1 - 25 of 44 results
Refine Your Search
Subject
- Businesses (2)
- Organizations (13)
- People (13)
- Places (1)
- Structures (2)
- Transportation (1)
- Vessels (3)
- none (12)
Type
- Document✖
- Certificate✖
- Church Certificate (1)
- Baptismal Certificate (1)
- Membership Certificate (16)
Place
- none✖
Date
- 1840s (1)
- 1850s (3)
- 1860s (6)
- 1870s (3)
- 1880s (3)
- 1890s (5)
- 1920s (1)
- 1930s (1)
- 1940s (2)
- 1950s (2)
- 1970s (1)
- 1980s (1)
- 2000s (1)
- 2010s (1)
- none (13)
Contributor
| Title | Type | Subject | Creator | Date | Place | Rights | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Swearing in Certificate, Thurston, John, light keeper Tremont Historical Society |
|
|
|  Swearing in Certificate, Thurston, John, light keeper Tremont Historical Society Description: Swearing in Certificate for Thursto, John as light keeper at Bass Harbor Head Lighthouse, 09/09/1858; Bass Harbor, Tremont, Hancock, Maine. He was the first lkight keeper after the lighthouse was built. | |||
| Certificate of British Registry for schooner Alice T Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
|
|
|
|  Certificate of British Registry for schooner Alice T Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: 1867 Certificate of British Registry for the Schooner Alice T, built 1861 (too large to scan entire document). Official #42664, Port Number 46 Built at Dipper Harbor, Saint John, New Brunswick 1861, launched 10 Sept 1861. Length: 82 ft, 2 tenths, Breadth: 23 feet, 6 tenths, Depth: 9 feet. Built by James Thomson Dipper Harbor County of Saint John, NB. Tonnage 106 tons, 62 tenths. Owners: James Thomson of Dipper Harbour, Mariner, 22 shares, Master of the ship. James Edwards Hamm of Carleton, Loader?, 21 shares. William Henry Harding of Carleton, Surveyor, 21 shares. The Alice T wrecked off the Cranberry Isles in a snow storm January 18, 1867 with a load of lumber. William P. Preble was likely the Surveyor of Wrecks for that year as he was for many years. See below for further information on the Alice T from GCIHS ledgers kept by William P. Preble. See weblink for transcription of PROTEST OF CAPT WM. CLARK OF THE BRITISH SCHR ALICE T OF ST JOHNS N B ENTERED JAN 18TH. 1867. [show more] | ||
| William Preble Commissioner of Wrecks & Lost Goods Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
|
|
|
|  William Preble Commissioner of Wrecks & Lost Goods Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Certificate from Governor John Hubbard designating William Preble Commissioner of Wrecks and Lost Goods for Hancock County for four years "if he shall so long behave himself in office" signed by the Secretary of State 1851 | ||
| Templar's Lodge Charter for Cranberry Isles Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
|
|
|
|  Templar's Lodge Charter for Cranberry Isles Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Charter document: Grand Lodge of North America (State of Maine) Independent Order of Good Templars, organized May 16, 1855, grant unto G. H. Pressey, C. H. Bulger, L. H. Bracy, A. M. Spurling, G. H. Spurling, Wm. P. Preble, H. A. Preble, L. G. Stanley, C. G. Kimball, A. Bunker, J. M. Bunker, S. A. Bunker and their associates this Charter for a Lodge to be known as Ocean Echo Lodge No. 157 located at Cranberry Isles… signed July 4, 1866. Wikipedia: "The IOGT originated as one of a number of fraternal organizations for temperance or total abstinence founded in the 19th century and with a structure modeled on Freemasonry, using similar ritual and regalia. Unlike many, however, it admitted men and women equally, and also made no distinction by race." According to a local 1888 newspaper article they met Tuesday evenings each week at Norwood's Cove School House. [show more] | ||
| Appointment of Postmaster Joseph S. Spurling Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
|
|
|
|  Appointment of Postmaster Joseph S. Spurling Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Certificate, Appointment of Postmaster Joseph S. Spurling, 29 Apr 1862 | ||
| Certificate for William Preble as Notary Public Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
|
|
|
|  Certificate for William Preble as Notary Public Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Document. Certificate: Augusta, Maine, 14 March 1860, William P. Preble of Cranberry Isle, State of Maine, as Notary Public for Hancock County for seven years. Signed by Scott M. Morrill, Governor. Certificate has an ivory and pink impressed and raised seal the State of Maine with the signature of the Governor below it and the notation: Commission Recorded Vol. 4, Page 173. Signed at bottom by Noah Smith, Secretary of State. | ||
| Sunday School "Roll of Honor" Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
|
|
|
|  Sunday School "Roll of Honor" Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Sunday School "Roll of Honor", printed in 1951, hand dated 1956, said by Lucille Sayre to be for GCI Church where her mother Alice White taught Sunday school, with full names of 13 children, and stars indicating (probably) their attendance during 15-week period (item rolled into cylinder shape) | ||
| Record of American and Foreign for shipping Lizzie Maud 1890 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
|
|
|
|  Record of American and Foreign for shipping Lizzie Maud 1890 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Record of American and Foreign Shipping (New York ) for Schooner Lizzie Maud #8446: A: pale blue envelope; B: Certificate to Master on Delivery of Ship's Register and Papers pertaining to Benjamin H. Spurling and the Lizzie Maude of Portland, ME, Consulate of the United States of America has delivered to him the Register and Papers for the schooner 24 July 1890; C: statement of fees paid $3.79. | ||
| Baptismal Register Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
|
|  Baptismal Register Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Photocopy from unknown source showing that Richard Somes and his wife were witnesses at the baptism of a child onn July 23, 1775. | ||||
| Certificate of Associate Membership to the American Museum of Natural History Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
|
|
| Certificate of Associate Membership to the American Museum of Natural History Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Certificate of Associate Membership to the American Museum of Natural History for Dorothy Elder Marcus. (part of the Friday Club papers) | |||
| Lodge Certificate Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
|
|  Lodge Certificate Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Framed Masonic Lodge Certificate for George H. Gilley. Frame has dark finish. Certificate shows symbols for faith, hope and charity. Reads, “Brother George H. Gilley raised to Master Mason Tremont Lodge #77 Nov 16, 1872”. Signed Feb 6th 1873 by Levi Lurvey, Jacob Carroll, William Stanley, John Freeman. backing intact. | ||||
| Masons Certificate Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
|
|  Masons Certificate Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Certificate of membership in Masons for Emmons Pray; signed by Eben Higgins, Lyman Somes, O. Allen. | ||||
| Eastern Star certificate of life membership, Richard O. Allen Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
| Eastern Star certificate of life membership, Richard O. Allen Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Eastern Star certificate of life membership for Richard O. Allen 1970 | |||||
| Certificate of Eastern Star life membership for Bertha Allen Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
| Certificate of Eastern Star life membership for Bertha Allen Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Certificate of Eastern Star life membership for Bertha Allen, 1976 | |||||
| certifcate of memberhsip in Masonic Order for Richard O.Allen Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
| certifcate of memberhsip in Masonic Order for Richard O.Allen Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Certificate of membership in the Masonic Order for Sgt. Richard O. Allen | |||||
| American Legion Certificate of Continuous Membership Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
|
|  American Legion Certificate of Continuous Membership Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Certificate dated March 15, 2006 certifies that David L. Stanley has been a member of The American Legion for 50 years. Accompanying letter gives guidelines for honoring recipients of such certificates. | ||||
| Certificate from Oceanus Dolphins Club Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
|
| Certificate from Oceanus Dolphins Club Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: copy of certificate given for winning the L. Francis Herreshoff rating rule trophy and picture from magazine of A class sailing boats (undated) Previously accessioned as 007.141 | ||||
| Merit Award, Town of Southwest Harbor Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
|
| Merit Award, Town of Southwest Harbor Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Framed 1952 Award of Merit to the town of Southwest Harbor from the Community Promotion Citation Committee, 31 December 1952. | ||||
| Elwood Reed Jr. Membership Certificate American Legion Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
| Elwood Reed Jr. Membership Certificate American Legion Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Continuous Membership Certificate Elwood Reed Jr. | |||||
| Maine Missionary Society--Sally Somes membership certificate Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
| Maine Missionary Society--Sally Somes membership certificate Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: No date. | |||||
| Grand Lodge Document to Hollis M. Smith, 1938 Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
|
| Grand Lodge Document to Hollis M. Smith, 1938 Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: This is a large flat document entitled "Grand Lodge Document" which was issued to Hollis M. Smith. There are two dates on the document. The earlier one is December 30, 1938 next to Mt. Desert Lodge. The next date is January 2, 1939 by Hollis M. Smith. | ||||
| DAR membership certificate for Harriet Somes Sanderson Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
|
|
| DAR membership certificate for Harriet Somes Sanderson Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: 16 x 14 certificate. | |||
| J.H. Douglas GAR certificate Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
|
|
|  J.H. Douglas GAR certificate Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Certificate of transfer and recommendation to any GAR Post. | |||
| Branch Woodworth GAR certificate Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
|
|
| Branch Woodworth GAR certificate Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Certificate of transfer and recommendation to any GAR Post. Occupation farmer Was in Coast Guard | |||
| William Fennelly Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
|
|
| William Fennelly Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Certificate of transfer and recommendation to any GAR Post. |