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| Receipt for Schooner Rozella supplies Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Receipt for Schooner Rozella supplies Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Business receipt, from Perley, Russel & Co., Portland, list of supplies bought by schooner Rozella | |||
| Receipts for Schooners S. L. Foster, Rozella, Sea Bird, and Relief Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Receipts for Schooners S. L. Foster, Rozella, Sea Bird, and Relief Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Business receipts, 1878 (A) and 1898 (B). 1000.3.218(A) is from Potter and Wrightington, Boston, to Enoch Stanley for the Schooners S.L. Foster, Rozella, Sea Bird, and Relief: $2553.89 for fish. 1000.3.218(B) is a receipt for the Schooner S. L. Foster bought of Sm. Newman, Manset Maine 1898 various items like rope, sail line, nails, knife, keg, coffee and tea pots, spoons etc purchased March through September 1898 total $34.82. | |||
| Receipt for Schooner Sea Bird supplies Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Receipt for Schooner Sea Bird supplies Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Receipt, from Perley Russell & Co., Portland, 17 Apr 1878, to Schooner Sea Bird, for food and other items, $345.95 | ||
| Bill of sale for Schooner Express Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Bill of sale for Schooner Express Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Bill of sale, 20 Apr 1855, Schooner Express, from Samuel S. (3/8), William P. (2/8), and Benaiah Bunker (0/8), to Jonathon, Thomas, and John Stanley, all of Cranberry Isles, for $847 | ||
| Store Ledger 1838-1845 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Store Ledger 1838-1845 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Ledger, handwritten, inscribed "William P. Preble, Property, Cranberry Isles 1839" inside front cover, records 1838-1845 are mostly running expenses and payments, apparently at a store, for various accounts: Esaias Preble, Horace Duryan, Thomas Bunker, Harriet Rosebrook, John Pung, Michael Green, Winchester Whitney, Abigail Spurling, South (school) District Cranberry Isles, Thomas Manchester, Nathaniel Gott, Edwin Hadlock, Enoch Lurvy (or Lurvey), John Dow, Capt. L.W. Gilley, B. Bunker, Edward Burroughs, Rev. Micah Strickland, Miss Mary Preble, Justis W. Gilley, John Brown, Messrs. Symms Eaton & Co., David Thompson, Haskell Lancaster, Benjamin Moor, Thomas Newman, Josiah Young, Henry Fernald, Town of Cranberry Isles To William Preble, William Pung, expenses of Estate of Benjamin Spurling, Richard Higgins, George N. Spurling, Eunice Keef, Ivory Joy, Esther Eaton, North (school) District, Thomas Marks, Schooner Brainerd (or Brainard), Elisha Young, Bills against the Brigantine Factor for repairs, Michael Bulger, Samuel Farnham, Sans Stanley, Briant Hodgkins, James Mayo, Schooner Harriet, Estate of Robert Spurling, David Winsey, William Richardson, Charles Bunker, Andrew Frisbee, William Rice, Estate of Samuel Spurling, Schooner Eastern Star. Several scraps of note paper with writing and figures also in ledger. [show more] | |
| William P. Preble receipts Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  William P. Preble receipts Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Two receipts: (A) Tremont March 10th, 1852, Received of William P. Preble seventy three dollars 80/100 in full payment for ballance doo me for wooden materials to build new Brig Abigail Maria of, furnished by me the last season as per agreement dated at Tremont December 5th, 1850. Signed by Henry W. [xxxx?]. And (B): William P. Preble's taxes 1878 = $1.10. | ||
| Receipts for Schooner Lizzie Maud Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Receipts for Schooner Lizzie Maud Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Two receipts received of Capt. Benj Spurling Dec 18, 1888 for Ac Div Schr Lizzie Maude. A: in the amount of $220 signed by Lincoln Allen; B: in the amount of $40 signed by Mrs. Ellen Lincoln. | ||
| Freight Bill from the Sidewheel Steamer Rockland Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Freight Bill from the Sidewheel Steamer Rockland Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: A freight bill for 3 casks of lime for Capt. James Long (1814-1895) signed by Jo. R. Freeman [John T.R. Freeman (1838-1916)] and paid at Mt. Desert on November 2, 1853. As can be seen from the account below, "Rockland" was supposed to have been built in 1853 and to have gone into service in 1854, but this bill of lading clearly shows that she was working in the Mt. Desert area as early as November 1853. She may have gone on the water in 1853 and done some freight work in the area before she started her career on the passenger route in 1854. The 1857 date may just be an error. [show more] | |
| Ship's Log, Schooner Marion Great Harbor Maritime Museum |
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|  Ship's Log, Schooner Marion Great Harbor Maritime Museum Description: Ship's log for the Schooner Marion, 1836-1837 This log records voyages of the Schooner Marion, commanded by Eaton Clark from February 1836 to June 1836 (potentially a bit longer). From June 1836 (and definitely by November ben 1836) until July 1836 the schooner was commanded by Jacob Sawyer. Destinations mentioned include: Puerto Rico, Mount Desert, Lubec, Williamstown, New York, Port au Plat, St. Domingo, and others | |
| Deposit for Edward Welles A Boat Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| Deposit for Edward Welles A Boat Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Deposit for Edward Welles A Boat of $100 Previously accessioned as 007.130 | |||
| Stanley - Nathan S Stanley Account for the Schooner Lizzie Maud. Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Stanley - Nathan S Stanley Account for the Schooner Lizzie Maud. Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: An account receipt for Nathan Stanley on the schooner Lizzie Maud. This slip shows a payment of $3000 for 1/16th of the schooner, insurance, assessments, and a check of balance! | |
| Allen - Lincoln Allen account on the schooner Lizzie Maud Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Allen - Lincoln Allen account on the schooner Lizzie Maud Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Lincoln Allen's account on the schooner Lizzie Maud. This slip shows a payment for insurance, cash paid by check, and other boat related payments. The Lizzie Maud was a schooner that travelled around the Cranberry Isles, the Lizzie Maud wrecked in 1904 and the shipwreck is frequently visited. | |
| Spurling - Benjamin H. Spurling Bill of sale for a Boat. Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Spurling - Benjamin H. Spurling Bill of sale for a Boat. Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: A bill of sale for a boat to Benjamin Spurling. The boat was sold to Spurling by a woman named Dora Boyd, who was in charge of Frank I. Reed's Estate. Frank Reed previously owned the boat, and lived in Boothbay Harbor. |
| W.S. Brown Account Book Great Harbor Maritime Museum |
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|  W.S. Brown Account Book Great Harbor Maritime Museum Description: Account book kept by W.S. Brown, master of the schooner J.S. Butler, and other vessels. Includes references to cargoes carried, ports visited, and men employed on the schooner. Also includes records of expenditures, mostly for food, but some references to items like knives. Brown may be William Sheldon Brown but additional research is needed. The book may have been used at an earlier time, as several pages have be ripped out, and Brown's name is found in pencil with the date of 1880 near the beginning [show more] |
| Ledger of A. C. Fernald for provisions of schooners 1844-1850 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Ledger of A. C. Fernald for provisions of schooners 1844-1850 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Ledger. Small tan leather. Ledger of A. C. Fernald for provisions of schooners 1844-1850 including schooner Seasonpoint(?) or Leaderpant (?), Osprey, Water Witch, Northaven (?), xx and, and entries with individual names: David Pung or King, Peter Standley, Horace Durgen, Edwin Hadlock, Elisha Gilley, Shelddon Brown, Joseph Lancaster, Daniel Kimbal, William M. Richardson, Thomas Savage, Beniah Bunker,and others. One loose scrap of paper with note: "Received eighteen dollars from Capt William Moore it Being in full of all accounts to this date. Cranberry Isl. June 20, 1849, John A. Hitchfield (or Hitchhilll?) [show more] | ||
| William P. Preble Ledgers (1860-1870s) Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  William P. Preble Ledgers (1860-1870s) Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Eleven ledgers (A-K) with two inserts, 1860-1870s of a collection of 18 small, 19th-century ledgers or account journals belonging to William P. Preble; very difficult to decipher, many entries not in chronological order, often several years of entries not made in sequential order. (Only exterior and one page of each ledger scanned. ) A= Black leather journal with leather clasp. Property of William P. Preble, Cranberry Isles. 1862 Boston entries payments to individuals, mentions Schooner Commerce, etc. Letter tucked into this notebook in the pocket in the rear of the notebook. Bangor Dec. 20, 1860 to Wm. P. Preble Esq. from Abner Knowles about a balance of $40 he owes the Town of Cranberry Isles. B= Black leather journal with leather clasp. Property of William P. Preble, Cranberry Isles. No dates. Payments for work in Boston [undated]. Mentions Schooners Express and Sea Flower. Expenses and provisions, individual accounts. Tucked into the rear pocket of this notebook are two receipts make out to William Preble for $18.00 each for 1862 and 1863 pertaining to his handling of the estate of Sans Stanley. C= 1864-1867-1877 (various years) small ledger begins with Schooner Sea Flower expenses. Schooner Quickstep expenses. Includes payments to sailors/fishermen.1872 Preble as highway Surveyor. 1872 and 1873 School Committee expenses. D= 1865 small ledger Wm. P. Preble begins with Accounts of Sales Daily starting November 1 running for several months….“Amount of sales for the year 1866 $5,542.58, tax collected 798.97” Note: One large loose ledger sheet folded and stored inside this small ledger D with header WP Preble to Clark & Parker November 18th 1879 lists supplies and hardware of various kinds. E= 1867-1871 small ledger begins with “Wrecked Schooner”, then Schooner von Buren & Owners, information pertaining to the Owners of Quickstep (fractions of ownership by each man?), herring for E. B. Stanley and others, fishing tallies, Schooner Sea Queen, 1871 H. Gilley, 1871 and 1873 Town of CI expenses for Preble services, 1873-1874 miscellaneous and expenses Perley and Russell, 1874 Preble’s expenses for Town of CI business, Accounts of sales to various individuals, with various notations on the front and rear flaps of the ledger. F= 1867 long narrow store ledger with list of cash and credit, tallies of purchases by individuals. G= 1869-1872 long narrow store ledger with list of cash and credit for various dates, and purchases by individuals. H= 1867 & 1878 small narrow tan leather journal. 1867 Schooner C.D. Horton, expenses, sailors/fishermen. Schooner Alice P [or T?]. expenses, sailors. Cranberry Isles Wrecking Company meeting notes January and February 1867. Ledgers of accounts for various individuals. Also a couple of notations re: 1878 & 1879 matters, and 1873 on the last page. Inserted in this ledger H is a Lime Rock Insurance Company policy for $3,000 on the schooner Sea Queen for one year from March 1, 1866 at noon. I= 1877 Collector’s Tax List book – William P. Preble, Esq. Treasurer and Collector of Taxes of the Town of Cranberry Isles, County of Hancock aforesaid. Assessors: A. C. Fernald, J. S. Spurling, and N. S. Spurling. With notes after tax lists: June 5th 1879 sold house of Moses D. Haynes to Leonard Holmes at auction for the full xxx of eight dollars at 2 oclock pm [etc] J= Small tan narrow leather journal Date? Undated first half - list of various cargoes, expenses to Belfast, Schooner Alice T [or J?]. Several entries for 1879. 1867 two Schooner Sea Queen entries. Last two pages: List of articles saved from wreck of the Schooner Zulma [no date]. K= Small tan narrow leather journal “W.P. and W. H. Preble book” 1865 lists of expenses. 1874 Entry Boards for meeting house [church] 1249 feet. 1875 list of fish shipped. 1879 entries. 1866 entries cash sent to Portland. Lobsters tallies. 1866 entries for lawyers and Gilley. 1865 entry for Schooner C. Hood[?] [show more] | ||
| Schooner Lizzie Maud payment Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Schooner Lizzie Maud payment Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Business receipt. "525.00 Boothbay, Me. Feb 24th 1885. Received of Benj. N. Spurling Five hundred and twenty five Dollars, On Account payment on Sch[ooner] Lizzie Maud." Appears to be signed by J.P. Nordstrom. Handwriten on back in pencil: "Receipt Copy P. Hady" | ||
| Documents pertaining to the Schooner Wild Rose Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Documents pertaining to the Schooner Wild Rose Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Documents. Five small, folded packets of receipts and ledger sheets, each tied with twine. Most pertain to the Schooner Wild Rose provisioning and selling fish in the 1890s at local stores. Initials of Wild Rose fishermen and amounts (or weights) of fish for each fisherman often appear on reverse of these ledger sheets. The Wild Rose was 47.5 ft. built in Boothbay. Owned in 1885 by Willis Bunker. Mentioned in the records of a 1938 hurricane (per gcihs.org/1/photos/ci_notes.html). (See also 2016.332.2095 for Willis Bunker photos; his wife's name was Rosalee.) (A) Packet one: various dates, various years 1893, 1890, 1895 receipts for Wild Rose. Receipts and purchases for provisions of ships from local stores including specific parts of cod fish like 'sounds' i.e., the air bladder of a cod. (B) Packet two: 1895 receipts and purchases. (C) Packet three: 1896 receipts for Wild Rose sales of fish to Southwest Harbor, ME, store. (D) Packet four: 1888 receipts for Wild Rose. (E) Packet five: Receipts for Wild Rose. An 1899 receipt for items purchased at Nettie Spurling Stanley's store on GCI. Her store was attached to the south side of the old Stanley house (a.k.a. 2016 as Rome house). See LB2007.1.100445 Penobscot Marine Museum collection photo, saved at GCIHS in public\2001\Penobscot. [show more] | ||
| Receipt for Schooner Lizzie Maud payment Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Receipt for Schooner Lizzie Maud payment Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Business receipt. "Portland, Me Feb 10th, 1885. Received of Benj. N. Spurling Two hundred Dollars on acct of payment of Sch[ooner] Lizzie Maud. $200.00." Appears to be signed by J.P. Nordstrom. Handwriten on back in ink: "Receipt on acct vessel. I. and Y. P. Hodgdon Jr" | ||
| Ledger with records of fishing Schooner Rozella Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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| Ledger with records of fishing Schooner Rozella Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Ledger, Pocket, with records of work, fishing, cleaning fish, fish shares sold from Schooner Rozella, found in Bob LaHotan's barn, and probably kept by Enoch Stanley | ||
| Receipt from Samuel S. Newman for 1/16 share in Schooner Carrie M. Richardson to Capt. E.B. (Enoch) Stanley 1874 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Receipt from Samuel S. Newman for 1/16 share in Schooner Carrie M. Richardson to Capt. E.B. (Enoch) Stanley 1874 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Receipt from builder Samuel S. Newman, for a 1/16 share in the Schooner Carrie M. Richardson, to Capt. E.B. (Enoch) Stanley, for $945.66 and 3/8 cents, Dec 17th, 1874. This half-page, handwritten ledger entry was found in Bob LaHotan's barn when he cleaned it 2001. Barn was on the property Enoch B. Stanley owned in the 19th century. Transcribed: "Rec from Capt E B Stanley 945.66 3/8 Nine Hundred forty-five 66/100 Dollars in full for 1/16 of Schr Carrie M Richardson. [Illegible: For? Fox?] Bills not included. Tremont- Dec 17th/74 [1874]. Samuel S. Newman. Paid up to Dec 950:00/945.66, amt of 1/16 over paid 4:34. 10,00-8,68= 1:32" [show more] | |||
| 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] | ||
| 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. |