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| Account of Captain Spurling Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Account of Captain Spurling Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Typed copy of article from Bangor Daily News "A Little Bit of Hell--Maine Style. In 1893 he drove a pirate ship away from Trinidad Harbor in his schooner, Cashier. Account by E. Preble, daughter. Brace of revolvers and sword given to Capt. Spurling. | |||
| March 1915 Current Events student newspaper Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  March 1915 Current Events student newspaper Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Friday, March 12, 1915 Current Events student newspaper "Fleets storm Dardanelles" Printed Springfield MA, Chicago, IL, Atlanta, GA | |||
| Re-printed article in the Ellsworth American about the Harry E. Davis Buckboard company, located in Ellsworth and Bar Harbor. Tremont Historical Society |
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|  Re-printed article in the Ellsworth American about the Harry E. Davis Buckboard company, located in Ellsworth and Bar Harbor. Tremont Historical Society Description: Re-printed article in the Ellsworth American about the Harry E. Davis Buckboard company, located in Ellsworth and Bar Harbor. | |||
| A Little Bit of Hell, Maine Style Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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| A Little Bit of Hell, Maine Style Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Article: A Little Bit of Hell, Maine Style. (TBD 1/9/18, article not located; see also pending Backlog item 2501 for possible copy.) See reprint in Cranberry Chronicle Spring 2014 edition, page 7, from Bangor Daily News ca. 1919; Sam Spurling was aboard the Cashier during this event. Introductory paragraph: “A Little Bit of Hell—Maine Style That’s What Capt. Spurling Gave a Pirate. State Gets Tokens of His Courage. from the Bangor Daily News, ca. 1919 It was just ninety-six years ago Tuesday (Jan. 21) that an event happened in the harbor of Trinidad, Cuba, which reflected great credit on the leader of a bold enterprise, recollections of which have recently been stirred in Maine, on account of the purchase by the state of a brace of pistols and a sword from Mrs. E. Preble of Framingham, Mass…..” And see Charles Liebow notes on the Cashier: - CASHIER: Masters - Samuel Spurling & William Moore, Built in Eden in 1820, 30 Gross Tons, 49.8/17.8/5.3: Two masts with a square stern. Perhaps the vessel from which Sam Spurling gave the Caribbean pirates a "little bit of Hell, Maine style." [show more] | ||
| History and Civics, Fifth year, first half, American, discovery, exploration, colonization related old world history, local history, civics Tremont Historical Society |
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| History and Civics, Fifth year, first half, American, discovery, exploration, colonization related old world history, local history, civics Tremont Historical Society Description: Textbook used for 5th grade. Has signature of P. Thurston, McKinley Maine and Patricia Harvell Brown, Allston, Massachusetts. Found in Book were two typewritten copies of "the Indian's Twenty-Third Psalm" | ||
| William Hinton journal 1919 Tremont Historical Society |
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|  William Hinton journal 1919 Tremont Historical Society Description: Journal of William K. Hinton, while in the US Navy, 3/31/1919-1923. William K. Hinton William was a certified boy scout scoutmaster with a term ending in 1932, and from all appearances, was a caring husband and father. William left the area and went back to Ohio around 1936 or 1937, where he had family. Paul would have been 9 or 10 at this time. He worked in Colombus in an electric shop doing radio service work. He later worked at the Curtis Wright plant making electrical connections between the engines and planes. They were not officially divorced? as on William's death certificate, Harriet is listed as surviving spouse. According to this document,William died in El Cajon, California. His occupation is listed as accountant for K.A.L. Industries, which was involved with auctions. As he was a radioman in his navy years, he gravitated to work with radio repair after leaving the area. In a 1971 letter written to Harriet and Paul, he describes his fondness for playing the “numbers", and how he sometimes heard a voice in his dreams that told him which numbers to play! [show more] | ||||
| Sieur de Monts National Monument and its Historical Associations Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| Sieur de Monts National Monument and its Historical Associations Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: George Buckham Dorr is given at the "custodian". The essay includes black and white photographs and describes Sieru de Monts National Monument, which is not "a purchase by the government" but a "gift from citizens." Photocopy | ||
| The Beginner's American History Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  The Beginner's American History Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: U.S. history textbook published by Ginn and Company, c. 1915. Stamped "Property of Trenton School Department" inside front cover. | |||
| Bulletin of The Bar Harbour Print Room, 1916 Jesup Memorial Library |
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| Bulletin of The Bar Harbour Print Room, 1916 Jesup Memorial Library Description: The Bar Harbor Print Room was established in 1915 as a department of the Jesup Memorial Library. Newsletter from the Bar Harbour Print Room at the Jesup Memorial Library listing the hours and providing a brief history of the room. Lists of works on display, gifts and loans made in 1915-1916 are also included. People Mentioned: Albert Eugene Gallatin, Mrs. John T. Linzee, FitzRoy Carrington, Edward Robinson, Herbert C. Pell Jr., Hervey E. Wetzel, Frederic May, Mrs. A. Howard Hinkle, Mrs. Charles B. Perkins [show more] |
| Articles describing the 1916 Firebug Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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| Articles describing the 1916 Firebug Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Two copies of articles describing the 1916 Firebug on the Cranberry Isles with a summary provided by Bruce Komusin | ||
| Religious booklet for Gramie Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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| Religious booklet for Gramie Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Booklet, religious, from Eleanore Mildred Joy to Gramie, 25 Dec 1914 |