Title	Type	Subject	Creator	Date	Place	Rights
Bent ship nail Tremont Historical Society	Object, Metalworking, Metal Fastener			19-20th century			Bent ship nail Tremont Historical Society Identifier: ths-1088 Type: Object, Metalworking, Metal Fastener Date: 19-20th century Description: Bent nail fastener from the remains of a vessel in Seal Cove at mouth of outlet from Seal Cove Pond. Fastener has square shaft. Vessel identified as Clara B. Kennard by Muriel T. Davisson and Franklin H. Price. Muriel found a fastener from the same vessel mounted on wood at Seafood Ketch restaurant. On the back the source was identified as the Clara B. Kennard by Jarvis Newman's grandfather (Southwest Harbor resident), as told verbally by Karen Craig (also of Southwest Harbor). Franklin found the vessel in the national ship registry and the dimensions matched. Franklin is a marine archeologist who grew up in Bernard. His report of the archeological dig on the vessel also is held in the THS musdeum. Franklin had this photographed by a marine archeologist/historian in Washington, D.C. [show more]

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