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Letter from George H. Street to Eliot
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
  • George H. Street
  • 10/11/1924
Letter from George H. Street to Eliot
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
1 Handwritten page Letter transfering the rights to the plates and offering support to Eliot in publishing another edition.
Letter from Helen Street Ranney to Eliot
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
  • Helen Street Ranney
  • 10/11/1924
Letter from Helen Street Ranney to Eliot
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
1 Handwritten page Letter expressing grattitude and excitement over the upcomming new edition to her father's History of Mount Desert.
Tranfer of Ownership
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Document, Legal, Agreement
  • Houghton Mifflin Co.
  • 10/11/1924
Tranfer of Ownership
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
1 typed page Signed transfer of ownership of the plates from the History of Mount Desert to Houghton Mifflin Co. by George H. Street.
Tranfer of Ownership
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Document, Legal, Agreement
  • Houghton Mifflin Co.
  • 10/1924
Tranfer of Ownership
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
1 typed page Signed transfer of ownership of the plates from the History of Mount Desert to Houghton Mifflin Co. by Helen Street Ranney
Letter from Houghton Mifflin Co. to S.A. Eliot
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
  • Houghton Mifflin Co.
  • 12-9-1924
Letter from Houghton Mifflin Co. to S.A. Eliot
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
1 typed page Letter from Houghton Mifflin Co to Eliot about a letter to Mrs. Hinckley about the need to correct errors in the origional History of Mount Desert before a new edition is published. Letter was sent from William O. Sawtelle to Mrs. Hinckley.
Contact between Houghton Mifflin Co and S.A. Eliot
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Document, Legal, Agreement
  • Houghton Mifflin Co.
  • 1/26/1925
Contact between Houghton Mifflin Co and S.A. Eliot
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
1 typed page Contact between Houghton Mifflin Co and S.A. Eliot covering copyrights and royalties for the next printing of Mount Desert: A History.
Letter from S.A. Eliot to Professor Sawtelle
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
  • S.A. Eliot
  • 12/16/1924
Letter from S.A. Eliot to Professor Sawtelle
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
2 typed pages. This is a copy of a letter from S. A. Eliot to Sawtelle about Houghton Mifflin Company wanting to publish another edition of History of Mount Desert. The author of the letter is writing to see if Sawtelle feels there are any corrections or additions he fells should be added to another edition.
Letter from Helen Street Ranney to Eliot
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
  • S.A. Eliot
  • 1924
Letter from Helen Street Ranney to Eliot
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
2 handwritten pages. Response to his letter to her about the possibility of printing another edition of The History Of Mount Desert and her transferral the copyright to Eliot. Discussion of her urging her brother to also forfeit the copyright of the book.
Letter between S.A. Eliot and Ferris Greenslot
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
  • S.A. Eliot
  • 8/24/1925
Letter between S.A. Eliot and Ferris Greenslot
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
2 typed pages Copy of a letter from S.A. Eliot, to Ferris Greenslot discussing the errors he feel are in the contract between Houghton Mifflin & Co and himself. He acknowledges he has the chapter and bibliography finished and has consulted with Sawtelle on needed changes. Eliot is waiting a response from Greenslot about the contract and copyright before he sends the new material.
Letter between Ferris Greenslot and S.A. Eliot
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
  • Houghton Mifflin & Co.
  • 3/31/1925
Letter between Ferris Greenslot and S.A. Eliot
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
1 typed page Letter from Ferris Greenslot outlining their aceptance of Eliot's changes to the book and suggesting some changes to make the new text fit the size of the origional pages. There maybe a page missing from this letter.
Letter between Ferris Greenslot and S.A. Eliot
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
  • Houghton Mifflin & Co.
  • 8/26/1925
Letter between Ferris Greenslot and S.A. Eliot
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
1 typed page Letter Ferris Greenslot stating that he feels S.A. Eliot could sign the orgional contract and that he would be happy to send a new contract to Eliot once he is back in Boston.
Bibliography
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Document, List, Bibliography
  • S.A. Eliot
  • Unknown
Bibliography
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
18 typed and handwritten pages S.A. Eliot's bibliography for the new edition of Mount Desert: A History.
Letter between Ferris Greenslot and S.A. Eliot
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
  • S.A. Eliot
  • 4/6/1926
Letter between Ferris Greenslot and S.A. Eliot
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
1 typed page Copy of a letter from S.A. Eliot and Greenslot covering the necessary changes to the new edition of the book: typo corrections, addition of an updated map, combination of chapters 7 & 8 into one, and renumbering of pages.
Letter between Eben M. Hannors and Rev. George E. Street
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
  • Eben M. Hannors
  • unknown
Letter between Eben M. Hannors and Rev. George E. Street
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
1 handwritten page Letter from Eben M. Hannors to Rev. George E. Street offering to send genealogies of some of the early families of Mount Desert. These will not include the Abraham and John Somes' families. He will also furnish, if needed, a biographical sketch of himself along with a photograph.
Notes for Chapter Four
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Document, Manuscript
  • S.A. Eliot
  • Unknown
Notes for Chapter Four
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
11 handwritten page Handwritten notes and a draft of chapter four of the new edition to the Mount Desert: A History.
The Dutch in Mount Desert
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Document, Manuscript
  • S.A. Eliot
  • unknown
The Dutch in Mount Desert
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
3 handwritten pages Manuscript of information to be considered for inclusion in the new edition of Mount Desert: A History. These pages concern the visit of Henry Hudson to the Island.
Extracts from Robert Juet's account of the 3rd Voyage of Master Henry Hudson
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Document, Manuscript
  • S.A. Eliot
  • unknown
Description:
3 typed pages Manuscript of information to be considered for inclusion in the new edition of Mount Desert: A History. These pages concern Robert Juet's diary of the 3rd voyage of Henry Hudson to Mount Desert.
John Peters' survey of lots at Bar Harbor 1789-1791
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Document, Manuscript
  • S.A. Eliot
  • unknown
John Peters' survey of lots at Bar Harbor 1789-1791
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
3 typed pages Manuscript of information to be considered for inclusion in the new edition of Mount Desert: A History. These pages document twelve lots of 100 acres each of various people in the town of Bar Harbor.
Petition of J. C. Cockle of Mount Desert , 1785
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Document, Manuscript
  • S.A. Eliot
  • unknown
Petition of J. C. Cockle of Mount Desert , 1785
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
3 typed pages Manuscript of information to be considered for inclusion in the new edition of Mount Desert: A History. These pages document a petition on behalf of John Benard to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts to obtain another copy of the deed to his land and to confirm ownership of said lands after they were stolen from him.
Notes on Early Families of Mount Desert
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Document, Manuscript
  • S.A. Eliot
  • unknown
Notes on Early Families of Mount Desert
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
7 hand written pages Manuscript of information to be considered for inclusion in the new edition of Mount Desert: A History. These pages are for inclusion in chapter five and contain notes about early families of Mount Desert Island.
Early Settlements of Town Hill now West Eden
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Document, Manuscript
  • S.A. Eliot
  • unknown
Early Settlements of Town Hill now West Eden
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
2 typed pages Manuscript of information to be considered for inclusion in the new edition of Mount Desert: A History. These pages document the arrival of Joseph Mayo, Jesse Higgins, and David Higgins to Mount Desert Island after the Revolutionary War.
Notes on various topics
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Document, Manuscript
  • S.A. Eliot
  • unknown
Notes on various topics
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
11 handwritten pages Manuscript of information to be considered for inclusion in the new edition of Mount Desert: A History. These pages are notes on a variety of topics: town of Eden back in 1798, the voyage of an unknown vessel, the death of a sailor.
Captain Argall's Adventure
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Document, Manuscript
  • S.A. Eliot
  • unknown
Captain Argall's Adventure
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
1 typed page Manuscript of information to be considered for inclusion in the new edition of Mount Desert: A History. These pages talk about Captain Argall's taking of a French ship and settlement in northern Virginia and brining the loot back to Jamestown.
Siege of the French by the English
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Document, Manuscript
  • S.A. Eliot
  • unknown
Siege of the French by the English
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
2 typed page Manuscript of information to be considered for inclusion in the new edition of Mount Desert: A History. These pages recount the attack on a French settlement by the English as told from the French perspective.
Siege of St. Sauveur
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Document, Manuscript
  • S.A. Eliot
  • unknown
Siege of St. Sauveur
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
2 typed page Manuscript of information to be considered for inclusion in the new edition of Mount Desert: A History. These pages recount the attack on St. Sauveur.