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| William E. Gott and Emma L. Joyce Marriage Certificate, April 24, 1897 Tremont Historical Society |
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|  William E. Gott and Emma L. Joyce Marriage Certificate, April 24, 1897 Tremont Historical Society Description: Marriage certificate for William E. Gott and Emma L. Joyce. People Mentioned: Emma E. Joyce, William E. Gott, Erastus L. Gott, Rachel W. Gott, Oliver J. Joyce, Hannah E. Gott, Martin V. Babbidge | |
| Charles A. Trask and Maud E. Mason Marriage Certificate, April 7, 1894 Tremont Historical Society |
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|  Charles A. Trask and Maud E. Mason Marriage Certificate, April 7, 1894 Tremont Historical Society Description: Marriage certificate for Charles A. Trask and Maud E. Mason. People Mentioned: Charles A. Trask, Lorenzo S. Trask, Margaret C. Comeau, Maud E. Mason, Joseph B. Mason, Jennie M. Mason, Perry W. Richardson | |
| Albert E. Eaton and Ina B. Dix Marriage Certificate, December 12, 1894 Tremont Historical Society |
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|  Albert E. Eaton and Ina B. Dix Marriage Certificate, December 12, 1894 Tremont Historical Society Description: Marriage certificate for Albert E. Eaton and Ina B. Dix. People Mentioned: Albert E. Eaton, Hosea Hodgdon, C. Stewart, Ina B. Dix, Thomas Savage, Mary Higgins | |
| James Tinker Death Certificate, April 1893 Tremont Historical Society |
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|  James Tinker Death Certificate, April 1893 Tremont Historical Society Description: Death certificate for James Tinker. People Mentioned: James Tinker, Sarah Daws | |
| Fifth Annual Report of the Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association, September 1894 Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association |
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|  Fifth Annual Report of the Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association, September 1894 Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association Description: Annual report of the Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association. The report includes the addresses of the association's president and vice president made during the annual meeting, individual committee reports, maps of walking paths, a list of members, and the association's charter and by-laws. People Mentioned: C. S Abercrombie, Mrs. Arthur D. Addison, Robert Amory, Mrs. Orlando Ash, H. D. Averill, Albert Clifford Barney, Edgar W. Bass, Mrs. Edgar W. Bass, Waldron Bates, Edith Bell, Arthur Biddle, Christine W. Biddle, Mrs. Henry J. Biddle, Mrs. James J. Bowden, Mrs. G. P. Bowler, Addie Bunker, David A. Bunker, Rosalie Cole Campbell, J. J. Canning, H. G. Chapman, Charles R. Clark, John E. Clark, Edward Coles, Francis M. Conners, Mary E. Crafts, Mrs. Alfred de Castro, Luere B. Deasy, Hasket Derby, Mrs. Hasket Derby, L. Taylor Dickson, George B. Dorr, Mary G. Dorr, Lucy Draper, William P. Draper, Mrs. Henry E. Drayton, Frank S.lin Henry Ellis, Mrs. Franklin Ellis, R. W. Emmons, DeGrasse Fox, Mrs. DeGrasse Fox, Max Franklin, Mrs. George E. Freeman, Mrs. Taylor Frost, Charles Fry, Mrs. Charles Fry, Mrs. James W. Gerard, Mrs. Frederic N. Goddard, Parke Godwin, Charles Green, Augustus C. Gurnee, Delia E. Gurnee, B. L. Hadley, E. C. Haight, George S. Hale, Mrs. George S. Hale, Elihu T. Hamor, H. E. Hapworth, Mrs. Alpheus H. Hardy, Mrs. H. C. Hart, Addie B. Higgins, B. S. Higgins, H. P. Higgins, John T. Higgins, Mrs. John T. Higgins, Mrs. Daniel Hinckley, Asa Hodgkins, John Homans, Charles T. How, Reuben Hoyt, Mrs. William Hunt, Herbert Jaques, Morris K. Jesup, Samuel Johnston, Beatrix Jones, Mrs. F. R. Jones, Walter Kane, John S. Kennedy, Mrs. John S. Kennedy, Adelaide Kimball, Mrs. G. L. Kingsland, R. H. Kittredge, Julius Kurson, Mrs. William Lawrence, William Lawrence, C. S. Leffingwell, Elizabeth Linzee, Mrs. T. C. A. Linzee, Johnston Livingston, Morris Longstreth, Mrs. Morris Longstreth, Fred C. Lynam, Mrs. John Markoe, Mrs. A. L. Mason, Mrs. Nathan Matthews, Nathan Matthews, Fannie Miller, W. A. Milliken, E. C. Minot, H. J. Minot, Louisa S. Minot, M. Minot, S. C. Minot, Mrs. S. S. Minturn, A. W. Morrill, C. J. Morrill, Charles Norris, Clara Norris, Joseph P. Norris, Mrs. Joseph P. Norris, H. M. Norton, David B. Ogden, Mrs. Herbert Parsons, Anna P. Peabody, F. G. Peabody, F. H. Peabody, Mrs. A. P. Peabody, Edmund Pendleton, Iphigenia Z. Place, Mrs. George Place, J. Biddle Porter, Abby A. Potter, Austin Potter, Mrs. R. B. Potter, R. B. Potter, B. C. Reynolds, Gertrude S. Rice, Mrs. William B. Rice, William B. Rice, Eugene B. Richards, George A. Robbins, W. M. Roberts, Serenus H. Rodick, William Rogers, Mrs. John Sanders, Maria D. Saunders, Henry Sayles, A. F. Schauffler, Mrs. A. F. Schauffler, Mrs. Thomas A. Scott, Mary Shannon, Gardiner Sherman, William H. Sherman, C. Morton Smith, Edward A. Smith, F. Fremont Smith, Mrs. Charles D. Smith, Mrs. A. F. Stout, Mrs. R. S. Sturgis, J. Madison Taylor, Mrs. J. Madison Taylor, J. B. Thayer, Mrs. J. B. Thayer, Frank Thompson, Augustus Thorndike, Mrs. A. D. Torrey, George Vanderbilt, E. C. Washington, Mrs. W. Herbert Washington, W. Herbert Washington, George D. Wescott, George M. Wheeler, George G. Wheelock, E. C. White, H. C. Wilkins, Frances E. Wood, Joseph Wood [show more] | |
| Gardiner Sherman Village Improvement Appointment Postcard, August 22, 1893 Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association |
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|  Gardiner Sherman Village Improvement Appointment Postcard, August 22, 1893 Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association Description: Postcard used to notify members of the Village Improvement Association of their appointment to a committee. | |
| Rear view of Preble House with William Pitt Preble and two women Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Rear view of Preble House with William Pitt Preble and two women Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Photo, ca. 1895, rear view of the Preble House showing William Pitt Preble (1811-1905) with two women. The woman on the left could be Preble's second wife, Jane Matilda Hadlock Sanford Preble (1826-1898). The house was built by Captain Samuel Hadlock, Jr. and Samuel Spurling ca. 1827, and was occupied by Hadlocks and Prebles related through marriage or blood for its first century. The house and property have expanded and contracted over the course of its nearly 200 years. It was restored in the late 1940s and stands today as one of the largest and most historic homes on Great Cranberry Island. It was the boyhood home of Civil War General Andrew Barclay Spurling who was born across the street in the Freeman house. [show more] | ||
| Letter from William H. Preble to William P. Preble Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Letter from William H. Preble to William P. Preble Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Letter is from William H. Preble to his father William P. Preble in 1891. He explains there have been many fatal cases of the grippe (flu); suggestions for how to handle repairs and sale of the GCI meeting house (church); and that his brother Andrew is disposing of his interests in the company (presumably Chicago Rawhide Mfg); Transcribed. | ||
| School photo ca. 1890 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  School photo ca. 1890 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Photo, Rocky Hill School-Carl Hardy's House (later Malcolm Donald's house) ca. 1890. From right: Mamie Spurling Birlem, Charles Spurling, Jr. (brother and sister), Elva Stanley (Addie's Sister), Perley Stanley, Sadie Bulger, Pink Bulger, Sadie Bunker Steele Sevenson, Lena Spurling (Eber's wife), Lena Ladd, Frank Bunker, Annie Bunker Spurling (Millard's wife), Harvey Bulger, Mrs. Rich (Teacher), Roy Bulger, Vida Crosley, Peter Richardson (Charles), Philmore Steele, Addie Duran, John Steele, Ida Stover, Alfred Ladd (note: List of names is on a handwritten note underneath the red cover at back of picture) [show more] | ||
| Letter re: Preble v. Sanford case Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Letter re: Preble v. Sanford case Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Document (three pages, A, B, and C). A - letter signed 'Bro Will' (likely William P. Preble) and addressed to 'Sister Lucinda', regarding papers received from Peter, and making sure 'Father' has copies of them. Mention of having to 'make up a new account = since 1892'. Dated Chicago, October 21, 1898. B - Copy (handwritten) of letter sent to 'Father', regarding a matter with Mr. Peters and getting 'your acct all right'. Mentions details of 'Sam' (likely Sammy Sanford) suing the Preble's, and that 'his account rendered only goes back to 6 years'. Dated Chicago, October 21st, 1898. C - at head of letter is written 'Copy of declaration in Sanford's suit'. Written to William P. Preble, with dollar amounts of medical attendence, food and clothing, and services rendered between 1892 and 1898, totaling $2200. [show more] | ||
| Letter from Sanford to Preble Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Letter from Sanford to Preble Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Document (three consecutive pages, A, B, and C. Likely that one or more pages are missing). Letter addressed to 'Father Preble, Cranberry Isles', dated February 12th, 1899, from Seawall ME. Author (Sammy Sanford?) is discussing the repair of various tools and furniture, presumeably belonging to 'Father Preble' (William P?). Third page ends with a reference, '... the next time I come on The Island'. | ||
| Promissory note Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Promissory note Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Business receipt. Two sides. Dated April 29, 1899, Boothbay Harbor. Signed by W. H. Preble, a promise to pay $159 to B. H. Spurling for "value received". | ||
| Receipt for items purchased by Schooner Lizzie Maud Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Receipt for items purchased by Schooner Lizzie Maud Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Business invoice (photocopy). "Portland, Me 189_, Sch {Schooner] Lizzie Maud & Owners, Bought of H.H. Hay & Son, Druggists, Junction Free & Middle Streets." Stamped May 19, 1892 in bottom right corner. Sixteen items were bought; many are hard to read, but some include "2 oz. spt. [spirits of] Camphor 8 cents, 2 oz. tinct [tincture of] Rhei [powdered rhubarb] 10 cents, 1 oz. sulph. [sulphuric] ether 8 cents, etc." The most expensive item bought is "1 Ritter's Manual 50 cents." This is a merchant marine oriented first aid manual issued in 1877. A photo of H.H. Hay's Portland store is available at http://www.vintagemaineimages.com/bin/Detail?ln=23426 [show more] | ||
| Sanford v. Preble documents Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Sanford v. Preble documents Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Document: List of items & expenses that Sanford owes Preble up to date 20 Oct 1898, probably prepared by Preble in preparation for the trlal Sanford vs Preble. Transcribed. | ||
| Letter Sanford to Preble Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Letter Sanford to Preble Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Letter: partial, from Samuel C. Sanford to William P. Preble, listing Sanford's personal property, ca. 1898. Transcribed. | ||
| Letter from Preble's grandson Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Letter from Preble's grandson Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Letter: W.P. Preble (grandson) to William P. Preble, undated, about grandson's search for letters his grandfather asked for, and mentioning that the grandfather said in 1898 that he was "...unable to attend to business any longer, my strength is failing and I am wasting away, and ... I just put everything in your hands, and cannot attend to it any longer." Transcribed. | ||
| William Preble transfers affairs to his son Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  William Preble transfers affairs to his son Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Letter: William P. Preble to Wm. H. Preble (son), 7 Nov 1898, putting his entire affairs into his son's hands, and complaining of Samuel Sanford's recent change to ungratefulness. This is the letter referred to in item #825. Transcribed. | ||
| School photo 1892 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  School photo 1892 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Copy of photograph 1000.123.994, annotated with names of school children standing outside the old school house on Schoolhouse Hill ca. 1892 or 1893.(The Malcolm Donald house.) Annotations: 0000736.jpg 1000.27.736 “Estimate 1892 because Addie Stanley [Duren] appears to be 6 or 7 years old. Left to right (back row to front row): Lena Ladd, Miss Rich, Millicent Harding (?Pink Oscar Bulger of Hilda & Margery), Frank Bunker, Sadie Harding (Harvey Bulger)-Cox house, Brother Spurling, Sadie Bunker, Lena Spurling, Annie Bunker, Millard Spurling, Perley Stanley, Elna Stanley, Mamie Spurling, ?Ida Stover, Alfred Ladd, Roy Bulger (Bea Weinrich house?), Charles Richardson (?Capp Kane house), Johnnie Steele (1880-1911), Philmore Steele, Addie Stanley 1886-1973, Vida Stanley, Harvey Bulger (?Cox house).” (See 1000.123.994 for original photograph with teacher and children's names.) Compare with 2018.272.2018. [show more] | ||
| Sources of income for William P. Preble Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Sources of income for William P. Preble Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Document, 1 handwritten sheet, apparently by William P. Preble 1898 or after, listing sources of income: $200 to administer Thomas Stanley estate, $440 from Post Office for years 1893-1897, $500 from sale of Union Meeting House in 1896, $50 for sale of land to William P. Richardson. Also lists all his farming & animal husbandry activities. Item given to Komusin by Dot & Andy McSorley, when he bought his land from them. Transcribed. | ||
| Memorial tribute to Rev. Charles Elliott Harwood 1897 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Memorial tribute to Rev. Charles Elliott Harwood 1897 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Newpaper clipping, Memorial tribute to Rev. Charles Elliott Harwood by Rev. Joseph R. Norwood, St. Mary's by-the-sea, 19 Apr 1897 | ||
| Receipt for repairs for Schooner S. L. Foster Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Receipt for repairs for Schooner S. L. Foster Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Bill from I.L. Snow & Co. Rockland ME, 17 May 1898, to Schooner S.L. Foster, for ship repair, $80.23, with nice photo of Rockland Harbor printed on the bill. Also, slip acknowledging payment for same on 1 Sep 1898. Both were attached together with steel straight pin, which had rusted. | ||
| Receipt for Schooner S. L. Foster expense Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Receipt for Schooner S. L. Foster expense Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Bill from Wilbur H. Smith Dr. (dealer) Manset ME, 26 Oct 1898, to Schooner S.L. Foster, for misc. merchandise, $2.90 Paid in full the next day. | ||
| Receipt for Schooner S. L. Foster expenses Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Receipt for Schooner S. L. Foster expenses Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Bill from Wilbur H. Smith Dr. (Dealer) Manset ME, 26 Aug 1898, to Schooner S. L. Foster, for misc. merchandise, $0.60 Paid in full the next day. | ||
| Receipt for Schooner S. L. Foster misc expenses Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Receipt for Schooner S. L. Foster misc expenses Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Bill from Wilbur H. Smith Dr. (dealer) Manset ME, 27 Jun 1898, to Schooner S.L. Foster, for misc. merchandise, $1.60 Paid the next day. | ||
| Receipt for Schooner S. L. Foster misc expenses Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Receipt for Schooner S. L. Foster misc expenses Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Bill from Wilbur H. Smith Dr. (dealer) Manset ME, 2 Apr 1898, to Schooner S. L. Foster, for misc. merchandise, $10.15 Paid 13 Apr 1898. |