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| Map of Mount Desert Island Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Map of Mount Desert Island Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Black line print of existing map. Size: 15" by 20" | |||
| Glimpses of Three Coasts. Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Glimpses of Three Coasts. Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Miss Mary Somes's signature is on front page and date. Book is about other coasts, not Maine. From the Somes House. | ||
| Kings of the Battlefield Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| A Practical English Grammar... Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| A Practical English Grammar... Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Grammar rules with exercises. written on back page: We went down by about half past three, there was a gray headed man with him. I did not know who it was untill he spoke. I was out side of the road picking flowers, as I did not have anything else to do. I got all ready to go to S. School. Why didn't you go. Because is would not change my dress again. Mother said it was going to rain and I could not ware (sic) my gray dress. | ||
| A Graded Spelling Book Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| A Graded Spelling Book Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: "Being a Complete Course in Spelling for Primary and Grammar Schools." | ||
| McGuffey’s Eclectic Primer Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  McGuffey’s Eclectic Primer Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Incorporates phonic, word, and alphabet methods; includes exercises in writing in script letters and in reading same. | |||
| Gospel Hymns No. 4 Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| Gospel Hymns No. 4 Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Stated on cover: "As Used by Them in Gospel Meetings." Publ. by John Church & Co, Cincinnati. Contains title and first line index. | ||
| Gospel Hymns No. 5 Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Gospel Hymns No. 5 Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Stated on cover: "For use in Gospel Meetings and other Religious Services; with standard selections." Publ. by Biglow & Main, NY. Contains title, first line and topical indexes. Handwritten inside cover: "Mrs. _.A. Rumill, Pretty Marsh, Maine, July 26, 1890" | ||
| Letter to Eugene Stanley re account of his father Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Letter to Eugene Stanley re account of his father Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Letter to Mr. Stanley indicating "unsettled accounts for a number of years" for a total of $59.35. Bain Russell & Co. are Ship Stores and Ship Chandlery in Portland, Maine; Mr. Stanley's father had recently died, apparently at sea, for mention is made in the letter of recovering the body. | |||
| The Home Library of Useful Knowledge. Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  The Home Library of Useful Knowledge. Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: A Complete Cyclopedia of Reference. Bound into the front is a Home Library Association Certificate of Membership, No.293316, certifying Mr. L. Allen as a member. Certificate dated Aug. 17, 1889. | ||
| Book of Common Prayer. Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| Book of Common Prayer. Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: "And Administration of the Sacraments and Other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church, according to the use of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America." Marked on back cover: St. Mary by the Sea. | |||
| The Normal Fourth Reader Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  The Normal Fourth Reader Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Inscribed in front: Carrie K. Wiggins, West Eden, Maine | ||
| A Geneaolgy and Historical Notices of the Family of Plimpton or Plympton in America and of Plumpton in England. Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  A Geneaolgy and Historical Notices of the Family of Plimpton or Plympton in America and of Plumpton in England. Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Handwritten notes by Virginia Somes Sanderson in front. | ||
| The Ladies' Note-Book and Calendar Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  The Ladies' Note-Book and Calendar Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: 3" X 5.5" 24-page booklet that includes "receipts" (recipes), blank pages for notes, home remedies for various ailments, and a calendar. | ||||
| Mount Desert & Adjacent Islands, Embracing the Towns of Eden, Mount Desert, Tremont, Cranberry Isles Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Mount Desert & Adjacent Islands, Embracing the Towns of Eden, Mount Desert, Tremont, Cranberry Isles Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Reproduction of a map from Colby's Atlas of Hancock County (1881). Contains text descriptions of Mount Desert Island, Cranberry Isles and Mount Desert Rock with specific references to their locations in relation to Mount Desert Island, Maine. It shows, with lesser emphasis, the place names: Bar Harbor, SW Harbor, NE Harbor. Contains enlarged window showing Mount Desert Village (Somesville). Description of MDI mentions the incorporation in 1838 of "Seaville," a group of islands that included Bartlett's, Robinson's and Hardwood Islands in 1838. This incorporation was repealed in 1859. [show more] | |||
| Bond for Deed, Reuben W. Carter to Bloomfield Smith Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Bond for Deed, Reuben W. Carter to Bloomfield Smith Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Reuben W. Carter to pay Bloomfield R. Smith $10,000.00 for c.40 acres of land on Beech Hill in Mt. Desert. Land described by who owns other land to north, south and west and by the county road to the east. (However, there is some confusion about who is the seller and who the buyer.) | ||||
| Quit-Claim Deed Harvey F. Deming Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Quit-Claim Deed Harvey F. Deming Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Mary E. Black et al of Ellsworth, sole heir of Harvey F. Deming, discharges mortgage of Harvey F. Deming to William T. Mason, the debt having already been paid. | ||||
| Quit-Claim Deed, John J. Somes et al to William P. Smith Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| Quit-Claim Deed, John J. Somes et al to William P. Smith Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: John J. Somes (and Ann R. Fennelly, Adelma F. Joy, Kate J. Stevens), heirs of Jacob Somes of Mt. Desert, quit-claim to William P. Smith described land "at Somesville". | ||||
| Quit-Claim Deed, Heirs of Jacob Somes to William P. Smith Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| Quit-Claim Deed, Heirs of Jacob Somes to William P. Smith Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Heirs of Jacob Somes (John J. Somes, Leonice K. Somes, Kate Y[?] Stevens, Adelma F. Joy, Ann R. Fennelly, William Fennelly) quit-claim to William P. Smith land described in document. This deed is to correct an error or omission in a former [1887] deed of the same premises. Furthermore, in this document Rebecca T. Somes, widow of Jacob Somes relinquishes her "right of dower in the above described premises..." | ||||
| Warranty Deed, William P. Smith to Henry M. Hobert Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| Warranty Deed, William P. Smith to Henry M. Hobert Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: William P. Smith sale of land in Somesville to Henry M. Hovert of Chicago. Land described in deed, north of school house on east side of county road. | ||||
| Bill from W.B. Campbell to Dr. H.M. Hobart Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| Bill from W.B. Campbell to Dr. H.M. Hobart Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Bill from W.B. Campbell to H.M. Hobart of Chicago for researching (?) title of the William P. Smith lot in Mt. Desert. This Hobart is likely the same person listed as Hovert in 015.FIC.033.14. | ||||
| Photo Album Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Photo Album Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Faded yellow photo album. The back still has some bright yellow, but the front and binding are worn and faded. There is a metal emblem on the cover, 1”x2”. There is a metal clasp on the sides of the back and front covers, but it is missing a clasp to connect them. The back cover has circular metal fastenings in each corner. The album has 22 leaves with spaces for photos on each side. There are photos in all but the very last space. The inside of the cover and the first page are white and textured. Written on the second page is “Annie Walker, December 25, 1882.” Printed opposite is “Photographs” in large eloquent letters on a scroll design. Includes photos catalogued #999-887-1057 to #997-929-1099 [show more] | |||
| Ledger Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| Ledger Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Small paper ledger c. 1889 belonging to Smith who owned the Somesville Store | |||
| Invitation to reception for Gov. Robie Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Invitation to reception for Gov. Robie Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Handwritten invitation and printed card to Mr. William Kittredge for reception for Governor Robie and staff, Citizens of Ellsworth, Hancock Hall, February 22, 1884. | ||||
| Mt Desert Dramatic Company, Nick of the Woods Advertising, 1880 Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| Mt Desert Dramatic Company, Nick of the Woods Advertising, 1880 Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Theatre Poster from The Mt. Desert Dramatic Company, Long newsprint taking place at Whiting's Hall Addmission 25 cents |