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You searched for: Date: 1870sSubject: PeopleType: Document
Title Type Subject Creator Date Place Rights
George B. Dorr's Harvard Diploma
Bar Harbor Historical Society
  • Document, Certificate
  • People
  • 1874
  • Bar Harbor
  • Copyright Undetermined
George B. Dorr's Harvard Diploma
Bar Harbor Historical Society
Description:
Framed diploma; Bachelor of Arts in Latin degree to George Bucknam Dorr.
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]
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.
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]
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
Envelope addressed to Capt. Enoch B. Stanley
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
  • People
  • 1876
  • No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
Envelope addressed to Capt. Enoch B. Stanley
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
Description:
Envelope, addressed to "Capt. Enoch B. Stanley, Portland, Maine", with 3-cent stamp, franked 12 Dec 1876, apparently the envelope that letter item 178 was delivered in