8 Apr 1879, sold to Freeman Stanley, Schooner S.L Foster, flour, beef, molasses, $15.80
Receipt for Schooner S. L. Foster supplies
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
  • Document, Financial, Receipt
  • Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner
  • 1879
  • No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
Receipt for Schooner S. L. Foster supplies
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
Description:
Receipt, Perley Russell & Co., Portland, 8 Apr 1879, sold to schooner S.L. Foster, food & supplies, $393.78
Letter arranging sale of vessel and coal
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
  • Vessels, Boat
  • 1876
  • No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
Letter arranging sale of vessel and coal
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
Description:
Letter from Ben Spurling, Cranberry Isles, 17 Dec 1876 to Capt. Stanley, making arrangements to sell part of Spurling's vessel and to order coal
Letter from Hamor to Stanley re: bill settlement
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
  • Businesses, Other Business
  • 1876
  • No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
Letter from Hamor to Stanley re: bill settlement
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
Description:
Letter from J.R. Hamor, CI, 1 Nov 1876, to Capt. Stanley, asking Capt. to pay and settle bills and fetch items
Letter from Guptill to Stanley
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
  • People
  • 1879
  • No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
Letter from Guptill to Stanley
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
Description:
Letter and envelope from C.J. Guptill Winter Harbor, 14 Feb 1879, to Capt. Stanley, friendly business letter about fish & visit
Receipt for Schooner Rozella sails
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
  • Document, Financial, Receipt
  • Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner
  • 1876
  • No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
Receipt for Schooner Rozella sails
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
Description:
Bill, from Lyman Toby & Co., Portland, 6 Sep 1876, to Schooner Rozella, for manila sail yards, $8.70
Bill for tobacco, oil and food
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
  • Document, Financial, Receipt
  • Businesses, Store Business
  • 1876
  • No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
Bill for tobacco, oil and food
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
Description:
Bill, from Perley Russell & Co., Portland, 26 Dec 1876, to Joshua Dodge, for tobacco, oil, and food, $65.19
Receipt for crackers and twine
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
  • Document, Financial, Receipt
  • Businesses, Store Business
  • 1875
  • No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
Receipt for crackers and twine
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
Description:
Business receipt, from Perley Russell & Co. Portland, 2 Dec 1875, to D.K. Stanley, for crackers and twine, $8.80
Receipt for repairs to Schooner S. L. Foster
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
  • Document, Financial, Receipt
  • Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner
  • 1878
  • No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
Receipt for repairs to Schooner S. L. Foster
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
Description:
Business receipt, from John Blair, manager of Townsend Marine Railway, 30 Mar 1878, to schooner S.L. Foster, for hauling boat and painting bottom, $31.50.