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| Small Pump Organ Bar Harbor Historical Society |
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|  Small Pump Organ Bar Harbor Historical Society Description: Veneered wood two pedal organ with a folding top and scrolled leg supports. | ||
| Mary Ward Dorr Portrait Bar Harbor Historical Society |
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|  Mary Ward Dorr Portrait Bar Harbor Historical Society Description: Charcoal and pencil portrait of Mary Ward Dorr (George B. Dorr's mother). | |
| Christening Gown Bar Harbor Historical Society |
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|  Christening Gown Bar Harbor Historical Society Description: White cotton with embroidered bodice and band near hem. Belonged to George B Dorr. | |
| Personal Bible Bar Harbor Historical Society |
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|  Personal Bible Bar Harbor Historical Society Description: Brown leather cover with embossed design and gold metal trim with clasp initialed with "MGWD". Page edges are gilded. Owned by Mary Gray Ward Dorr, George B. Dorr's mother. | ||
| Nautical charts (1855-1877) used by Meltiah and Carrie Richardson for transatlantic voyages Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Nautical charts (1855-1877) used by Meltiah and Carrie Richardson for transatlantic voyages Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Charts, nautical. Collection of ten 1855-1877 nautical charts of various sizes pertaining to the northeast coast of the United States, and the Atlantic Ocean to Europe, some with cotton fabric backing and cloth borders; all were rolled up inside a canvas drawstring carrying bag. (Charts are numbered 1-10 see full descriptions elsewhere.) Chart 1 is the most important and the most fragile of the set. It is stamped twice in black ink with "M. J. Richardson" and clearly plots at least two 1877-78 transatlantic voyages through the Strait of Gibraltar by Great Cranberry Island captains Meltiah J. and/or his spouse Mary Catherine "Carrie" Stanley likely aboard their three-mast schooner, Carrie M. Richardson (built in nearby Manset harbor 1874. See 2017 exhibit of chart and accompanying journals). Chart 6 has M. J. Richardson's name written in pencil on the reverse. Several charts are annotated in pencil and pen with dates and direction of sea voyages, and some have red ink dots indicating navigational aids (nuns and buoys). These charts were inherited by Stanley descendants and originally came from the Lewis Stanley boatyard and/or house on The Pool on GCI. Captain Lewis G. Stanley (1869-1957) was son of Enoch B. Stanley, Sr. (1820-1903). Meltiah J. Richardson married Mary Catherine "Carrie" Stanley (sister of Lewis) in 1870.) Chart 1 is 42” high by 60" wide and was in dire need of conservation. Conservation, encapsulation, digitization, printing and mounting were done at NEDCC August 2016. See documentation and digital files. (Prior to conservation: A piece missing from around the Yucatan peninsula,discolored, and very musty. Ink smudges in the center of the chart.) It’s actually two maritime charts laid side by side on the same cloth backing; used many times; well worn. Schooners known to be associated with Meltiah Richardson are the Hussar, Quickstep, and the Carrie M. Richardson. Legend on lower left corner reads: “Chart of the North Atlantic Ocean. From the most recent British, French, and United States Surveys. Sheet I. Hydrographic Office – U.S. Navy 1369. With variation curves for 1871”. The legend on the lower right side of the chart reads: “Chart of the North Atlantic Ocean from the most recent British, French, Spanish, Portugese, Belgian, Dutch, German, Danish and Norwegian surveys. Sheet II. Hydrographic office U.S. Navy. With variation curves for 1871. Only the most important lights are given on this chart.” There are calculations and dates in pencil along edges of chart and along coastline of the mid-Atlantic and southern U.S. coast. Two voyages are plotted across the ocean indicating dates and occasional notes. Journey 1 runs from October 19, 1877- November 20, 1877 from Malaga (on the southeast coast of Spain in the Mediterranean Sea, through the Strait of Gibraltar) heading east to Cape Lookout, NC, bound for Philadelphia. Journey 2 runs from October 3, 1878 - November 16, 1878, from Cadiz, (on southwest coast of Spain, north of the strait of Gibraltar), heading east to the Chesapeake Bay area of MD/VA, bound for Gloucester. (See scans of wallet journal made 7/29/16 relating directly to chart 1.) See separate document for specifics for each of the 10 charts. (See Exhibits2017 on NAS for displays and texts relating to these charts.) (See also Macfarlan's personal collection - chart of Ireland, and 2002.20.44 Hadlock chart around Norway.) [show more] | ||
| Marriage record for Mitchell Charles of Tremont and Mitchell Marietta of Placentia married 09/20/1850 Tremont Historical Society |
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|  Marriage record for Mitchell Charles of Tremont and Mitchell Marietta of Placentia married 09/20/1850 Tremont Historical Society Description: Marriage record for Mitchell, Charles of Tremont and Mitchel, Marietta of Placentia married 09/20/1850 by Brown, John W. | ||||
| Swearing in Certificate, Thurston, John, light keeper Tremont Historical Society |
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|  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. | |||
| Papers and Receipts William P. Preble Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Papers and Receipts William P. Preble Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Miscellaneous documents and receipts. A= 1866 document Moses S. Bunker master of Schooner Sea Flower of Cranberry Isles protest of disaster. B=1854 Schooner Seaflower Bound for England. C=1854 Life insurance policy for William P. Preble from Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance. D, E, & F =1854 Life insurance policy for William P. Preble additional papers. G= 1872 appointment of William Prebble (sic) as Commissioner of Wrecks and Lost Goods. H=Miscellaneous tattered receipts. I=Preble appointed Commissioner of Wrecks and Lost Goods 1864. [show more] | ||
| William Preble Commissioner of Wrecks & Lost Goods Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  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 | ||
| Maine State Fish Inspector Certificate 1854 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Maine State Fish Inspector Certificate 1854 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Certificate, Appointment as State of Maine Fish Inspector, of William P. Preble, 26 June 1854 with transcription | ||
| 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] | ||
| Dagurreotype photograph of William Pitt Preble ca.1850-1855 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Dagurreotype photograph of William Pitt Preble ca.1850-1855 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Photograph. Dagurreotype of man believed to be William Pitt Preble ca.1850-1855, in hinged, gilt-edged, leatherbound, wood case. Plush green velvet with impressed scroll design lines the interior of the cover; thin brass/metal mat has green corrosion spots. From the Louise Marr collection of items recovered from the Preble House. William Pitt Preble (1811-1905) was the second owner of GCI's historic Preble house. He exemplified the industrious ingenuity needed to succeed in homesteading and developing a community on this rugged island in the early 19th century. Preble was the son of the Mount Desert Rock lighthouse keeper, a descendant of an influential Portland family. He came to Great Cranberry as a teacher, and became a church elder, selectman, justice of the peace, tax appraiser, postmaster, storekeeper, shipbuilder, and shipwreck appraiser. He outlived both his wives and raised nine children. [show more] | ||
| List of Voters in the Town of Cranberry Isles Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  List of Voters in the Town of Cranberry Isles Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: List, handwritten, "List of Voters in the Town of Cranberry Isles", 75 people listed, 5 Aug 1854, signed by A.C. Fernald and William E. Hadlock, selectmen of Cranberry Isles | ||
| Notice of Town Meeting 1854 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Notice of Town Meeting 1854 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Notice, written 19 Feb 1854, of Town of Cranberry Isles Meeting to be held 1 Mar 1854, with 25 articles | ||
| Last will and testament of Thomas Manchester Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Last will and testament of Thomas Manchester Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Document, 6 May 1851, last will and testament of Thomas Manchester, signed X, giving all real estate, buildings, cattle, sheep, farming tools to Jonathan Stanley, except "the point" going to Thomas M. Stanley, & assorted household goods to Mary Moore | ||
| 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 1853-1857 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Store Ledger 1853-1857 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Ledger, handwritten, probably by William Preble, mostly running expenses and payments, apparently at a store, for various people, 1853-1857 | ||
| Store Ledger 1857-1862 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Store Ledger 1857-1862 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Ledger, handwritten, inscribed "Property of William P. Preble", mostly running expenses and payments, apparently at a store, for various people, 1857-1862 | ||
| Records of School District No. 1, 1858-1898 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Records of School District No. 1, 1858-1898 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Ledger, handwritten, school records, titled "Records of District No. 1 Organized 1858", first entry is 12 Mar 1858 by Warren R. Bunker, last entry is 18 Mar 1893 by Willis E. Bunker | ||
| American Coast Pilot book 1854 purchased by Meltiah Richardson 1866 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  American Coast Pilot book 1854 purchased by Meltiah Richardson 1866 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Book. The American Coast Pilot containing directions for the Principal Harbors, Capes and Headlands on the Coasts of North and South America, etc. by Edmund M. Blunt, Seventeenth Edition by E. & G. W. Blunt, New York, May 1854. 678 pages including fold-out charts. Size: 6" x 9.75" x 3.5". Book is covered with loose tan canvas cloth hand stitched to keep it on the front and back covers. Inside the front cover, under the cloth cover flap is written: "Capt Nathan King 1854 bought book of East Trenton Maine." With several other pencil notations on first four pages. First one states: "Purchased this book from the Lewis Stanley Estate (Less White S. West Harbor) and paid $1.00 for same - Mrs. Mary Alice White, Cranberry Isles, ME June 18th, 1957." Second states: "Purchased of Capt. Nathan King Dec 20th 1866, M. J. Richardson." Third states: "This book belonged to Carrie (Stanley) Richardson daughter of Enoch B. Stanley and her son was Charles (Peter) Richardson Cranberry Isles, Maine." (This third note seems to be in the same handwriting as the first note by Mary Alice White.) There are several other notations, calculations, and also newspaper clippings pertaining to new lighthouses on the first several pages and the last two pages. Other notations:" Feb 23 1867 6 days out from NY bound for [Goanives?] St. Demingo Latt 27.45." "26th Jan 1867, 4 days out from Boston made Bermuda." "Wreck bears from Light Boat on [Cifs?] Rip WNW dist 3 or 4 miles." "May 5th 1872: Passed Hole in the Wall Fourteen days out from Portland. Made Moro Light Havana Sixteen days out from Portland." "Jan 25th [18]77, five days out from NY Latt 31:20 71:47 bound to [Havana?] made [Abeo?] light [five?] days out from NY." One newspaper clipping with header "Exports" includes mention of the schooner C. F. Young -449 box shooks. (GCIHS has a receipt for Meltiah carrying sugar aboard the Young.) Scans of notations made. [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. | ||
| Repairs to the Brig Factor March 13, 1854 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Repairs to the Brig Factor March 13, 1854 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Certificate for repairs to the Factor (three pages), a ship built on GCI 1832, in for repairs in South Carolina in 1854, with cargo of molasses and other items, with transcription by donor. | ||
| "Rab and his Friends" by John Brown Bar Harbor Historical Society |
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|  "Rab and his Friends" by John Brown Bar Harbor Historical Society Description: From the library of Beatrix Farrand. | ||
| 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] | |
| Timetable for Sidewheel Steamer Rockland Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Timetable for Sidewheel Steamer Rockland Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: The timetable is signed by J.R. Freeman at Southwest Harbor. | |
| Sidewheel Steamer Rockland Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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| Hannah H. Heath Obituary Tremont Historical Society |
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|  Hannah H. Heath Obituary Tremont Historical Society Description: Obituary for Hannah H. Heath, wife of William Heath. Four pages. Penciled handwritten copy. Last page includes their children, who they married and where they lived. Contains historical narrative describing the times that determined her move from Beverly, MA to Sedgewick, Maine. Has references to the Revolutionary War and George Washington. Hannah was an ancestor of Paul R. Hinton. | |||
| Old Farmer’s Almanac Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Old Farmer’s Almanac Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Old Farmer’s Almanac 1865 tied together with string, yellow cover Previously archived as object id 013.FIC.31.08 | |||
| Letter to President Franklin Pierce Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Letter to President Franklin Pierce Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Duplicate record of 002-16-20-2410. Letter from Daniel Somes Jr. (1803-1883) to President Franklin Pierce recommending Thomas Jones for office of Collector of the Customs for the District of Frenchman Bay. | ||
| Laws for the suppression of Drinking Houses and Tippling Shops Northeast Harbor Library |
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|  Laws for the suppression of Drinking Houses and Tippling Shops Northeast Harbor Library Description: Published by order of the Legislature. | ||
| The Indian of New England Northeast Harbor Library |
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|  The Indian of New England Northeast Harbor Library Description: The Indian of New England and the North-Eastern Provinces. A sketch of the life of an Indian hunter, ancient traditions relating to the Etchemin Tribe, their modes of life, fishing, hunting etc. | |
| Bill of Services for the town of Eden from Selectman Benjamin Higgins Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Bill of Services for the town of Eden from Selectman Benjamin Higgins Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: This is an itemized bill from Benjamin H. Higgins to the town of Eden for his services as Selectman. Some of the charges are for transportation, distributing bills and attending meetings in Ellsworth. | ||||
| A reciept of salary paid for B. H. Higgins from the U. S. Light-house Establishment Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| A reciept of salary paid for B. H. Higgins from the U. S. Light-house Establishment Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: This appears to be a receipt showing that B. H. Higgins was paid the amount of $137.50, a quarterly salary, for the his services as the keeper of the Saddleback Ledge Lighthouse. The dates paid through are from Sept 1st, 1858 to December 31st, 1858. | ||||
| Justice of the Peace Licence for Benjamin Higgins Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| Justice of the Peace Licence for Benjamin Higgins Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Justice of the Peace Licence for Benjamin Higgins, signed by Ezra B. French, Secretary of State. | ||||
| Personal Corrispondence Aug 9th, 1855 Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| Personal Corrispondence Aug 9th, 1855 Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Letter between brother and sister, Beatrice (?) and A. M. Capen (?). This letter is from A. Capen to his sister, informing her on his recent relocation to Mount Desert Island. He speaks of swimming in the ocean and how pleasent the air is. | ||||
| Mount Desert Bridge Corporation - Minutes Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| Mount Desert Bridge Corporation - Minutes Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Minutes of meeting of Directors of the Mount Desert Bridge Corporation ordering repairs to be done by William Thompson due to damage by wind and sea in storm. | |||
| Children's Chair Bar Harbor Historical Society |
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|  Children's Chair Bar Harbor Historical Society Description: Bent wood arms, back and legs. Cane seat. Light colored. Used by George B Dorr as a child. | |
| Genealogical Record of Henry Leland and his descendants Northeast Harbor Library |
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|  Genealogical Record of Henry Leland and his descendants Northeast Harbor Library Description: Pages 154 through 169 photocopied from an 1855 book. Genealogical record of Leland family. | ||
| Main Street, Somesville Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Main Street, Somesville Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Main Street Somesville. Trees line street. Board sidewalk visible on right near picket fenced yards. Fernald’s Store (later Port-in-a-Storm bookstore) hidden by trees. Historic Lewis Somes House on right hidden by trees. Telephone poles line street. Man stands on grass near road in distance. Marked on back, “W.H. Ballard Collection Southwest Harbor, Maine. From a B. Bradley Stereo circa 1855." 8x10 | ||
| Abraham Somes III Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Abraham Somes III Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Copy of tintype of ambro type of Abraham Somes III. Dark hair parted on one side and brushed down. Beard from ears below chin, not on chin (plain folks style). Heavy black coat over double breasted vest, white shirt with black silk tie. Image appears to be scratched at bottom. | |||
| Willis Humphries Ballard Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Willis Humphries Ballard Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Willis Humphries Ballard at Popham Beach. | |
| The Holy Bible Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| The Holy Bible Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: 1857 Holy Bible with a sticker inside cover which reads" Issued by the Maryland State Bible Society from their depository.....". Faded writing on inside cover: 'Lettie A. Smith, Pretty Marsh, Maine" | |||
| Thompson, William to Mount Desert Bridge Corporation Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| Thompson, William to Mount Desert Bridge Corporation Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Bill for repairs from William Thompson to Mount Desert Bridge Corporation | |||
| Thompson, William to Black, John Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| Thompson, William to Black, John Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Statement of tolls and expenses to Col. John Black from William Thompson. | |||
| Black, John to Thompson, William Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| Black, John to Thompson, William Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Statement and order of dividends tp William Thompson. | |||
| Thompson, William to Mount Desert Bridge Corporation Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| Thompson, William to Mount Desert Bridge Corporation Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Bill for repairs from William Thompson to Mount Desert Bridge Corporation | |||
| Black, John to Thompson, William Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| Black, John to Thompson, William Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Bill for repairs from William Thompson to Mount Desert Bridge Corporation | |||
| From David Bartlett Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| From David Bartlett Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Re Brig. Emma Frances loaded with long lumber bound from Calais for New Haven | |||
| From David Bartlett Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| From David Bartlett Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Re arrival in Mayaguez; laying by; crew sick. | |||
| From David Bartlett (copy)
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| From David Bartlett (copy)
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| From Means & Clark Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| From Means & Clark Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Re insurance on "Emma Francis". Later note at bottom by Virginia Somes Sanderson. | |||
| From Means & Clark Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| From Means & Clark Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Concerning amounts received / owed for various ships. | |||
| From A.E. Milliken Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| From A.E. Milliken Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Re passage from Boston to Jacksonville, need for new sails, running rigging, painting, rats damaging sails | |||
| From A.C. Milliken Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| From A.C. Milliken Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Written from Campeachy re sickness (fever) among men, perhaps from drinking too many "spirits", and delay caused by a "norther." | |||
| Captain William Wells wage ledger, October 1852 and other years Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| Captain William Wells wage ledger, October 1852 and other years Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Captain William Wells wage ledger, October 1852 and other years, for Schooners H.W. Wellington and Ambassador and Brig J. Means | ||||
| Isaac Somes' ledger of items purchased in Boston Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| Isaac Somes' ledger of items purchased in Boston Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Isaac Somes' ledger of items he bought in Boston and probably brought back to sell on Mount Desert Island. Reference on back pages to Somes' leasing of woolen mill to Richard Nanson (?) in 1879 -1883. Nanson was to agree to prohibit smoking on premises. May be a draft of a leasing agreement between Somes and Nanson (?) for operation of the woolen mill. Ledger begins in 1850 and continues to 1857. The draft fo the agreement with Nanson was written in 1878. [show more] | ||||
| Copy of the sketch showing division of the Reuben, Jr. and Daniel Freeman house in Pretty Marsh Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Copy of the sketch showing division of the Reuben, Jr. and Daniel Freeman house in Pretty Marsh Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Copy of the sketch showing division of the Reuben, Jr. and Daniel Freeman house in Pretty Marsh. In 1808, settlers Reuben and George Freeman together purchased 200 acres in Pretty Marsh for $145. When George died, the property became Reuben's. Reuben in turn left it to his two sons, Reuben, Jr. and Daniel. However, there were bad feelings between Reuben, Jr. and Daniel, and they "agreed to settle" the property, dividing everything -- the house, the barns, pasturage and farm implements -- into two parts. Each family lived in a half of the house, and the kitchen was shared between the two families. [show more] | ||||
| Progressive Parsing Book Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| Progressive Parsing Book Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Parsing and Syntax Prose and Poetry | ||
| Weld's English Grammar Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| Weld's English Grammar Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Composition, Analyzing, and Parsing | ||
| The Intermediate Standard Speaker containing pieces for declamation... Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| The Intermediate Standard Speaker containing pieces for declamation... Mount Desert Island Historical Society | ||
| The Young Reporter or How to Write Shorthand Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  The Young Reporter or How to Write Shorthand Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Shorthand exercises | ||
| Colton's Railroad and Township Map of Maine, 1854 Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| Colton's Railroad and Township Map of Maine, 1854 Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Colton's Railroad and Township Map of Maine, 1854 | ||||
| US Coast Survey Map of Baker's Island Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| US Coast Survey Map of Baker's Island Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: 1854, 1864, or 1884 Map by W. E. Greenwell, Assistant USCS Date unclear. Photocopies only. | |||
| Cosmopolitan Art Journal Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Cosmopolitan Art Journal Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Selected pages; note,"copy for Thaddeus Somes" and "see page 124 for Elizabeth Barrett Browning", which is an essay and "medallion portrait." Other articles on "Dignity of Art," Power of Beauty," sketch of Jerome B. Thompson and sketches of farm life. | ||||
| [Blue Hill] Academy Journal, vol. 2, no. 3 Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  [Blue Hill] Academy Journal, vol. 2, no. 3 Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Handwritten journal, E.H. Kimball & F.E. Somes, editors. Editorial, poems, and more. Note on blue cover says, "Garpa went to Blue Hill Academy when he was 16 years olf-1852.) Don't know who wrote this note. | ||||
| Poem: Life of Nicholas Thomas Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| Poem: Life of Nicholas Thomas Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Photocopy of handwritten poem about Nicholas Thomas of Eden "written by himself in the 78th year of his age." Donor was given this personally by Augustus Phillips 25 years or so ago when he (donor) was researching doggerel by Bill Ayles. The poem was printed in Vol. VI 2004 issue of Chebacco. | |||
| True Stories from Modern History. Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| True Stories from Modern History. Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Short historical stories. gift of Abbie Thomas Richardson | |||
| The Practical Arithmetic, Designed for the Use of Schools and Academies... Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| The Practical Arithmetic, Designed for the Use of Schools and Academies... Mount Desert Island Historical Society | ||
| A Key to the National Arithmetic Exhibiting the Operation of the More Difficult Questions in that Work: For the Use of Teachers Only Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| A Key to the National Arithmetic Exhibiting the Operation of the More Difficult Questions in that Work: For the Use of Teachers Only Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Guide for teachers; appears to cover almost all grades, but method also seems obscure. Inscribed on front cover, Lyman Smith. | ||
| The Life and Times of Aaron Burr. Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| The Life and Times of Aaron Burr. Mount Desert Island Historical Society | ||
| The three eras of a woman's life: The maiden, the wife, and the mother. Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| The three eras of a woman's life: The maiden, the wife, and the mother. Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Novel includes chapters illustrating the heroine's duty before pleasure and a woman's goodcharacter, trials, disappointments, love, beauty, courting, marriage. | |||
| Cradle Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Cradle Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Made of walnut; shaped like a small boat. Sits in frame and rocks. Cradle has swan head and end like a ship’s stern. Frame is carved with flowers on each end and underneath. Donor info - made for Olive Perkins (Mrs. S.W. Smith, Jr.) of Warren, Ohio born August 17, 1858. Mattress made in 1924 for Samuel Smith Wilson. Following info from Samuel Smith Wilson who visited Museum in 1997. Olive Perkins married Judge Smith who rented the house between the Mount Desert Tavern and the Abraham Somes III house in Somesville. This house is no longer standing. She died near 1930. Her grandfather was Brig. General Simon Perkins, an Ohio land surveyor and speculator. [show more] | ||||
| Popular Legends of Brittany Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| Popular Legends of Brittany Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: English version of Sonvestre's "Foyer Breton" translated by "a lady." Inscribed Edith E. Salisbury, Mt. Desert, Maine Dec.1878. | |||
| Little Kitty Brown and Her Bible Verses Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Little Kitty Brown and Her Bible Verses Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Written for the American Sunday School Union, this little book contains stories about a little girl learning Bible verses, one per day. | ||||
| The Visit; or, the Difference Between Being a Good Child and Being Like a Good Chile Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| The Visit; or, the Difference Between Being a Good Child and Being Like a Good Chile Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: One of the books in a series of Sunday School Union publications. Inscribed Sound Sabbath School No. 10 | ||||
| The Swiss Pastor Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| The Swiss Pastor Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Note on title page indicates this is "the life of the Rev. F.A.A. Gonthier". Inscribed "No. 58 Sound Sabbath School." | |||
| Stories for Village Lads Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| Stories for Village Lads Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Fictional stories for Sunday School. Inscription says, "????have you got a slate pencil that you would let me have. Yes. | ||||
| O Novo Testamento Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| O Novo Testamento Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: "de Nosso Senhor E Salvador Jesus Christo" New Testament translated into Portuguese. Handwritten inside front cover: "Loaned by Kate Richardson." | |||
| Thoughts upon Thought for Young Men Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Thoughts upon Thought for Young Men Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: "In Three Parts. From the Second London Edition." | |||
| Margaret and Henrietta Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Margaret and Henrietta Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Decorative, embossed cloth cover. | ||
| The Village Blacksmith Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  The Village Blacksmith Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: From title page: piety and usefulness exemplified in a memoir of the life of Samuel Hick, late of Micklefield, Yorkshire From the Seventh london Edition. | ||
| Hymns for the Use of the Methodist Episcopal Church Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| Hymns for the Use of the Methodist Episcopal Church Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Revised Edition. Inscribed in front: Melissa D. Higgins. Includes first line and verse indices. | |||
| The Ladies Cabinet of Fashion, Music & Romance, Vol 14 Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  The Ladies Cabinet of Fashion, Music & Romance, Vol 14 Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Reader for women. Contains colored Godey plates. Inscribed in front: From the late Ellen Gerry's Collection. | |||
| The Progressive First Reader for Primary Classes... Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  The Progressive First Reader for Primary Classes... Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Written for students in public and private schools; primary goal is to gain and fix attention of pupil on lesson to be read. Inscribed C.G. Bordeaux, Sound | ||
| Christmas Blossoms and New Year's Wreath for MDCCCL Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Christmas Blossoms and New Year's Wreath for MDCCCL Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Fourth in a series of short stories for Christmas: Christmas Blossoms Inscribed Edith E. Salisbury from Aunt Hittie, Dec. 25, 1878--Christmas present; also Edit Salisbury | ||
| Receipt for 11.5 cords of wook Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| Receipt for 11.5 cords of wook Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Receipt surveyed from Capt. Parker Bridges (?) to Thomas Lothock (?) for 11.5 cords of wood, attested by Litchfield Kimball. NB: Difficult to read names and to tell just what this was for. | ||||
| Bill or Receipt Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| Bill or Receipt Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Letterhead indicates this is a bill or receipt from Blanchard, Blanchard and Gilmore, Dealers in W.I. Goods, Ship Stores & Chandlery for clasps, locks, rings, and other things, sent by the Schr (Schooner) Olive Branch. | ||||
| Receipt for goods bought from Phineas E. Gay & Co. Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| Receipt for goods bought from Phineas E. Gay & Co. Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Casks and spikes purchased by Mr. B. Higgins from Phineas E. Gay, Iron Dealers. | ||||
| Letter from ESJ Nealle (?) to AJ Heath Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| Letter from ESJ Nealle (?) to AJ Heath Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Letter written from the Custom House in Bath [Maine]; writer's name hard to read. Letter dated Nov. 6, 1851 responds to letter from Mr. Heath; indicates that a Capt. McMullin cleared [customs] the previous day and had asked the writer to give him the name of a person to whom he should send money. Writer apparently gave the wrong name (A.J. Clark of Southwest Harbor);it should have been Mr. Heath. | ||||
| Warrantee Deed, William T. Mason to William P. Smith Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| Warrantee Deed, William T. Mason to William P. Smith Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: William T. Mason of Mt. Desert, ship carpenter, sells to William P. Smith, land described in deed. | ||||
| Cloth Book for October 1th 1850. Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| Cloth Book for October 1th 1850. Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Cloth Book for October 1th 1850. Appears to be from Somes woolen mill. Payments | |||
| Somes Woolen Mill Records Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| Somes Woolen Mill Records Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: 1859 Record of Measurement and Cost of Cloth. Accounts receivable | |||
| Trunk, leather and animal fur, Emily Manchester Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Trunk, leather and animal fur, Emily Manchester Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Small (doll's sized) trunk adorned with animal fur and leather on the outside, lined with printed paper on the inside. A slip of paper on the inside reads: "This trunk was given to Emily Manchester by her father Major John Manchester, in 1850, (Now in the Gilley family)" Emily was born in 1834 and would have been 16 when she got the trunk. She was one of 10 children (from 2 wives). Fur on trunk needs to be identified: could be beaver, deer?? [show more] | |||
| Sale of land from Atherton to Sawyer. Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Sale of land from Atherton to Sawyer. Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Sale by B. Atherton of land in Tremont to Benjamin Sawyer. | |||
| Sale of land in Trenton by William Thompson to Benjamin Sawyer Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Sale of land in Trenton by William Thompson to Benjamin Sawyer Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Date may be 1852. Sale of land in Trenton by William Thompson to Benjamin Sawyer | ||||
| Map of the United States, 1855 Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| Map of the United States, 1855 Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Map of the United States, 1855. This map is used for classes in Sound School. * | ||||
| Railroad and Township Map of Maine, 1855 Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| Railroad and Township Map of Maine, 1855 Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: 1855 map by J.H. Colton of Railroad and Townships of Maine. Top of frame has separated from the map. | ||||
| China Doll, c.1850s Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  China Doll, c.1850s Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Blond short wavy hair painted on. China head, hands and legs. Blue eyes, rosy cheeks and small pursed lips. Legs white with painted black shoe. One leg replaced with leather boot. Pink ribbon painted around china leg. Dressed in mid-calf length dress of brown with white sprigs of flowers and triangles. Orange ribbon tied at waist. Pink ribbon at neck Wide lace collar. Dress sewn in place. Also wearing cotton petticoat with lace at bottom and middle. Wearing knee length underpants. [show more] | ||||
| Maria Merritt Beckwith, Age 6 Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| Maria Merritt Beckwith, Age 6 Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Maria Merritt Beckwith Age 6 in 1850. Seated in Rocking Chair. Grandmother of donor, Robert Harris of Oak Hill Road, Mt. Desert. Hair parted in middle, pulled back behind ears. Wearing necklaces and possibly pocket watch around neck. Plaid dress with flounces in skirt. Narrow white lace collar. | |||
| Arithmetic on the Productive System Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Arithmetic on the Productive System Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: "Mrs. Annetta Elliot, Washington D.C. No. 919 K St." written on inside of front cover. | |||
| Record of Triangulation Station in Mount Desert,1856 Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| Record of Triangulation Station in Mount Desert,1856 Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Card detailing geographic position of a triangulation station in Mount Desert, 1856. Research for an article by LaRue Spiker. Previously accessioned as **2004, object Id 2001.2004 | |||
| Ice Tongs Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Ice Tongs Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Iron ice tongs originally from Edna Hysom "T" relates to a map that was created by Alice Smith 002.47 | ||||
| Letter to Mary Newman, 1858 from Gouldsboro from daughter Nell? Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| Letter to Mary Newman, 1858 from Gouldsboro from daughter Nell? Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Letter o Mary Newman, 1858 from Gouldsboro from daughter Nell? | ||||
| To Mary Newman from Aramenta March, Oct 1859 Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| To Mary Newman from Aramenta March, Oct 1859 Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: To Mary Newman from Aramenta March, Oct 1859 Discusses m? is not well. Charlotte is unkind for not seeing her.Also wants Mary to come visit | ||||
| Letter to President Franklin Pierce Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| Letter to President Franklin Pierce Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Duplicate record of 011.FIC. 29.76 Hand-written letter to President Franklin Pierce from Daniel Somes Jr. (1803-1883) submitting Thomas Jones's name to be considered for office of Collector of the Customs for the District of Frenchmen’s Bay from Mount Desert, March 1853. | |||
| License, Coasting Trade, One Year Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| License, Coasting Trade, One Year Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: License issued to Amos (?) Cooper and George B. Somes of Mt. Desert to operate Schooner Richmond. | |||
| Deed to land from Freeman to Dodge Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| Deed to land from Freeman to Dodge Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Typewritten copy of 1850 Deed. | |||
| Insurance certificate Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Insurance certificate Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Insurance certificate - Indian Point School district, Eden, Bar Harbor, Benjamin H. Higgins (insurance agent) | ||
| Names of Scholars, Somesville, 1857 Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| Names of Scholars, Somesville, 1857 Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Original and copy; gives names, ages, and dates of birth | |||
| Deed to Jacob Somes Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| Deed to Jacob Somes Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Deed John Somes to Jacob Somes for land in Mt Desert Abraham Somes lot | |||
| Ledger Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| Ledger Mount Desert Island Historical Society | ||||
| Court document of debt of deceased John Somes Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| Court document of debt of deceased John Somes Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Jacob Somes the administrator of the deceased's estate, John Somes, received court approval to sell real estate of John Somes to pay debts of $1107.66 through an advertised sale | |||
| Church Pew Subscription Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Church Pew Subscription Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Contract between pew subscribers and the Somesville Union Church to build a meeting house. Paper backed. Black frame .5” wide. Paper mounted on fabric. Two sheets of paper glued together. Typed transcript of document in object file. | ||||
| Hair Wreath Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Hair Wreath Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Locks of people's hair arranged in a semi-circle on paper and sealed in oval frame. Names on paper attached to pieces of hair; Isaac Somes, C.F. Somes, George A. Somes, [C.F.] Thompson, Isaac Thompson, Lyman Somes and Frederick Thompson. From the Isaac Somes house in Somesville. | ||||
| Powder Flask Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Powder Flask Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Narrow neck. Design on side - two pistols crossed, stars, eagle carrying spears and shield, two flags, 16 stars, cannon balls and anchor. Similar to those made by the American Flask and Cap Co. during the 1850s. | |||
| Rocking Chair Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Rocking Chair Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Child sized rocking chair. Natural finish with red trim. Donor info - belonged to his grandmother, Maria Merritt Beckworth, who is pictured in the chair in MDIHS photo # 996-39-39. | ||||
| School Master’s Desk Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  School Master’s Desk Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Top lifts to reveal space for books and pencils. One drawer at top with white knob. Two doors with shelves behind. One drawer at bottom missing pull. Decorative cut base. Lender info - used by Lynam Smith during the 1850s when he was the teacher in the first school in Pretty Marsh, called "The Little Red Schoolhouse." Lyman Smith also taught in other area schools. Donor is a descendant of Smith. | |||
| Old Farmer’s Almanac Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| Old Farmer’s Almanac Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Old Farmer’s Almanac 1853 tied together with string, no cover ,begins with page 1 includes illustration Previusly archived as object id 013.FIC.31.08 | |||
| Old Farmer’s Almanac Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| Old Farmer’s Almanac Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Old Farmer’s Almanac 1857 tied together with string, yellow cover Previously archived as object id 013.FIC.31.08 | |||
| Cosmopolitan Art Journal June 1857 No IV Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| Cosmopolitan Art Journal June 1857 No IV Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Cosmopolitan Art Journal June 1857 No IV. | |||
| Hair Wreath Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Hair Wreath Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Horseshoe shaped hair wreath a memorial to Bethany Oakes Salisbury (according to Thomas Vining's work "Cemeteries of Cranberry Isles and Mount Desert Island Bethany E. Salisbury died 18 July 1886 aged 71 years, 8 months and 13 days and was the wife of Nathan Salisbury. The Oakes name may have been her maiden name and the "E." her maiden middle name initial), wife of Nathan Salisbury. Oval frame. Hair woven, tatted and braided in different colors. Small beads woven into design. [show more] | |||
| The Tracy Diary Jesup Memorial Library |
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| The Tracy Diary Jesup Memorial Library Description: A log of the Tracy visit from New York to Mount Desert island from July 30th - September 4th of 1855. Includes commentary by George B Dorr. Three documents. |
| School Master's Desk Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  School Master's Desk Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: School master's desk. Top lifts to reveal space for books and pencils. One drawer at top with white knob. Two doors with shelves behind. One drawer at bottom missing pull. Decorative cut base. Lender info - used by Lynam Smith during the 1850s when he was the teacher in the first school in Pretty Marsh, called "The Little Red Schoolhouse." Lyman Smith also taught in other area schools. Donor is a descendant of Smith. | |
| Annual Return of the Enrolled Militia Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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| Annual Return of the Enrolled Militia Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: List, handwritten, "Annual Return of the Enrolled Militia", 62 people listed, 14 Jun 1854, signed by A.C. Fernald, assessor, and William E. Hadlock, assessor | ||
| Letter re: annexing Bear Island Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Letter re: annexing Bear Island Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Document, 1 handwritten sheet, letter from J.G. Lauyer to W.P. Preble on annexing Bear Island to Cranberry Isles, 27 Feb 1850. Envelope item 693 contained items 692 and 40. Transcribed. | ||
| Notice served on Mr. Shepley Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Notice served on Mr. Shepley Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Letter explaining Notice served on Mr. Shepley explaining depositions taken by a Justice of the Peace cannot be used in a court case, signed by Deblois Jackson 1854 | ||
| Insurance policies for schooners and home Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Insurance policies for schooners and home Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Four insurance policies 1850-1860s.[See web link below for info on Schooners mentioned in policies.] Policy 1 = 1850 Lexington Fire, Life and Marine Insurance for William P. Preble $1500 on Schooner Zulma for six months from October 26, 1850 at noon, vessel valued at $3,000. [Zulma was the name of one of Preble's adopted daughters.] Policy 2 = 1854 Hancock Mutual Insurance Company William P. Preble $400 on Schooner Sea Flower and $700 on outfits for a fishing voyage from Tremont to the Magdalen Islands [Quebec] and back to port of discharge commencing the week May 2, 1854. Policy 3 = 1864 Penobscot Mutual Fire Insurance Company Joseph Bunker dwelling house for $250. Policy 4 = 1867 Ocean Insurance Company Perley S. Russell $1200 on charter of Schooner Transfer at and from Boston to one or more ports in the Bahama Isles and from thence to Port of discharge in the United States. [show more] | ||
| The Progressive Speller Tremont Historical Society |
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| Town of Seaville, Hancock County Northeast Harbor Library |
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|  Town of Seaville, Hancock County Northeast Harbor Library Description: Partial town records of the former town of Seaville, Hancock County, Maine in which were Bartlett's and Hardwood Islands including Folly Island (purchased from Alfred H. Butler whose grandfather Jacob Butler was town clerk). | ||
| Grave of Brother Du Thet & Ruins of St. Savior's Northeast Harbor Library |
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|  Grave of Brother Du Thet & Ruins of St. Savior's Northeast Harbor Library Description: Lithograph of grave on the southeast side of MDI, site of a mission founded A.D. 1613 by Father Biard destroyed by Argall of Virginia. | |
| Holy Bible, containing the Old and New Testaments Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Holy Bible, containing the Old and New Testaments Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: "Translated out of the original tongues, together with the Apocrypha, Concordance and Psalms, and with the former translations diligently compared and revised." Inscribed in front: "Sylvina J. Gilmore, Belfast, Me. Presented by Mrs. Martha J. Gilmore, July 21, 1856." | |||
| New Testament of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| New Testament of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: "Translated out of the original greek, and with the former translations diligently compared and revised." Inscriptions in front: "This book belongs to Mrs. Lloyd Lurvey, Bar Harbor, Me. Bought at 2nd hand bookstore." Older inscription also in front: "For "Dannie", Mrs. Loretta Covert from her great-grandson George T Coles, Christmas 1865." | |||
| Book of Psalms Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| Book of Psalms Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: "Translated out of The Original Hebrew: and with the former translations diligently compared and revised." Written in the front: "Myra Lurvey, Bar Harbor Me. Tel. 288-3613" | |||
| First Settlers of Eastham, Mass. Vol. VI Northeast Harbor Library |
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|  First Settlers of Eastham, Mass. Vol. VI Northeast Harbor Library Description: History of the first settlers and their records. | |
| Appointment of School money raised by the Town of Mount Desert for the support of schools in said town for AD 1845 Northeast Harbor Library |
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| Appointment of School money raised by the Town of Mount Desert for the support of schools in said town for AD 1845 Northeast Harbor Library Description: Names of school agents and number of school districts with account of money received and paid out and memorandums of school orders. 1/4 leather bound ledger book 8 1/4"x7" | |||
| Tintype of Anne E. Smedley Carried by her Husband, Charles F. Hallock During the Civil War Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Tintype of Anne E. Smedley Carried by her Husband, Charles F. Hallock During the Civil War Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: A note in the front half of the case reads, “Anne Smedley - carried all thru Civil War by Chas. F. Hallock - They married @ end of war” |
| Town of Cranberry Isles records - 1851 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Town of Cranberry Isles records - 1851 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Documents. Scans of Town of Cranberry Isles records from 1851 (part of 2016.334.2100) | ||
| Town of Cranberry Isles records - 1852 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Town of Cranberry Isles records - 1852 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Documents. Scans of Town of Cranberry Isles records from 1852 (part of 2016.334.2100) | ||
| Town of Cranberry Isles records - 1853 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Town of Cranberry Isles records - 1853 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Documents. Scans of Town of Cranberry Isles records from 1853 (part of 2016.334.2100) | ||
| Town of Cranberry Isles records - 1854 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Town of Cranberry Isles records - 1854 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Documents. Scans of Town of Cranberry Isles records from 1854 (part of 2016.334.2100) | ||
| Town of Cranberry Isles records - 1855 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Town of Cranberry Isles records - 1855 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Documents. Scans of Town of Cranberry Isles records from 1855 (part of 2016.334.2100) | ||
| Town of Cranberry Isles records - 1856 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Town of Cranberry Isles records - 1856 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Documents. Scans of Town of Cranberry Isles records from 1856 (part of 2016.334.2100) | ||
| Town of Cranberry Isles records - 1857 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Town of Cranberry Isles records - 1857 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Documents. Scans of Town of Cranberry Isles records from 1857 (part of 2016.334.2100) | ||
| Town of Cranberry Isles records - 1858 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Town of Cranberry Isles records - 1858 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Documents. Scans of Town of Cranberry Isles records from 1858 (part of 2016.334.2100) | ||
| Town of Cranberry Isles records - 1859 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Town of Cranberry Isles records - 1859 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Documents. Scans of Town of Cranberry Isles records from 1859 (part of 2016.334.2100) | ||
| Town of Cranberry Isles records - 1850 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Town of Cranberry Isles records - 1850 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Documents. Scans of Town of Cranberry Isles records from 1850 (part of 2016.334.2100) | ||
| Description and scans of images of 1850s wet-plate postive photographs Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Description and scans of images of 1850s wet-plate postive photographs Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Documents. Two documents: (A) The first is an undated note entitled "Early pictures made at 'The Ways' " (home of the Lea family 1960s) written by George Vaux in which he describes two ca. 1850 "wet-plate positives, backed by metal plates." Two digital images in GCIHS collection, the first (D) of the ship "Express, Cranberry Isles," and the second, a wide landscape view of the Thomas Bunker wharves (C), both taken from The Ways property, may be the photos described in Vaux's note. The scans were made from photos provided by Nancy Lea ca. 2000. (2013 correspondence re: unsuccessful investigation into the whereabouts of the two original wet-plate positives was saved.) Vaux also explains that they called the house The Ways "because timbers for ships' ways were found when excavating for the basement." 2014 email from Chuck Liebow explain the photos: "Zooming in you can see another vessel "Harriett", a pinky or near double ender which Victor claimed was built by Thomas Bunker (Harriet was Thomas Bunker's wife). A 2000 email from Liebow indicates he thinks the photo shows the Thomas Bunker wharves on the site where Mrs. Lea's house is, with the Richman house with the roof half covered in snow. Liebow adds: George Vaux dated the photo to about 1852 based on the ship "Express" at the same wharf. Islesford looks funny but the Fish Point house is right where it ought to be." The second document (B) is an undated copy of a plat map (with ball point pen marks) showing the George Vaux and Robert Lea properties, Lots #30 and 31 respectively. (See also 2013.257.1987 re: modern photos of The Ways.) [show more] | ||
| Letter from Samuel Spurling to mother Abigail [Spurling] Preble Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Letter from Samuel Spurling to mother Abigail [Spurling] Preble Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Letter from Samuel E. Spurling to Mrs. Abigail C. (Spurling) Preble (son to mother), 30 Jun 1850. In this letter, Samuel writes from San Francisco, California. He had moved out west (at about age 23) to work in the gold mines about a year earlier and intends to stay 4 or 5 years before returning home to visit. Samuel mentions that when he arrived, part of San Francisco was in ashes but being rebuilt; gambling houses were open Sundays; as many boats in the harbor as Boston and NYC; fair prospects; and asks if Father Preble will cover his insurance payment if necessary. He mentions an Enoch working at the mines, and a Mr. Davis who sounds like a new friend. (Seems like Enoch may be a fellow Cranberry Islander, perhaps a Spurling or a Stanley, TBD.) [show more] | ||
| Receipt for sale of Richardson estate to Preble Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Receipt for sale of Richardson estate to Preble Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Receipt: 23 Apr 1859, Sarah H. Richardson sells her father's estate to William P. Preble for $25 plus all debts and demands. Transcribed. | ||
| Receipt for food Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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| Receipt for food Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Business receipt from Symmes Eaton to Enoch Stanley, Boston 7 May 1851, food, $2.11 | ||
| Note from Enoch Stanley re: selling oil Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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| Note from Enoch Stanley re: selling oil Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Note, from Enoch Stanley to Garent, asking to sell 5 barrels of oil and keep the account of the barrels separate, 5 Sep 1855 | ||
| Bill of sale Joseph S. Spurling to Asa Stanley Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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| Bill of sale Joseph S. Spurling to Asa Stanley Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Bill of sale, handwritten, for land, from Joseph S. Spurling to Asa Stanley, 11 Jan 1859 | ||
| Constitution of the Townhill Union Library 1851 Northeast Harbor Library |
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|  Constitution of the Townhill Union Library 1851 Northeast Harbor Library Description: Photocopy of handwritten governing document for a private village library. Cover locates Mr. Knowles' home. | |||
| Mount Desert from Bar Harbor, watercolor Northeast Harbor Library |
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| Mount Desert from Bar Harbor, watercolor Northeast Harbor Library Description: Came from the old library. | ||
| Mary Hadlock Manchester Northeast Harbor Library |
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|  Mary Hadlock Manchester Northeast Harbor Library Description: B/W 9.5 x 13" photograph of Mary Hadlock Manchester from a daguerreotype. | |||
| Record of Bills of Sale / Mount Desert Book No. 2 Northeast Harbor Library |
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| Record of Bills of Sale / Mount Desert Book No. 2 Northeast Harbor Library Description: record of the sale of significant items (i.e. logs, livestock, vessels) between individuals in town indexed by GRANTOR, GRANTEE, and DATE 8 x 6.5 x 0.5 marbleized cardboard cover | |||
| Valuation for 1850 Northeast Harbor Library |
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| Valuation for 1850 Northeast Harbor Library Description: Total valuation for town, includes number of polls assessed, poll rate, town assessment requirements per town meeting for town operations, schools, roads, county tax, vessels and owners, non-residents-assessments and tax collector's statement at end of listing brown cloth cover, stitched binding-inside pages are all manuscript with handwritten rows and columns on every page | |||
| Valuation for 1851 Northeast Harbor Library |
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| Valuation for 1851 Northeast Harbor Library Description: Total valuation for town, includes number of polls assessed, poll rate, town assessment requirements per town meeting for town operations, schools, roads, county tax, vessels and owners, non-residents-assessments and tax collector's statement at end of listing brown cloth cover, stitched binding-inside pages are all manuscript with handwritten rows and columns on every page | |||
| Valuation for 1852 Northeast Harbor Library |
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| Valuation for 1852 Northeast Harbor Library Description: Total valuation for town, includes number of polls assessed, poll rate, town assessment requirements per town meeting for town operations, schools, roads, county tax, vessels and owners, non-residents-assessments and tax collector's statement at end of listing brown cloth cover, stitched binding-inside pages are all manuscript with handwritten rows and columns on every page | |||
| Valuation for A.D. 1853 Northeast Harbor Library |
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| Valuation for A.D. 1853 Northeast Harbor Library Description: Total valuation for town, includes number of polls assessed, poll rate, town assessment requirements per town meeting for town operations, schools, roads, county tax, vessels and owners, non-residents-assessments and tax collector's statement at end of listing brown cloth cover, stitched binding-inside pages are all manuscript with handwritten rows and columns on every page | |||
| Valuation for 1854 Northeast Harbor Library |
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| Valuation for 1854 Northeast Harbor Library Description: Total valuation for town, includes number of polls assessed, poll rate, town assessment requirements per town meeting for town operations, schools, roads, county tax, vessels and owners, non-residents-assessments and tax collector's statement at end of listing light brown cloth cover, stitched binding-inside pages are all manuscript with handwritten rows and columns on every page | |||
| Valuation for A.D. 1855 Northeast Harbor Library |
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| Valuation for A.D. 1855 Northeast Harbor Library Description: Total valuation for town, includes number of polls assessed, poll rate, town assessment requirements per town meeting for town operations, schools, roads, county tax, vessels and owners, non-residents-assessments and tax collector's statement at end of listing brown cloth cover, stitched binding-inside pages are all manuscript with handwritten rows and columns on every page | |||
| Valuation for A.D. 1856 Northeast Harbor Library |
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| Valuation for A.D. 1856 Northeast Harbor Library Description: Total valuation for town, includes number of polls assessed, poll rate, town assessment requirements per town meeting for town operations, schools, roads, county tax, vessels and owners, non-residents-assessments and tax collector's statement at end of listing brown cloth cover, stitched binding-inside pages are all manuscript with handwritten rows and columns on every page | |||
| Valuation for A.D. 1857 Northeast Harbor Library |
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| Valuation for A.D. 1857 Northeast Harbor Library Description: Total valuation for town, includes number of polls assessed, poll rate, town assessment requirements per town meeting for town operations, schools, roads, county tax, vessels and owners, non-residents-assessments and tax collector's statement at end of listing 21 x 15.25 x 0.25 brown cloth cover, stitched binding-inside pages are all manuscript with handwritten rows and columns on every page | |||
| Valuation for A.D. 1858 Northeast Harbor Library |
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| Valuation for A.D. 1858 Northeast Harbor Library Description: Total valuation for town, includes number of polls assessed, poll rate, town assessment requirements per town meeting for town operations, schools, roads, county tax, vessels and owners, non-residents-assessments and tax collector's statement at end of listing tiny flower patterned cloth cover, stitched binding-inside pages are all manuscript with handwritten rows and columns on every page | |||
| Valuation for A.D. 1859 Northeast Harbor Library |
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| Valuation for A.D. 1859 Northeast Harbor Library Description: Total valuation for town, includes number of polls assessed, poll rate, town assessment requirements per town meeting for town operations, schools, roads, county tax, vessels and owners, non-residents-assessments and tax collector's statement at end of listing plaid brown/black/cream patterned cloth cover, stitched binding-inside pages are all manuscript with handwritten rows and columns on every page | |||
| The Island House Sign Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  The Island House Sign Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: The sign, reproduced here from photograph fragments, was found in the basement of one of the houses on the original site. | |
| Map of the City of Belfast, Waldo Co. Maine Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Map of the City of Belfast, Waldo Co. Maine Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: From "History of the City of Belfast in the State of Maine, Volume II, 1875-1900" by Joseph Williamson. Showing locations of streets and buildings in 1855. | |
| Poor's Mills Directory of Belfast Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Poor's Mills Directory of Belfast Southwest Harbor Public Library | |
| William Lawler (1817-1892) Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  William Lawler (1817-1892) Southwest Harbor Public Library | |
| Mary Ann Carroll Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Mary Ann Carroll Southwest Harbor Public Library | |
| Captain James E. Robinson Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Captain James E. Robinson Southwest Harbor Public Library | |
| Whitmore - Abigail "Argo" (Whitmore) Robinson (1829-1906) Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Whitmore - Abigail "Argo" (Whitmore) Robinson (1829-1906) Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: Mrs. James E. Robinson | |
| Elizabeth Cook Carroll Lawler Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Elizabeth Cook Carroll Lawler Southwest Harbor Public Library | |
| Entrance of Somes Sound from Southwest Harbor Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Entrance of Somes Sound from Southwest Harbor Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: Fitz Henry Lane painted one of the earliest views of Southwest Harbor, and seems to have studied the shore carefully. The view shows a lumber schooner loading its long cargo through a port in the bow of the vessel. The white house immediately to the left of the vessel probably shows an early version of the Seth Higgins Clark House. The white house at the center of the shore is the Nathan Clark II House. The white building at the far left is Deacon Henry Higgins Clark's Island House Hotel, early in its career, before it was expanded into several stories with a mansard roof. Clark descendants, and their houses, are still in Southwest Harbor. William Howe Witherle (1821–1906) accompanied Lane on his trip around Mount Desert Island and recorded many of their adventures in his diary. On August 21 he wrote, "… George, Joe & myself took breakfast this morning at the Island House – and a fine one it was – price 25 cts – Mr. Lane took 2 sketches here…” The sketches referred to were of the shore and harbor, not the hotel. See: Witherle, William Howe. William Witherle Diary (unpublished manuscript) (August 16–21, 1852). Personal diary in the collection of the Wilson Museum, Castine, Maine (A00060-1a-1h). [show more] |
| Town of Tremont - 1854 Tax Collector Sureties Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Town of Tremont - 1854 Tax Collector Sureties Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: Andrew H. Haynes (1812-1896) - 133 Shore Road, Manset Ebenezer Fernald (1810-1884) - 110 Fernald Point Road Henry Higgins Clark (1811-1897) - Deacon Clark John D. Rich (1800-1875) Reuben D. Rich (1827-1863) - son of John D. Rich Samuel G. Rich (1808-1871) | |
| Almira or Elmira Myra C. Gott Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Almira or Elmira Myra C. Gott Southwest Harbor Public Library |