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Title Type Subject Creator Date Place Rights
History of Mt. Desert Lodge, No. 140, of Free and Accepted Masons, Mt. Desert, Maine from February 14, 1867 - February 14, 1871
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Publication, Literary, History
  • E.M. Hamor
  • 1871
Description:
History of the Mt. Desert Masonic Ledge from 1867-1871 by E.M. Hamor. Published in Portland by Stephen Berry, Printer in 1871. Includes history of the Lodge's origins, roll of original members, and a list of members.
Nautical Almanac 1876 for schooner Carrie M. Richardson
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
  • Publication, Book
  • Places
  • Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner
  • 1876
  • No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
Nautical Almanac 1876 for schooner Carrie M. Richardson
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
Description:
Journal. Nautical Almanac 1876 containing tables of sun's declination and equation of time and tide by D. Eggert's sons, 23 pages, annotated by Carrie M. Richardson aboard the schooner Carrie M. Richardson. Recording the sun sightings for navigating voyages using dead reckoning; transatlantic journeys are plotted on nautical chart 1 and possibly others of 2015.315.2076. .) From the Lewis Stanley descendants collection. (See also 2015.316.2077 and 2017.388.2163 Initial review of the annotated Nautical Almanac of 1876 indicates that it records the Carrie M. Richardson's journey east from New York starting June 23, 1876; arriving Seville July 22, and departing Seville August 3. She arrived at Cadiz August 5 and left for Boston August 12. A wonderful addition as Nautical Chart 1 (2017.315.2076) only plots the west to east legs of two 1877 and 1878 Spain-to-Cranberry Isles voyages. Decipher the chronometer dead reckoning entries in this Almanac should enableus to plot the route she sailed to reach Spain. (Scanned July 2017) [show more]
Fourteen Weeks in Physics
Tremont Historical Society
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Physics - Study and Teaching
  • Steele, J. Dorman
  • 1878
Fourteen Weeks in Physics
Tremont Historical Society
Description:
Text book, property of Town of Tremont
The Illustrated History of Methodism in Great Britain and America.
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, History
  • Other, Methodist churches
  • Other, Religion
  • Daniels, W. H.
  • 1879.
Description:
Illustrated with over 250 engravings, maps and charts. Stated in front: "Presented to Mount Desert Island Museum by Mrs. Abbie Thomas Richardson."
Mayhew's Practical Book-Keeping
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Book keeping
  • Other, Somesville High School
  • Mayhew, Ira
  • 1874
Mayhew's Practical Book-Keeping
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
School book marked "Ernest R. Kittredge, Somesville High School, September 10, 1874.
Picturesque America, or The Land We Live In, Vol. 1, 1872
Jesup Memorial Library
  • Publication, Periodical, Magazine
  • Places, Island
  • Bryant, William Cullen
  • Fenn, Harry
  • 1872
  • Acadia National Park
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
Description:
Publication featuring pen and pencil drawings by eminent American artists of landscapes and scenery from different parts of the United States. This issue highlights the coast of Maine and Mount Desert Island with drawings by Harry Fenn accompanied by textual descriptions of the landmarks depicted. People Mentioned: Oliver B. Bunce, Abraham Somes