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| Journal 1878-1881 voyages of schooner Carrie M. Richardson Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  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] | ||
| Receipt for Schooner Sea Bird supplies Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Receipt for Schooner Sea Bird supplies Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Receipt, from Perley Russell & Co., Portland, 17 Apr 1878, to Schooner Sea Bird, for food and other items, $345.95 | ||
| Cargo Manifest for Schooner Rozella Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Cargo Manifest for Schooner Rozella Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Cargo Manifest, schooner Rozella, master E.B. Stanley, nav by 4 men and no boys, from Boston to Cranberry Isles, 12 Nov 1875, cargo: 20 bhs salt, 20 brls flour, 24 bshl corn, 2 brls onions, 3 brls apples, 1 brl molasses, 1 brl sugar, 10 oil brls, sundries | ||
| Nautical Almanac 1876 for schooner Carrie M. Richardson Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  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] | ||
| Ledger sheets Capt. Charles E. Bunker, Schooner Como, 1879 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  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] | ||
| Receipt for Schooner S. L. Foster supplies Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  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 |
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|  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 |
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| 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 | ||
| Receipt for Schooner Rozella sails Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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| 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 | ||
| Receipt for repairs to Schooner S. L. Foster Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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| 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. | ||
| Receipt for Schooner Rozella fish Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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| Receipt for Schooner Rozella fish Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Business receipt, account of mackerel packed for schooner Rozella, 26 Jul 1876, $782.40 | ||
| Receipt for Schooner Rozella fish Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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| Receipt for Schooner Rozella fish Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Business receipt, account of mackerel sold, Eli Willard, for schooner Rozella, 26 Jul 1876, $708.22, also on the same sheet, account of mackerel sold Thomas Charles for the schooner Rozella, 26 Jul 1876, $90.26 | ||
| Certificate of discharge for Asa D. Stanley from Schooner Vineyard Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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| Certificate of discharge for Asa D. Stanley from Schooner Vineyard Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Certificate of discharge in good standing of Asa D. Stanley, 41 years old, from Schooner Vineyard, 215 tons, from Goldsboro Maine, E.C. Rosebrook, Master, Asa D. Stanley, Steward, signed by E. Pendleton, Shipping Commissioner, 29 Mar 1875 | ||
| Receipt for compass repair Schooner Sea Bird Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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| Receipt for compass repair Schooner Sea Bird Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Business receipt, C.H. Farley received $0.50 to repair a compass, from schooner Sea Bird, 16 Aug 1875 | ||
| Receipt for jib block Schooner S. L. Foster Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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| Receipt for jib block Schooner S. L. Foster Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Business receipt, William Taylor received $2.00 for a jib block, for schooner S.L. Foster, 31 Jul 1871 | ||
| Receipt for Schooner Sea Bird supplies Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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| Receipt for Schooner Sea Bird supplies Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Business receipt, from Perley Russell & Co. Portland, 16 Apr 1875 for schooner Sea Bird, food and supplies, $360.54 | ||
| Receipt for delivery of sugar from Cuba to NY by Schooner C. F. Young Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Receipt for delivery of sugar from Cuba to NY by Schooner C. F. Young Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Business receipt, attesting Capt. J. Richardson of American Schooner C.F. Young, delivered 100 boxes of sugar weighing 42,108 pounds from Cardenas (Cuba) to New York, 14 Dec 1871 (found in Bob LaHotan's barn when he cleaned it 2001) | ||
| Receipt for painting the S. L. Foster 1878 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Receipt for painting the S. L. Foster 1878 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Business receipt, 8 Oct 1878, To Sidney W. Oakes, from Schooner S.L. Foster, to paint outside & name, $16.62 | ||
| Receipt for Schooner M. L. Rodgus? provisions Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Receipt for Schooner M. L. Rodgus? provisions Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Business receipt, 17 Apr 1876, bought of Heath & Grier, Boston, by Schooner M.L. Rodgus???, Asa D. Stanley (master), items for voyage, $54.53 |