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| Ledgers from Lewis Stanley boatyard, 19th century Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Ledgers from Lewis Stanley boatyard, 19th century Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Collection of three scanned ledger account books originally from the Lewis Stanley boatyard. Ledgers were inherited by donor from his great uncle Lewis Stanley. (See scans on gcihs-nas\photo\Museum Photos\2015.316.2077_SchmidtLedgers and on DVD; ledgers were originally returned to donor August 2015; then all were donated to museum June 2017). Ledger A1: Measures 8.25H x 7: W x .5” thick. First page: George N. Spurling, Cranberry Isles; and [unreadable name below Spurling] Machias Port. Entries run from 1855-1870, with the last four pages dated 1855 pertaining to WatterWitch (Water Witch, Waterwitch, spelling and capitalization varies) stocks and specifics. Account entries recorded for the WatterWitch, Schooner Rozella, and Schooner Caressa. Names mentioned: Walton, Guptill, Haynes, Stanley, Spurling, Ferrin, Wentworth, Young, Saddler, Ladd. Commodities: fish and oil mostly; stocks and figuring notations in pen and pencil by different hands. First page states Schooner Hannah & Abigail bought in Boston May 6th, 1849. First entry is “E.B. Stanley, Cranberry Isles Oct. 9th, 1858 for $21 dollars on account of my share of fish bought on board Sch. WatterWitch this season. Asa [D?] Stanley.” Ledger B2: Measures 8”H x 6.75” W x .5” thick. Inside front cover is written: “Jonas Blood born April 15th, 1774.” First page begins with January 1st 1859 listing sale of butter, pork, and eggs. Ledger records expenses and sales of produce and other items through April 1862 and appears to be written by all the same hand. [For some info on Jonas Blood: probably born New Hampshire. http://gen.plagge.org/individual.php?pid=I16094&ged=plagge.ged Jonas Blood:b..c1774 d.5/21/1870, age 96 By genealogy.com.] Ledger C3: 14" H x 3.75" W x 1" thick. Label on front cover: Sanborn & Carter, Publishers, Booksellers and Blank Book Manufacturers, No. 55 Exchange Street, Portland, Maine. Small envelope and letter addressed to Mrs. E. B. Stanley, Cranberry Isles, Maine, postmarked Waltham MA, Nov 17/12M/1908 (03?) with 2 cent stamp. Reverse postmark is Cranberry Isles 1908(3)? Begins "North East Harbor, Lindsay,” ends: "Hastily, Carol(?)" Many pages have been cut out from the beginning of this ledger. First entry, is on page 85 and starts: “Boston Dec. 6th 1879 Sch. S.L. Foster. Page 93 is “Boston Dec 14, 1885.” Page 98 deals with the estate of Enoch B. Stanley and Lewis B. Stanley 1903 and continues with various documents and deeds to 1908 (to page 151). Then returns to accounts for the S. L. Foster 1889. Page 176 begins accounts for the Schooner Rozella 1882, then to 1881, and goes back to deeds and correspondence p. 196 for 1908. P. 198 goes back to the Sch. Foster and alternates between accounts re: Foster and Rozella. Two small loose account papers between p. 212 and 213. The ledger goes back and forth between years and schooners and deeds throughout the book. Last pages of ledger date Jan 18, 1913 and begin with “I expressly forbade Lewis to connect the new building with the original fish house of the heirs of E. B. Stanley…..” (See also 2017.389.2164 and 2017.388.2163) See also notes from Charles Liebow email 2019 re: boat builders with this ledger. [show more] | ||
| Store Ledger 1849-1850 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Store Ledger 1849-1850 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Ledger, handwritten, probably by William Preble, mostly running expenses and payments, apparently at a store, for various people, 1849-1851 | ||
| Receipt for inheritance Benjamin Spurling Estate Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Receipt for inheritance Benjamin Spurling Estate Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Abigail Cobb Spurling acknowledges receipt of inheritance for her children. Received May 19th 1838 of Enoch Spurling administrator of the Estate of Benjamin Spurling late of Cranberry Isles in the County of Hancock. Received three hundred and thirty 43/100 Dollars, it being in part for Saml & Zulma & Andrew B, Sarah, & Abigail Spurling portion of said Deceased Estate they being [xxxx?] children and heirs to said Estate. Signed: Abigail C. Spurling 313.43 [show more] | ||
| 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. | ||
| 1994 Menue Guide for Mount Desert Island Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  1994 Menue Guide for Mount Desert Island Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: 1994 Menu Guide for Mount Desert Island | |||
| Farley Funeral Home Receipt for Louise Marr. Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Farley Funeral Home Receipt for Louise Marr. Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: A receipt for Louise Marr from the Farley Funeral Home. This receipt is from Clarence Wilson Chamberlin's funeral services. |
| MDI Local Union of Christian Endeavor and Epworth League Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| MDI Local Union of Christian Endeavor and Epworth League Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Black Book with red binding includes Minutes of meetings from the MDI Local Union of Christian Endeavor and Epworth League, Somesville Union Meeting House U.C.C. (Congregational Church) from 5/5/1906 -10/27/1917 | |||
| MDI Local Union of Christian Endeavor and Epworth League Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| MDI Local Union of Christian Endeavor and Epworth League Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Black Book with red binding includes Minutes of meetings from the MDI Local Union of Christian Endeavor and Epworth League, Somesville Union Meeting House U.C.C. (Congregational Church) from 1918 -1927 | |||
| Somesville Christian Endeavor Society Journal Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| Somesville Christian Endeavor Society Journal Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Marbled Book with paper mend on binding Minutes of meetings from the Somesville Christian Endeavor Society Journal, Somesville Union Meeting House U.C.C. (Congregational Church) from 8/27/1895 -11/13/1912 | |||
| Union Meeting House Society Records Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| Union Meeting House Society Records Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Black ledger with red binding includes Minutes of meetings from the Somesville Union Meeting House U.C.C. (Congregational Church) from 9/18/1914 - 1930 | |||
| Tax List Book Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| Tax List Book Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: New Form Collector’s Tax List Book from Southwest Harbor includes value of real estate, personal estates and taxes, interest paid | |||
| Howard J. Crafts' Wood shop Accounting Ledger Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| Howard J. Crafts' Wood shop Accounting Ledger Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Unbound ledger with accounts and “self-employment questionaire” forms and applications for the Navy as servicemen’s readustment allowance after WWII. Includes forms and business accounts and earnings 1946 - 1949 | |||
| Register of Money Order Advices Received at the Post Office, Sound, Maine Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| Register of Money Order Advices Received at the Post Office, Sound, Maine Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Large ledger from the post office in Sound, Maine,1910-1918; Names include: Nash, Heyward and Hayward,Somes, Ross, Richardson, Dickens, Gleason, Porter, Reed Tracy,Goodwin, McIssic and McKusick, Bazeley ?, Bracy, Higgins, McIntosh, Wasgatt, Grindle, Young, Murphy | ||||
| Maplewood Farm dairy receipt Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| Maplewood Farm dairy receipt Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: July 1925 Maplewood Farm , E.T. Richardson, proprietor Milk, Cream, Poultry, Vegetables Eggs, Butter and Berries Sold to Mrs. Johnson 11 doz eggs, lard, coffee and (illegible) total $19.38 | |||
| Fair Acres Dairy receipt Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Fair Acres Dairy receipt Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: cream eggs Hulls Cove, Maine June 1 1953 D. Waymouth in account withFair Acres Dairy Milk raw and pasteurized telephone 183W-1 H.C. Whitney May -15 milk, 3 eggs total $5.89 1994 Menu Guide for Mount Desert Island | |||
| Record of Members and Accounts of I.O.O.F. Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| Record of Members and Accounts of I.O.O.F. Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: hard cover ledger with record of members and accounts of Ocean Lodge Independent Order of Odd Fellows. from 1898 - 1914 | |||
| Minutes of Meetings of Ocean Lodge #140 I.O.O.F. Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| Minutes of Meetings of Ocean Lodge #140 I.O.O.F. Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Black ledger with I.O.O.F. Minute Book and Symbol embossed on cover. Includes record of minutes of Ocean Lodge Independent Order of Odd Fellows from 1946 - 1950 | |||
| Minutes of Meetings of Ocean Lodge #140 I.O.O.F. Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| Minutes of Meetings of Ocean Lodge #140 I.O.O.F. Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Black ledger with I.O.O.F. Minute Book and Symbol embossed on cover. Includes record of minutes of Ocean Lodge Independent Order of Odd Fellows from 1941 - 1945 | |||
| Minutes of Meetings of Ocean Lodge #140 I.O.O.F. Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| Minutes of Meetings of Ocean Lodge #140 I.O.O.F. Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Black ledger with I.O.O.F. Minute Book and Symbol embossed on cover. Includes record of minutes of Ocean Lodge Independent Order of Odd Fellows from 1937 -1940 | |||
| Minutes of Meetings of Ocean Lodge #140 I.O.O.F. Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| Minutes of Meetings of Ocean Lodge #140 I.O.O.F. Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Black ledger with I.O.O.F. Minute Book and Symbol embossed on cover. Includes record of minutes of Ocean Lodge Independent Order of Odd Fellows from 1930 - 1933 | |||
| Minutes of Meetings of Ocean Lodge #140 I.O.O.F. Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| Minutes of Meetings of Ocean Lodge #140 I.O.O.F. Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Large ledger with soft tan leather cover and red and black binding with record of minutes of Ocean Lodge Independent Order of Odd Fellows. from 1915 - 1924 | |||
| Minutes of Meetings of Ocean Lodge #140 I.O.O.F. Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| Minutes of Meetings of Ocean Lodge #140 I.O.O.F. Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: large black hard cover ledger with red binding Includes record of minutes of Ocean Lodge Independent Order of Odd Fellows. from 1907 - 1915 | |||
| Question Book for Ocean Lodge, I.O.O.F. Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| Question Book for Ocean Lodge, I.O.O.F. Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Hard Cover Ledger with gold embossed letters “Question Book” listing initiation question for Ocean Lodge No. 140, I.O.O.F. Located at Northeast Harbor, Maine 1898-1974 Questions include: Name? Residence? Occupation?Age? Do you hold Memberhsip in or are you suspended or expelled froma any lodge of this order? Are you in sound health? Do you believe in the existence of a Supreme Being...? | |||
| Ledger of Officers for Ocean Lodge, I.O.O.F. Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| Ledger of Officers for Ocean Lodge, I.O.O.F. Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Blue Marbled Cover Ledger listing officers of Ocean Lodge No. 140, I.O.O.F. Located at Northeast Harbor, Maine 1935-1973 | |||
| Minutes of Meetings of Ocean Lodge #140 I.O.O.F. Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| Minutes of Meetings of Ocean Lodge #140 I.O.O.F. Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Black ledger with I.O.O.F. Minute Book embossed on cover. Includes record of minutes of Ocean Lodge Independent Order of Odd Fellows from 1961 - 1967 |